Election tennis – the PR soundbight game
Tories to lift inheritance tax threshold to £1m 15 – LOVE Gordon Brown announces that UK troops in Basra are to be cut by 1,000 by the end of the year 15 – ALL
Football Fever
Yesterday’s Asian Cup Final in Jakarta and the repercussions in Iraq, provoked news correspondents from the BBC to claim that Iraq’s defeat of Saudi Arabia had temporarily united the divided country. Iraq beat Saudi Arabia 1-0 yesterday and celebratory gunfire was heard in Baghdad. Thousands of Iraqis had been following the match in Indonesia on…
The Fear Of Missing Out Means The Press Is Like a Feral Beast.
Sam Coates, Political Correspondent The Times. Tony Blair yesterday revealed his despair of the British media, which he believes has corroded the relationship between politicians and voters and which regularly demolishes the reputations of public figures for commercial advantage. In his last major speech as Prime Minister, 14 days before he leaves office, he said…
Essex Man, this is your biggest challenge
PROFILE: Andy Coulson: David Cameron believes he has pulled off another dazzling coup in appointing Andy Coulson, the street-smart former editor of the News of the World, as the Tories’ director of communications. Sceptics wonder if it is a stunt that will backfire like Cameron’s bicycle. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1875732.ece
Brown to play to his strengths
London – British finance minister Gordon Brown will portray himself as a sober, intellectually rigourous politician of substance in his campaign to succeed Prime Minister Tony Blair, analysts said. http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2112575,00.html
Spanner throwing and Obama
Barack Obama’s presidential nomination campaign looked like it was steaming ahead perhaps a bit too smoothly. The headlines this weekend, “Obama ancestors owned slaves, a researcher found” http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/03/04/obama_ suggest that some dark force had a reason to throw a spanner in the bandwagon. Pals of mine in the U.S. had suggested Obama would be an…
Tory leader pledges 'real grit' in the face of lower poll ratings
Tory leader pledges ‘real grit’ in the face of lower poll ratings By Andrew Grice, Political Editor Independent 06 December 2006 David Cameron’s honeymoon is over. His personal ratings are falling as the euphoria over his election as Tory leader a year ago today fades, and his party’s showing in the opinion poll is no…
Smile when you do that, Mr President
Smile when you do that, Mr President Sunday July 16, 2006 The Observer Vladimir Putin has hired a gaggle of western PRs to boost his image for the G8 presidency. Mark Borkowski, founder of Borkowski PR, believes the Russians ‘don’t quite get it – they are a tenth of a second off the beat. But…
Meet the pink tie, so much nicer than the red tie
Meet the pink tie, so much nicer than the red tie Times 14th Feb. 2006 … But will the public think the same? Mark Borkowski, the public relations expert, says that Gordon Brown’s team are in danger of trying too hard. If you can see the strings being pulled then you are in trouble. The…
How Cameron and his 'kids' staged grandaddy of all coups
How Cameron and his ‘kids’ staged grandaddy of all coups Words of advice from Mark Borkowski: David Cameron should remember the old publicist’s advice: we’ll look after your enemies but you have to protect yourself from your friends. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-1910524,00.html