Politics

By George – time to slay this sleeping dragon?

Happy St George’s Day everyone! What? Does that make you feel awkward? It seems to. Certainly the media can’t seem to decide what to do about the old chap. Fawn? Ignore? Wring hands? Worry? Champion? He’s a divisive fellow you see. Not the saint himself but what he has come to stand for. I wrote …

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Co-op banking on feedback – risky business?

As far as publicly admitting there’s “trouble at t’mill” goes, this is pretty strong stuff. I should probably wedge “beleaguered” in here somewhere but it is fair to say that by opening his arms to feedback with the Have Your Say survey, beleaguered (ooh, there it is!) group chief executive Euan Sutherland of the Co-operative …

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Gatland, BOD and inter-house badminton as Welsh get Lion’s share

The furore over British Lions coach Warren Gatland’s controversial decision to drop Irish and British Lions legend Brian O’Driscroll has opened up questions of quotas, xenophobia and a win-at-all-costs mentality. It takes me back (believe it or not) to a day in the lower sixth at school when the head of our house (nothing fancy, …

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A Marathon effort draws to a close but would you run on Sunday?

This blog is a bit of departure from the norm. I tell my clients to keep their blogs and any content 80/20 in favour of useful info v selfish ends (i.e. blatant promotion) . It is crucial with regards PR and editorial too – journalists want things their readers will read, not glorified advertising copy. …

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Ding Dong – let battle commence over BBC playing THAT song

Well, this is a pickle. Poor old Lord Hall has only been Director General of the BBC for a week or so and he’s already faced with a major issue. With “Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead” riding high in the charts following a very successful facebook campaign by anti-Thatcher protesters (it already tops the …

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Wiki Wiki Wild Wild West – MP is “like Obama”

MP Chuka Umunna: caught editing Wikipedia page (Credit: Getty Images) Thanks to Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith from PR Week  for much of this content. Labour MP Chuka Umunna is in the firing line after failing to deny that one of his team likened him to Barack Obama on Wikipedia, under the pseudonym ‘Socialdemocrat’. In case you aren’t …

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Update – a Brown Mark against the Youth Police & Crime Commissioner role

You could see this coming really. Further to yesterday’s blog (but not as a result I must add!) Paris Brown is stepping down from her role in the wake of the twitter row which has engulfed her and the commission. More on that here   Some of the statement from Paris: ” I accept that I …

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Behind the PR scenes on the day of Thatcher’s resignation

I’m not interested in debating the politics and the former PM but I have found it fascinating to see how many people genuinely do seem bothered by politics when the really BIG news happens. Maybe yesterday’s events will see a lot more people becoming politically active or wearing their political hearts on their sleeves more …

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