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Reed was selected, and held the seat for Labour. Reporting the story shortly after the election, PR Week wryly observed: "What this can mean for the re-elected Labour government's commitment to pump billions into a raft of new nuclear power stations, we couldn't possibly say." {{ref|prweek}} | Reed was selected, and held the seat for Labour. Reporting the story shortly after the election, PR Week wryly observed: "What this can mean for the re-elected Labour government's commitment to pump billions into a raft of new nuclear power stations, we couldn't possibly say." {{ref|prweek}} | ||
| − | However another of the PR men on the shortlist, Stuart Bruce, seemed quite clear about the significance of Reed's electoral success. A few days after the election, he wrote: "One of the challenges facing Jamie will be to help push the government into an essential replacement programme for our nuclear power stations. Good luck." | + | However another of the PR men on the shortlist, Stuart Bruce, seemed quite clear about the significance of Reed's electoral success. A few days after the election, he wrote: "One of the challenges facing Jamie will be to help push the government into an essential replacement programme for our nuclear power stations. Good luck." {{ref|bruce}} |
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* {{note|prweek}} ''PR Week'', [http://www.prweek.com/uk/search/article/476577/diary-labour-candidate-emerges-wins/ "Labour Candidate Emerges, and Wins"], May 20, 2005; the full article can only be acccessed with a subscription | * {{note|prweek}} ''PR Week'', [http://www.prweek.com/uk/search/article/476577/diary-labour-candidate-emerges-wins/ "Labour Candidate Emerges, and Wins"], May 20, 2005; the full article can only be acccessed with a subscription | ||
| + | * {{note|bruce}} [http://www.20six.co.uk/middletonpark/archive/2005/05/11/t3r94qyghpvo.htm Stuart Bruce's then website] | ||
<br><center>This article uses material from the [[SourceWatch:Thomas Docherty|SourceWatch article on Thomas Docherty]]</center> | <br><center>This article uses material from the [[SourceWatch:Thomas Docherty|SourceWatch article on Thomas Docherty]]</center> | ||
[[category:Pro-nuclear individuals|Docherty, Thomas]] | [[category:Pro-nuclear individuals|Docherty, Thomas]] | ||
Revision as of 14:37, 1 March 2006
In early 2005, Docherty was part of an "all-PR" shortlist to become Labour candidate for the constituency of Copeland, which includes BNFL's Sellafield plant. The constituency was previously held by Jack Cunningham, a longstanding advocate of nuclear power. The other people on the shortlist were [1]:
- Jamie Reed, at the time a BNFL press officer,
- Stuart Bruce of Bruce Marshall Associates, and
- Tim Walker, a Bell Pottinger board director and former special adviser to Cunningham.
Reed was selected, and held the seat for Labour. Reporting the story shortly after the election, PR Week wryly observed: "What this can mean for the re-elected Labour government's commitment to pump billions into a raft of new nuclear power stations, we couldn't possibly say." [2]
However another of the PR men on the shortlist, Stuart Bruce, seemed quite clear about the significance of Reed's electoral success. A few days after the election, he wrote: "One of the challenges facing Jamie will be to help push the government into an essential replacement programme for our nuclear power stations. Good luck." [3]
Civil Nuclear Industry Scottish CPG role
Docherty used to represent the UKAEA on the Scottish Parliament's Civil Nuclear Industry CPG, according to the CPG's website [4].
After the Scottish Sunday Herald started researching the links between the CPG and lobbyists, Docherty's name was removed from the site [5] [6].
External Links
- ^ PR Week, "Labour Candidate Emerges, and Wins", May 20, 2005; the full article can only be acccessed with a subscription
![[4]](http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Image:Scottish-civil-nuclear-cpg-in-yahoo-cache-26jan06.jpg){kind=link}