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<div>--[[User:Darren OSullivan|Darren OSullivan]] 19:00, 30 March 2009 (UTC)'''James Harff''' was Director of the Washington-based PR firm [[Ruder Finn]] Global Public Affairs. He directed the company's efforts in representing the Yugoslavian republics seeking to secede: Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo (Albanians).<ref>Aleksandar Jokíc '[Lessons of Kosovo: the dangers of humanitarian intervention, p.171]' Published by Broadview Press, 2003.</ref><br />
[[Image:Harff james.jpg|right|thumb|James Harff]].<br />
<br />
==Harff on PR for the Yugoslavian Republics ==<br />
<br />
'''Harrf''': For 18 months, we have been working for the Republics of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as for the opposition in Kosovo. Throughout this period, we had many successes, giving us a formidable international image. We intend to make advantage of this and develop commercial agreements with these countries. Speed is vital, because items favourable to us must be settled in public opinion. The first statement counts. The retractions have no effect.<br />
<br />
'''Marlino''': How often do you intervene? <br />
<br />
'''Harff''': Quantity is not important. You have to intervene at the right time with the right person. From June to September, we organized 30 meetings with the main press agencies, as well as meetings between Bosnian officials and Al Gore, Lawrence Eagleburger and 10 influential senators, among them George Mitchell and Robert Dole. We also sent out 13 exclusive news items, 37 last-minute faxes, 17 official letters and eight official reports. We placed 20 telephone calls to White House staff, 20 senators, and close to 100 to journalists, editors, newscasters and other influential people in the media. <br />
<br />
'''Marlino''': What achievement were you most proud of? <br />
<br />
'''Harff''': To have managed to put Jewish opinion on our side. This was a sensitive matter, as the dossier was dangerous looked from this angle. President Tudjman [of Croatia] was very careless in his book "Wastelands of Historical Reality". Reading this writtings, one could accuse him of of antisemitism. In Bosnia, the situation was no better: President Izetbegovic strongly supported the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic state [there] in his book "The Islamic Declaration". Besides, the Croatian and Bosnian past was marked by a real and cruel anti-semitism. Tens of thousands of Jews perished in Croatian camps. So there was every reason for intellectuals and Jewish organizations to be hostile towards the Croats and Bosnians. Our challenge was to reverse this attitude. And we succeded masterfully. <br />
<br />
At the beginning of August 1992, ''New York Newsday'' came out with the affair of [Serb] concentration camps. We jumped at the opportunity immediately. We outwitted three big Jewish organizations - B'nai B'rith [[Anti-Defamation League]], the [[American Jewish Committee,]] and the [[American Jewish Congress]]. We suggested to them to publish an advertisement in the "New York Times" and to organize demonstrations outside the United Nations. <br />
<br />
That was a tremendous coup. When the Jewish organizations entered the game on the side of the [Muslim] Bosnians, we could promptly equate the Serbs with the Nazis in the public mind. Nobody understood what was happening in Yugoslavia. The great majority of Americans were probably asking themselves in which African country Bosnia was situated. But by a single move we were able to present a simple story of good guys and bad guys, which would hereafter play itself. We won by targeting Jewish audience. Almost immediately there was a clear change of language in the press, with the use of words with high emotional content, such as "ethnic cleansing", "concentration camps", etc., which evoked images of Nazi Germany and the gas chambers of Auschwitz. The emotional charge was so powerful that nobody could go against it. <br />
<br />
'''Marlino''': But when you did all of this, you had no proof that what you said was true. You only had the article in "Newsday"! <br />
<br />
'''Harff''': Our work is not to verify information. We are not equipped for that. Our work is to accelerate the circulation of information favorable to us, to aim at judiciously chosen targets. We did not confirm the existence of death camps in Bosnia, we just made it known that "Newsday" affirmed it. <br />
<br />
'''Marlino''': Are you aware that you took on a grave responsibility? <br />
<br />
'''Harff''': We are professionals. We had a job to do and we did it. We are not paid to be moral.<ref>James Harff, Director of [[Ruder Finn]], Global Public affairs section, in the Jacques Merlino interview, April 1993. (reprinted in a book in Oct. 1993) (ibid.).</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
== Further History ==<br />
===YAF background===<br />
From the YAF ([[Young Americans for Freedom]]) website, there is a [http://www.yaf.com/rebels1.shtml discussion of the organization's history] from 1960&ndash;1967:<br />
<br />
<blockquote><br />
As we've seen, YAF and [[Barry Goldwater]] had long been intertwined. As the Arizona senator became more interested in his party's Presidential nomination, YAF members worked harder to convince him that he should try to capture that nomination In July, 1963, hundreds of YAFers from across the nation attended the Draft Goldwater Rally in Washington, D.C. YAF -Director Donald Shafto was the rally's coordinator and did a brilliant job. In September, a Youth for Goldwater group was formed. YAF member James Harff was appointed director while Carol Bauman, editor of [[The New Guard]], was named executive secretary. Five members of YAF's board of directors were appointed to the national steering committee of Youth for Goldwater.<ref>Young Americans For Freedom [http://www.yaf.com/rebels1.shtml YAF background], Accessed 2nd August 2007.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
===Ethics violation Dec 2005===<br />
<br />
OfficeMax Inc. and its lobbyist James Harff were fined $2,000 by the Wisconsin Ethics Board for registering late. Lobbyist Harff was required to register by Sept. 29, 2005, but did not do so until Dec. 19, 2005, Ethics Board lobbying administrator Erik Hayko said. The penalty has been paid.<ref>Chron [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4287646.html OfficeMax Lobbyist Fined by Wisconsin], Accessed August 2nd 2007.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=James_Harff&diff=84033James Harff2009-03-30T18:58:24Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''James Harff''' was Director of the Washington-based PR firm [[Ruder Finn]] Global Public Affairs. He directed the company's efforts in representing the Yugoslavian republics seeking to secede: Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo (Albanians).<ref>Aleksandar Jokíc '[Lessons of Kosovo: the dangers of humanitarian intervention, p.171]' Published by Broadview Press, 2003.</ref><br />
