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Is there a place for Mad Men in politics?
Obviously there are plenty of mad people in politics. Those of us who have devoted lifetimes to political activity might well argue that being mad helps. But mad in the sense of eccentricity and...
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Whatever you do – don’t answer the door!
A few thoughts on by-elections as the Eastleigh by-election polling day draws to a close, less than 15 minutes to vote if you live there! I first campaigned in a by-election as a “voluntary worker” in...
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Campaigning. Change but no change?
Over the last four decades in which I have taken part in election campaigning in one way or another, political communication and organisation for British elections has in some respects changed beyond...
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Know your audience
One of most important, if not the most important, rules of effective communication is to know your audience. It is perhaps surprising therefore that so many professional communicators who ply their...
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What goes around comes around
There is often much discussion, at least among communications types, about the relevance of transferable skills and experience between the worlds of politics and business. Opinions on this subject tend...
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Times past, changed, and future
I’ve been working after a fashion in the worlds of corporate public relations and political campaigning for over 37 years. Of course I’m still a new starter compared to the founder of the PR agency I...
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