I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Aaron Book Review Jonah Berger The Catalyst, ‘How to Change Anyone’s Mind’. Pages: 258 As a lobbyist, you are in the business of persuading people. It is a narrow group of people. Politicians, civil servants, policy wonks and journalists. As a campaigner, you are looking to get the public to intervene to help bring about … Read more
It may seem obvious, but lawmaking is a political process., driven by and decided by politicians. It is not a technocratic, technical, process, even in the EU. The Commission is becoming far less technocratic. The desire to push forward with proposals, whatever the evidence says, in record drafting time, is something I regret. It is … Read more
On 6 December 2021, the Environment Committee considered the 3rd objection to the MRLs for flonicamid. The debate is worth listening to. The challenge failed. The S&D did not support the challenge, so it fell. There were clear signs of a lot of background briefings on the issue by the Commission on the details of … Read more
If you want to win in lobbying, there are few things you need to right. As an equation it would look like: P+P+P+S+R+S+S or Politics + People + Process + Solution(s) + Research + Skills + System An evergreen equation? Politics You’ve got to understand the politics driving the issue. You are dealing with law … Read more