[[Image:Harff james.jpg|right|thumb|James Harff]].<br />
<br />
==Harff on PR for the Yugoslavian Republics ==<br />
<br />
'''Harrf''': For 18 months, we have been working for the Republics of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as for the opposition in Kosovo. Throughout this period, we had many successes, giving us a formidable international image. We intend to make advantage of this and develop commercial agreements with these countries. Speed is vital, because items favourable to us must be settled in public opinion. The first statement counts. The retractions have no effect.<br />
<br />
'''Marlino''': How often do you intervene? <br />
<br />
'''Harff''': Quantity is not important. You have to intervene at the right time with the right person. From June to September, we organized 30 meetings with the main press agencies, as well as meetings between Bosnian officials and Al Gore, Lawrence Eagleburger and 10 influential senators, among them George Mitchell and Robert Dole. We also sent out 13 exclusive news items, 37 last-minute faxes, 17 official letters and eight official reports. We placed 20 telephone calls to White House staff, 20 senators, and close to 100 to journalists, editors, newscasters and other influential people in the media. <br />
<br />
'''Marlino''': What achievement were you most proud of? <br />
<br />
'''Harff''': To have managed to put Jewish opinion on our side. This was a sensitive matter, as the dossier was dangerous looked from this angle. President Tudjman [of Croatia] was very careless in his book "Wastelands of Historical Reality". Reading this writtings, one could accuse him of of antisemitism. In Bosnia, the situation was no better: President Izetbegovic strongly supported the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic state [there] in his book "The Islamic Declaration". Besides, the Croatian and Bosnian past was marked by a real and cruel anti-semitism. Tens of thousands of Jews perished in Croatian camps. So there was every reason for intellectuals and Jewish organizations to be hostile towards the Croats and Bosnians. Our challenge was to reverse this attitude. And we succeded masterfully. <br />
<br />
At the beginning of August 1992, ''New York Newsday'' came out with the affair of [Serb] concentration camps. We jumped at the opportunity immediately. We outwitted three big Jewish organizations - B'nai B'rith [[Anti-Defamation League]], the [[American Jewish Committee,]] and the [[American Jewish Congress]]. We suggested to them to publish an advertisement in the "New York Times" and to organize demonstrations outside the United Nations. <br />
<br />
That was a tremendous coup. When the Jewish organizations entered the game on the side of the [Muslim] Bosnians, we could promptly equate the Serbs with the Nazis in the public mind. Nobody understood what was happening in Yugoslavia. The great majority of Americans were probably asking themselves in which African country Bosnia was situated. But by a single move we were able to present a simple story of good guys and bad guys, which would hereafter play itself. We won by targeting Jewish audience. Almost immediately there was a clear change of language in the press, with the use of words with high emotional content, such as "ethnic cleansing", "concentration camps", etc., which evoked images of Nazi Germany and the gas chambers of Auschwitz. The emotional charge was so powerful that nobody could go against it. <br />
<br />
'''Marlino''': But when you did all of this, you had no proof that what you said was true. You only had the article in "Newsday"! <br />
<br />
'''Harff''': Our work is not to verify information. We are not equipped for that. Our work is to accelerate the circulation of information favorable to us, to aim at judiciously chosen targets. We did not confirm the existence of death camps in Bosnia, we just made it known that "Newsday" affirmed it. <br />
<br />
'''Marlino''': Are you aware that you took on a grave responsibility? <br />
<br />
'''Harff''': We are professionals. We had a job to do and we did it. We are not paid to be moral.<ref>James Harff, Director of [[Ruder Finn]], Global Public affairs section, in the Jacques Merlino interview, April 1993. (reprinted in a book in Oct. 1993) (ibid.).</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
== Further History ==<br />
===YAF background===<br />
From the YAF ([[Young Americans for Freedom]]) website, there is a [http://www.yaf.com/rebels1.shtml discussion of the organization's history] from 1960&ndash;1967:<br />
<br />
<blockquote><br />
As we've seen, YAF and [[Barry Goldwater]] had long been intertwined. As the Arizona senator became more interested in his party's Presidential nomination, YAF members worked harder to convince him that he should try to capture that nomination In July, 1963, hundreds of YAFers from across the nation attended the Draft Goldwater Rally in Washington, D.C. YAF -Director Donald Shafto was the rally's coordinator and did a brilliant job. In September, a Youth for Goldwater group was formed. YAF member James Harff was appointed director while Carol Bauman, editor of [[The New Guard]], was named executive secretary. Five members of YAF's board of directors were appointed to the national steering committee of Youth for Goldwater.<ref>Young Americans For Freedom [http://www.yaf.com/rebels1.shtml YAF background], Accessed 2nd August 2007.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
===Ethics violation Dec 2005===<br />
<br />
OfficeMax Inc. and its lobbyist James Harff were fined $2,000 by the Wisconsin Ethics Board for registering late. Lobbyist Harff was required to register by Sept. 29, 2005, but did not do so until Dec. 19, 2005, Ethics Board lobbying administrator Erik Hayko said. The penalty has been paid.<ref>Chron [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4287646.html OfficeMax Lobbyist Fined by Wisconsin], Accessed August 2nd 2007.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=James_Harff&diff=84032James Harff2009-03-30T18:56:01Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''James Harff''' was Director of the Washington-based PR firm [[Ruder Finn]] Global Public Affairs. He directed the company's efforts in representing the Yugoslavian republics seeking to secede: Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo (Albanians).<ref>Aleksandar Jokíc '[.</ref><br />
[[Image:Harff james.jpg|right|thumb|James Harff]].<br />
<br />
==Harff on PR for the Yugoslavian Republics ==<br />
<br />
