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Keep Freedom of Information requests free

By + on October 13, 2006 in Business, Government, Politics, public relations, Public Sector, Reputation Management

Fleet Street 2.0, a UK Press Gazette blog, highlights the cross-party Early Day Motion against the government’s plans to introduce fees for Freedom of Information requests. Steve Wood has more information at the UK Freedom of Information Act Blog. The…

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This is why PR sucks

By + on September 30, 2006 in Business, Government, Politics, public relations

Well actually I think public relations is great, but this little exchange between London PUBLICISTS is a good example of what why the profession/industry has such a lousy reputation. Who the **** are these people? Does anyone outside a little…

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West Yorkshire Police student podcasts

By + on September 8, 2006 in Government, Podcast, public relations, Public Sector, Yorkshire

Leeds, specifically the LS6 postcode, always has a crime surge around about this time of year. It’s because of the massive influx of students arriving at the two universities. That’s why West Yorkshire Police has come up with this fantastic…

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Arts Council gig in Liverpool

By + on September 4, 2006 in Business, Cumbria, Government, Media, public relations, Public Sector, Self Promotion, Technology

I’m off to Liverpool tomorrow to speak at an Arts Council Get Digital conference on social media. Rather than use the usual dull PowerPoint (not that mine are ever dull!) I’ve put together a list of prompts using del.icio.us. This…

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Guardian leader admits journalists must share the blame for spin

By + on August 31, 2006 in Government, Media, public relations, Public Sector

Today’s Guardian has a surprisingly thoughtful leader on yesterday’s Conservative Party story about the increase in spending on ‘government spin’. In a balanced leader it starts by saying “There are large dollops of, er, spin in the Conservative claim….” It…

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More proof that the media spin

By + on August 30, 2006 in Government, Media, Politics, public relations, Public Sector

Today’s Daily Telegraph has a story about the growth in the number and spend on what it calls ‘government spin’. Comment from Philip Young and Ian Green, but my favourite is from Simon Dickson. My take on it is that…

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Defra wiki to develop new environmental contract

By + on August 18, 2006 in Government, Public Sector

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which is already at the forefront of social media with cabinet minister David Miliband’s blog has now started a wiki to help develop an environmental contract. No time to comment further as…

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Miliband’s blog and edemocracy

By + on August 16, 2006 in Government, Politics, Public Sector

Simon Dickson has been chatting to the ‘Valiant Official’ who looks after Cabinet minister David Miliband’s blog. It confirms what I’ve already said which is that the blog is very much David’s thing and that he is writing the blog…

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Education Secretary Alan Johnson plugs blogs

By + on July 28, 2006 in Government, Politics, Yorkshire

Simon Dickson reports that Secretary of State for Education Alan Johnson has made a speech talking about the importance of blogs and social media in UK politics. Inspiring stuff from a man who is touted by some as the future…

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Tory and Lib Dem spin over David Miliband’s blog

By + on June 20, 2006 in Government, Politics

Over the weekend some bloggers such as Elle Seymour, Iain Dale and Antony Mayfield have been getting themselves into a tizz over the alleged cost of David Miliband’s ministerial blog. It was all sparked off from a parliamentary question by…

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