Government Affairs Blog
08 May 2008
MEPs discussed and voted on a report on tightening the rules for lobbyists in a plenary session of...
27 January 2008
Think tanks have been around for decades. They serve various functions but one, whether intentional...
09 December 2007
Next week the Liberal Democrats will have...
02 December 2007
Michael Lind wrote a fascinating article in the Financial Times this week titled 'The centre-ground's...
25 November 2007
To say British politics had an interesting week is something of an understatement.
19 November 2007
Watching a piece the Politics Show this afternoon about the Liberal Democrat leadership contest I...
11 November 2007
According to PR Week, The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) is seeking a PR agency. ...
29 October 2007
Recently a couple of people have asked me how to start out in public relations. One of the things...
07 October 2007
One could make the case that the last month or so was full of sound and fury but now we know it signified...
29 September 2007
The Conservative party conference begins this weekend. In the first of my blogs on the party...
23 September 2007
As far as I know Gordon Brown has never been publicly described as a tease. Dour certainly but...
20 September 2007
There were three narratives running during the Liberal Democrat conference.
The...
16 September 2007
The party conference season has begun this weekend as the Liberal Democrats gather in Brighton. ...
08 September 2007
Machiavelli’s The Prince is often quoted as a pragmatist’s guidebook. Machiavelli...
02 September 2007
If you think that ‘blue-sky thinking’ is the most important phrase to enter the lexicon...
12 August 2007
If you want an insight into how British diplomats think and do their job, then Christopher Meyer’s...
05 August 2007
These days I don’t get to the cinema as much as I used to so have only recently got around to...
30 July 2007
An economist friend of mine once told me this story. An engineer, a physicist and an economist...
22 July 2007
Membership of political parties has been on the decline for quite a while. This is used by many...
15 July 2007
BBC News 24 is currently running short promotional films between news bulletins. The...
08 July 2007
Last month I created a profile on Facebook. For those of you who don’t know what it is,...
03 July 2007
In order to do their job communicaton professionals need to enjoy talking and listening. They...
01 July 2007
The last week has been rather strange to say the least. Everyone knew that Gordon Brown was...
23 June 2007
PR Week has reported that MPs are to launch an enquiry into the lobbying industry. ...
20 June 2007
Today the Guardian is leading with a story that Gordon Brown has had secret talks with Ming...
17 June 2007
Following Prime Minister Blair’s speech outlining his concerns about the feral beast problem,...
10 June 2007
Most Sundays I take a walk around Highbury Fields before returning to my flat. Then, in the...
02 June 2007
The last episode of Jonathan Meades: Abroad Again will be broadcast on Wednesday 6 June at...
27 May 2007
The first episode of Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain was broadcast last Tuesday at 9...
20 May 2007
Jonathan Meades - www.jonathanmeades.com – in his...
13 May 2007
In the past, Gordon Brown has made references to the progressive consensus he wishes to create. ...
09 May 2007
GAG member Rob Williams is currently walking the route of the Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela...
29 April 2007
Gordon Brown and David Cameron are said to admire Robert Kennedy for his moral centre. In the...
22 April 2007
Last weekend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown claimed that celebrity culture was...
15 April 2007
It seems superfluous to add to the many words that have already been written about the Navy hostage...
07 April 2007
A few days ago a booklet dropped through my letterbox. The title of the publication by the Hansard...
31 March 2007
If there was a Close to Power Book I might get in it. I would like to put a stress on the word...
25 March 2007
In recent years measurement and evaluation have been seen as ways of validating the work of communication...
18 March 2007
Part of the job of a communications professional is to look after their organisation’s brand. ...
11 March 2007
Conventional wisdom says newspaper readership is in decline. How then can the title of this...
07 March 2007
Welcome to the Westminster village. Where MPs, researchers, lobbyists and hacks drink, snort, shag...
03 March 2007
This Saturday (03.03.2007) saw the return to Channel 4 of “Bremner, Bird & Fortune”...
25 February 2007
BBC Four is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the first plays by Harold Pinter. In the...
19 February 2007
The anti-road pricing e petition has generated a lot of media coverage not only over the issue itself...
12 February 2007
If you are a political junkie, Sunday mornings provide a regular fix.
If you are an early...
05 February 2007
Perhaps is a coincidence but in the last week two new books have been published that take stock of...
29 January 2007
The Concise Oxford dictionary defines cliché as a hackneyed or over-used phrase or opinion. ...
25 January 2007
Anyone who gets their information about government activity online - and I suspect that's most of...
15 January 2007
Consumers of media have become producers. Newspapers are changing to meet this challenge. ...
08 January 2007
The Hansard Society's report, 'Lobbying: Friend or Foe?' is due out at the end of this month.
Hansard...
08 January 2007
All communications professionals face the same challenge: how do you get your message noticed in a...
18 December 2006
Unless something unexpected happens, 2007 will see Tony Blair stand down as Prime Minister. ...
11 December 2006
Robin Hood is one of the most enduring legends of English culture. There have been numerous...
04 December 2006
Having just completed the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ diploma it seems like a good...
27 November 2006
The Journal of Communication Management has acquired a new Editor in the shape of Magda Pieczka. ...
21 November 2006
The fifth season of 24 is now out on DVD. For those unfamiliar with the show 24 is made up of...
21 November 2006
Commenting on the American mid-term elections and the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld, several British...
02 November 2006
The Group's Christmas Lunch, sponsored by Electus, is...
19 October 2006
Group Vice Chairman Lionel Zetter has organised a trip to the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff for group...
17 October 2006
Yes, with the event itself just six and a half weeks away, tickets for the famous GAG Christmas lunch...
06 October 2006
Liberal Democrat Conference
The Liberal Democrat conference is always...
15 September 2006
The CIPR GAG Committee met on Monday night and agreed to ask Andrew Pierce, senior political journalist,...
08 August 2006
A friend of mine at the OPSI (which used to be HMSO) tells me that they have just launched a series...
01 August 2006
Welcome to the new Government Affairs Group website, and in particular to our Government Affairs Blog....