'''Harrf''': For 18 months, we have been working for the Republics of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as for the opposition in Kosovo. Throughout this period, we had many successes, giving us a formidable international image. We intend to make advantage of this and develop commercial agreements with these countries. Speed is vital, because items favourable to us must be settled in public opinion. The first statement counts. The retractions have no effect.<br />
<br />
'''Marlino''': How often do you intervene? <br />
<br />
'''Harff''': Quantity is not important. You have to intervene at the right time with the right person. From June to September, we organized 30 meetings with the main press agencies, as well as meetings between Bosnian officials and Al Gore, Lawrence Eagleburger and 10 influential senators, among them George Mitchell and Robert Dole. We also sent out 13 exclusive news items, 37 last-minute faxes, 17 official letters and eight official reports. We placed 20 telephone calls to White House staff, 20 senators, and close to 100 to journalists, editors, newscasters and other influential people in the media. <br />
<br />
'''Marlino''': What achievement were you most proud of? <br />
<br />
'''Harff''': To have managed to put Jewish opinion on our side. This was a sensitive matter, as the dossier was dangerous looked from this angle. President Tudjman [of Croatia] was very careless in his book "Wastelands of Historical Reality". Reading this writtings, one could accuse him of of antisemitism. In Bosnia, the situation was no better: President Izetbegovic strongly supported the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic state [there] in his book "The Islamic Declaration". Besides, the Croatian and Bosnian past was marked by a real and cruel anti-semitism. Tens of thousands of Jews perished in Croatian camps. So there was every reason for intellectuals and Jewish organizations to be hostile towards the Croats and Bosnians. Our challenge was to reverse this attitude. And we succeded masterfully. <br />
<br />
At the beginning of August 1992, ''New York Newsday'' came out with the affair of [Serb] concentration camps. We jumped at the opportunity immediately. We outwitted three big Jewish organizations - B'nai B'rith [[Anti-Defamation League]], the [[American Jewish Committee,]] and the [[American Jewish Congress]]. We suggested to them to publish an advertisement in the "New York Times" and to organize demonstrations outside the United Nations. <br />
<br />
That was a tremendous coup. When the Jewish organizations entered the game on the side of the [Muslim] Bosnians, we could promptly equate the Serbs with the Nazis in the public mind. Nobody understood what was happening in Yugoslavia. The great majority of Americans were probably asking themselves in which African country Bosnia was situated. But by a single move we were able to present a simple story of good guys and bad guys, which would hereafter play itself. We won by targeting Jewish audience. Almost immediately there was a clear change of language in the press, with the use of words with high emotional content, such as "ethnic cleansing", "concentration camps", etc., which evoked images of Nazi Germany and the gas chambers of Auschwitz. The emotional charge was so powerful that nobody could go against it. <br />
<br />
'''Marlino''': But when you did all of this, you had no proof that what you said was true. You only had the article in "Newsday"! <br />
<br />
'''Harff''': Our work is not to verify information. We are not equipped for that. Our work is to accelerate the circulation of information favorable to us, to aim at judiciously chosen targets. We did not confirm the existence of death camps in Bosnia, we just made it known that "Newsday" affirmed it. <br />
<br />
'''Marlino''': Are you aware that you took on a grave responsibility? <br />
<br />
'''Harff''': We are professionals. We had a job to do and we did it. We are not paid to be moral.<ref>James Harff, Director of [[Ruder Finn]], Global Public affairs section, in the Jacques Merlino interview, April 1993. (reprinted in a book in Oct. 1993) (ibid.).</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
== Further History ==<br />
===YAF background===<br />
From the YAF ([[Young Americans for Freedom]]) website, there is a [http://www.yaf.com/rebels1.shtml discussion of the organization's history] from 1960&ndash;1967:<br />
<br />
<blockquote><br />
As we've seen, YAF and [[Barry Goldwater]] had long been intertwined. As the Arizona senator became more interested in his party's Presidential nomination, YAF members worked harder to convince him that he should try to capture that nomination In July, 1963, hundreds of YAFers from across the nation attended the Draft Goldwater Rally in Washington, D.C. YAF -Director Donald Shafto was the rally's coordinator and did a brilliant job. In September, a Youth for Goldwater group was formed. YAF member James Harff was appointed director while Carol Bauman, editor of [[The New Guard]], was named executive secretary. Five members of YAF's board of directors were appointed to the national steering committee of Youth for Goldwater.<ref>Young Americans For Freedom [http://www.yaf.com/rebels1.shtml YAF background], Accessed 2nd August 2007.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
===Ethics violation Dec 2005===<br />
<br />
OfficeMax Inc. and its lobbyist James Harff were fined $2,000 by the Wisconsin Ethics Board for registering late. Lobbyist Harff was required to register by Sept. 29, 2005, but did not do so until Dec. 19, 2005, Ethics Board lobbying administrator Erik Hayko said. The penalty has been paid.<ref>Chron [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4287646.html OfficeMax Lobbyist Fined by Wisconsin], Accessed August 2nd 2007.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83901Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T10:14:13Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>--[[User:Darren OSullivan|Darren OSullivan]] 10:14, 30 March 2009 (UTC)'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' ''The Telegraph'', 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] ''bbc.co.uk'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' ''www.parliament.uk'', 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref> UK Politics '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm BBC's Europe bias must be checked]' ''bbc.co.uk'', March 12, 2002, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>BBC News '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm Dutch MP banned from entering UK]' ''bbc.co.uk'', Febuary 12, 2009, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>Haroon Siddique, Peter Walker '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK]' ''The Guardian'', 12 February, 2009 Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>Christopher