From The Observer Mark Borkowski on the worrying rise and rise of Karen Hughes, George W Bush’s ‘Ambassador for Public Diplomacy’ and the woman behind the White House throne Profound unpopularity, as tyrants, bullies and senior spin doctors know to their advantage, can be a powerful weapon in warfare. In any army the hardest things…
Enter the wry and brilliant barrister who could be just what the Tory party’s spin doctor ordered. Boom! BOOM! BOOM! Remember that bit in Jurassic Park when the T.Rex makes its first appearance as a ripple in a glass of water? This time it’s another big beast who’s on the move, stamping out of the…
What on earth is Cherie Blair up to? Why doesn’t she heed the sensible and professional PR advice about how to conduct herself which must surely be on tap, given her address? But no: in every government since 1997, regular as clockwork, some tacky Cherie-scandal unfolds, invariably evolving around what we are later told was…
Hollywood brought Kerry down By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Conventional wisdom has it that the “morality voters” who rose to such prominence in this election voted for President Bush because of their opposition to gay marriage. But that is a complete misreading of why the morality voters dumped John Kerry. In reality, the No. 1 moral…
…Rules OK? From Batman to the Sun Bomber to Otis Ferry & the Chambermen, the newspapers are now gorging themselves on Stunt. This is the outcome of what must have been a feast of secret planning over what the rest of us thought was just the Silly Season. The invasion of the House of Commons,…
A pleasure to meet up with Robin Cook MP, the distinguished member for Livingston, former Foreign Secretary, and notorious racing enthusiast. The occasion was the Oldie Literary lunch in Edinburgh yesterday, which I was hosting on behalf of our clients Swan Hellenic. Other guests included the travel writer Charlie Connelly, author of ‘Attention All Shipping’….
Go back a few weeks. The polls said the nation suspected the Prime Minister of having deceived its representatives in the House of Commons. The polls said we believed he had deliberately misled us over Iraqi munitions to get some urgency into ‘our’ support for George W. Bush’s Middle Eastern expedition, and get the sacking…
Politics is often described as showbusiness for ugly people. Few politicians can resist the lure of the flashbulb – or the opportunity to bask in a little reflected showbiz glamour. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3746865.stm
It was a last ditch PR ploy, but Rumsfeld’s testimony may not save his job. The man squirmed on the spot as he faced difficult questions from the press corps. Gone was the swagger that framed his briefings at the height of ‘Shock and Awe’. Now called Torture-gate, the credibility of the US is below…
I am keen to see how our PM, Bad Boy Blair , manages to spin his way out of his European U-turn this week. The last seven days have been bad for Tony, and the forthcoming seven will be full of deliberate distractions to try and outwit the pursuing pack of snarling, political scribblers.