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 …
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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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 …
Behind the PR scenes on the day of Thatcher’s resignation Read More »
Britain’s first youth police and crime commissioner has made a tearful apology for what she accepts was “inappropriate language and views” that she posted on Twitter. Paris Brown, 17, from Sheerness in Kent, made comments about gay people and drugs, which have since been deleted. Whilst Brown has been pilloried for her views, one does …
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To many, he is a lovable buffoon in an area that has few fans. Politics. However, will Boris Johnson’s appearance (click here) on the Andrew Marr show yesterday (Sunday 24th March), in which Marr’s replacement, Eddie Mair, cornered him on issues that would appear to fly in the face of his public profile, soon have …
You can almost hear the shrieks over the double-skinny, tall, smooth, flytothemoonandletmeplayamongthestars mocha-lattes: “The customers are revolting, the customers are revolting!” Whatever you make of Starbucks’ totally legal methods of not paying any corporation tax and its seeming inability to make a profit on one of the highest margin products in the world (up their …
Firstly, this is not a political blog. It merely serves to highlight where I believe PR is an issue. Two pieces of protest/industrial action in 2 days. Both with legitimate concerns and with a right to do what they are doing. However, already this morning on the radio I have heard more sympathy for the …
Are the Transport and border staff strikes and the Dairy protest udderly ill-conceived ? Read More »
In terms of how not to handle the press, this is an object lesson. Your company is in panic mode, days away from a huge event. The media is swarming all over you. You want to hide, bury your head in the sand. That’s understandable – we’re all human. Problem is…we’re not all the CEO …
G4S – “Buckles” under the strain of Olympic effort Read More »
Plenty of outrage this week with Jeremy Clarkson forced to issue an apology for his rant about striking public sector workers. In case you missed it, Clarkson’s latest outburst came on the ever-so-cosy The One Show, you can view it here along with the full context of what he actually said. Essentially, when asked about …
Scanning the web this morning for blogging fodder, I learnt that some big, shiny London PR agencies received a curious email last month, purporting to be from Libya’s Ministry of Information. Turns out this mysterious ministry was asking for PR support to improve the image of Muammar Gaddafi. Many dismissed it as the work of …