Hope, John Bingham and Bruno Waterfield '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 12 February, 2009, Accessed March 30, 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83900Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T10:13:50Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' ''The Telegraph'', 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] ''bbc.co.uk'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' ''www.parliament.uk'', 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref> UK Politics '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm BBC's Europe bias must be checked]' ''bbc.co.uk'', March 12, 2002, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>BBC News '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm Dutch MP banned from entering UK]' ''bbc.co.uk'', Febuary 12, 2009, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>Haroon Siddique, Peter Walker '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK]' ''The Guardian'', 12 February, 2009 Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>Christopher Hope, John Bingham and Bruno Waterfield '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 12 February, 2009, Accessed March 30, 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83898Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T10:12:40Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' ''The Telegraph'', 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] ''bbc.co.uk'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' ''www.parliament.uk'', 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref> UK Politics '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm BBC's Europe bias must be checked]' ''bbc.co.uk'', March 12, 2002, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>BBC News '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm Dutch MP banned from entering UK]' ''bbc.co.uk'', Febuary 12, 2009, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>Haroon Siddique, Peter Walker '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK]' ''The Guardian'', 12 February, 2009 Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>'[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 12 February, 2009, Accessed March 30, 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83897Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T10:10:29Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' ''The Telegraph'', 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] ''bbc.co.uk'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' ''www.parliament.uk'', 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref> UK Politics '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm BBC's Europe bias must be checked]' ''bbc.co.uk'', March 12, 2002, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>BBC News '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm Dutch MP banned from entering UK]' ''bbc.co.uk'', Febuary 12, 2009, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>Haroon Siddique, Peter Walker '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK]' ''The Guardian'', 12 February, 2009 Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83896Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T10:07:40Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' ''The Telegraph'', 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] ''bbc.co.uk'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' ''www.parliament.uk'', 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref> UK Politics '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm BBC's Europe bias must be checked]' ''bbc.co.uk'', March 12, 2002, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>BBC News '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm Dutch MP banned from entering UK]' ''bbc.co.uk'', Febuary 12, 2009, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83895Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T10:06:45Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' ''The Telegraph'', 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] "bbc.co.uk", January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' ''www.parliament.uk'', 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref> UK Politics '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm BBC's Europe bias must be checked]' ''bbc.co.uk'', March 12, 2002, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>BBC News '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm Dutch MP banned from entering UK]' ''bbc.co.uk'', Febuary 12, 2009, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83894Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T10:04:40Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' The Telegraph, 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] "bbc.co.uk", January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' "www.parliament.uk", 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref> UK Politics '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm BBC's Europe bias must be checked]' "bbc.co.uk", March 12, 2002, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>BBC News '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm Dutch MP banned from entering UK]' "bbc.co.uk", Febuary 12, 2009, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83892Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T10:04:03Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' "The Telegraph", 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] "bbc.co.uk", January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' "www.parliament.uk", 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref> UK Politics '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm BBC's Europe bias must be checked]' "bbc.co.uk", March 12, 2002, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>BBC News '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm Dutch MP banned from entering UK]' "bbc.co.uk", Febuary 12, 2009, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83890Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T10:03:10Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' "The Telegraph", 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] "bbc.co.uk", January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' "www.parliament.uk", 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref> UK Politics '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm BBC's Europe bias must be checked]' "bbc.co.uk" March 12, 2002, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>BBC News '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm Dutch MP banned from entering UK]' "bbc.co.uk" Febuary 12, 2009, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83889Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T09:59:16Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' "The