I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Aaron Years ago, I learned my most valuable lobbying technique: tell the right story to the right person in terms of their values. If you want to persuade anyone, you need to look at the issue from their perspective. You need to walk in their shoes. And when you have done that, you can put forward … Read more
In 1997, I learned that a race known as ‘Anglo-Saxons’ were alive, and they were not to be trusted. I was meeting some officials in DG Fisheries (as it then was) for WWF, asking why the EU was giving so many subsidies to large distant water fishing vessels. They stopped that practice. The meeting had … Read more
The most effective way to get what you want to be taken up is to tell a story. You can get everything else right, great evidence, solutions, position papers, submissions, a great campaign team, and superb execution, but if your story does not convince and persuade the audience of decision-makers whose support you need, your … Read more
Most people use a lobbyist late in the day. People will often step in too late. A week before the law is published in the Official Journal, or when the proposal is 3/4 through the legislative machinery of the EP and Council. A good lobbyist will give you a suitably grim and realistic prognosis. I’ve … Read more