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Many years ago I worked for a politician on the european parliament’s fishing committee. He was steering through the Parliament’s report on a piece of EU legislation on fishing net seizes. I learnt a lot. When the law was adopted I remember being told by the civil servant who wrote the law that ‘it will … Read more

Charles Clover’s recent piece on WWF’s 50th is eye opening.  Olivetti, Hudson Bay Trading Company, Rover are former mighty companies. They are no longer with us. They failed to transform and change. They often forgot why they were in business.  These companies  have thankfully died, to see  scarce resources invested elswhere, and have better things … Read more

The sons of dictators lives are kept busy. Mubarak’s sons have been arrested and questioned on how they became so rich through property deals in Egypt, London and elsewhere. But, the press has not picked up some very fishy links. Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi, the well known benefactor of the LSE, is also the major … Read more

Campaigns are about persuading your key audience. Usually that group is quite specific, it is the men and women who will make the key  political and economic decisions you need to happen. Your job as a campaigner is simple. Work out who they are, work out what drives them and makes them tick. Find the … Read more