Telegraph", 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] "bbc.co.uk", January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' "www.parliament.uk", 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref> UK Politics '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm BBC's Europe bias must be checked]' "bbc.co.uk" March 12, 2002, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm "Dutch MP banned from entering UK"] 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83888Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T09:57:45Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' "The Telegraph", 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] "bbc.co.uk", January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' "www.parliament.uk", 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>UK Politics [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm BBC's Europe bias must be checked]' "bbc.co.uk" March 12, 2002, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm "Dutch MP banned from entering UK"] 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83887Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T09:52:27Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' "The Telegraph", 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] "bbc.co.uk", January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' "www.parliament.uk", 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm "'BBC's Europe bias must be checked'"] 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm "Dutch MP banned from entering UK"] 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83886Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T09:50:24Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' "The Telegraph", 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] "bbc.co.uk", January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>Lord Pearson of Rannoch '[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]' 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm "'BBC's Europe bias must be checked'"] 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm "Dutch MP banned from entering UK"] 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83884Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T09:45:36Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' "The Telegraph", 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm"Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] "bbc.co.uk", January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref> [[Parliament.uk]][http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm "European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07"] 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm "'BBC's Europe bias must be checked'"] 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm "Dutch MP banned from entering UK"] 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83883Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T09:40:42Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' "The Telegraph", 19 June, 2001, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm."Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref> [[Parliament.uk]][http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm "European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07"] 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm "'BBC's Europe bias must be checked'"] 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm "Dutch MP banned from entering UK"] 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83882Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T09:36:03Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]' "The Telegraph", 19 June, 2001, Accessed 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm."Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref> [[Parliament.uk]][http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm "European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07"] 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm "'BBC's Europe bias must be checked'"] 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm "Dutch MP banned from entering UK"] 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83881Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T09:34:47Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Sandra Barwick '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles]', "The Telegraph", 19 June, 2001, Accessed 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>Anthony Browne '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party]' ''The Times'', January 9, 2007, Accessed 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm."Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref> [[Parliament.uk]][http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm "European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07"] 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm "'BBC's Europe bias must be checked'"] 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm "Dutch MP banned from entering UK"] 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83876Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T09:00:55Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>--[[User:Darren OSullivan|Darren OSullivan]] 09:00, 30 March 2009 (UTC)'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml "Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles'"], 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[[Timesonline]][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html "Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party"] 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm."Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref> [[Parliament.uk]][http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm "European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07"] 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm "'BBC's Europe bias must be checked'"] 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm "Dutch MP banned from entering UK"] 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83875Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T09:00:18Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml "Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles'"], 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[[Timesonline]][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html "Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party"] 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm."Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref> [[Parliament.uk]][http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm "European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07"] 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm "'BBC's Europe bias must be checked'"] 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm "Dutch MP banned from entering UK"] 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83874Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:58:30Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml "Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles'"], 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[[Timesonline]][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html "Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party"] 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm."Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref> [[Parliament.uk]][http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm "European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07"] 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm "'BBC's Europe bias must be checked'"] 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm "Dutch MP banned from entering UK" 30 March 2009</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83873Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:55:32Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml "Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles'"], 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[[Timesonline]][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html "Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party"] 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm."Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref> [[Parliament.uk]][http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm "European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07"] 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm "'BBC's Europe bias must be checked'"] 30 March 2009</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83872Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:54:39Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml "Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles'"], 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[[Timesonline]][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html "Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party"] 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm."Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref> [[Parliament.uk]][http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm "European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07"] 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm "'BBC's Europe bias must be checked'"]</ref> 30 March 2009 <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83871Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:52:37Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml "Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles'"], 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[[Timesonline]][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html "Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party"] 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm."Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref> [[Parliament.uk]][http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm "European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07"] 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm].</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83870Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:49:12Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml "Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles'"], 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[[Timesonline]][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html "Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party"] 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm."Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref> [[Parliament.uk]][http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm " <br />
European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07"] 30 March 2009</ref>which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm].</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83868Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:46:19Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml "Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles'"], 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[[Timesonline]][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html "Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party"] 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[[BBC.co.uk]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm."Conservative peers defect to UKIP"] 30 March 2009</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm]</ref> which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm].</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83867Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:44:02Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml "Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles'"], 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[[Timesonline]][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html "Tory peers defect to UK Independence Party"] 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm].</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm]</ref> which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm].</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83866Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:41:58Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml "Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles'"], 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html] 30 March 2009</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm].</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm]</ref> which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm].</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83865Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:40:50Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml "Euro-sceptic peer attacks BBC's 'raging Europhiles'"], 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html]</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm].</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm]</ref> which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm].</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83864Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:39:18Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml], 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html]</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm].</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm]</ref> which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm].</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83863Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:37:27Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>[[The Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml], Accessed 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html]</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm].</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm]</ref> which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm].</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83861Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:34:19Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref>Malcom Pearson [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml], Accessed 26 March 2009</ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html]</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm].</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm]</ref> which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm].</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Malcolm_Pearson&diff=83860Malcolm Pearson2009-03-30T08:30:09Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson''', [[Baron Pearson of Rannoch]] (born 20 July 1942) is a businessman and [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]], Pearson is chairman of the Pearson Webb Springbett (PWS) Group of reinsurance brokers, which he founded in 1964. He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as '''Baron Pearson of Rannoch''', of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].<br />
<br />
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing.<ref> Malcom Pearson [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/12/06/ntoday06.xml]. Accessed 26 March 2009 </ref> In May 2004, he called for voters to back the [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UK Independence Party]] (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Tories to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2537440,00.html]</ref>, along with [[Leopold Verney]], (21st Baron Willoughby de Broke)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm].</ref> He criticised the Tory party's leadership for being "silly" and argued that they should try to get UKIP members back into the fold by adopting more anti-[[European Union]] policies themselves. He has tabled a number of unsuccessful Private Member's Bills in the House of Lords demanding Britain's immediate withdrawal from the European Union. In November 2006 he tabled the [[European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill 2006-07]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/european_union_implications_of_withdrawal.htm]</ref> which calls for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry into the implications of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Also, he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party sometime afterwards, citing David Cameron's refusal to tell the British people about the disadvantages they suffer because Britain is a member of the EU.<br />
==Think tank==<br />
He is also the co-founder of an anti-EU think-tank, [[Global Britain]], which has campaigned against alleged pro-EU bias at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1866598.stm].</ref> <br />
<br />
He is a strong supporter of the pro-hunting [[Countryside Alliance]], serving as chairman of its deerstalking committee.<br />
<br />
==Geert Wilders controversy==<br />
In February 2009, Baron Pearson further courted controversy when he and right-wing cross-bencher [[Caroline Cox|Baroness Cox]] invited Dutch Freedom Party leader [[Geert Wilders]] to show the anti-Islam film ''[[Fitna]]'' before the [[House of Lords]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7882953.stm</ref>. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>[[The Guardian]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam "Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK"], 12 February 2009</ref> In response, Pearson and Cox accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.<ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html "Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film"], 12 February 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Pearson has been married three times: to [[Francesca Frua de Angeli]] in 1965, with whom he had one daughter and divorced 1970; to the Hon. [[Mary Charteris]] in 1977, with whom he had two daughters and divorced 1995; and to [[Caroline St Vincent Rose]] in 1997.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=COP15_Issues_Discussion_Page&diff=77353COP15 Issues Discussion Page2009-02-20T16:38:49Z<p>Darren OSullivan: /* = */</p>
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<div>Keshia: Awesome, now we can all chat about this. Ok, I found a page about BP and other participants in the Global Compact. I'm going to be looking into the Global Compact participants and their connections to the UK government, in particular the DECC. I've added to the DECC page. I will add to the Global Compact page, but if you're looking at BP check out this site--[http://www.unglobalcompact.org/ParticipantsAndStakeholders/search_participant.html] You can type in any org that's involved, such as BP, and then clink on their linked page and there are documents about what they've accomplished and their plan of action.<br />
As far as renewable energy, look to the site: [http://www.decc.gov.uk/pdfs/organogram.pdf]. This has the list of people you may want to contact. I have linked this, and listed the people on the DECC profile page, and the Director General Willy Rickett has a page on spinprofiles as well that you can read up on.<br />
<br />
Hope that helps!<br />
<br />
==COP15 structure==<br />
<br />
List of all parties to COP can be found at http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/items/2704.php<br />
<br />
plus long list of observing parties at http://maindb.unfccc.int/public/ngo.pl?mode=wim&search=A<br />
I recommend looking at just British registered ones to narrow it down<br />
===COP15 People===<br />
<br />
What I am now interested in is WHO exactly from Scotland/UK governments will be going into the summit? This is partly for us to direct our inquiries and also because it will help other activists to target these specific people with information/demands.<br />
If anyone gets any leads on this please let us know..and I will do the same.<br />
<br />
===Renewables lobbies===<br />
<br />
==BP==<br />
<br />
==Shell==<br />
==Connections==<br />
I noticed Darren's page on the [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]]. It's interesting because some of the groups from that are also signed up on the Global Compact. I'm thinking I will do my project on BG Group because it has that link and there's no information on Spinprofiles about it yet. Also, no word yet on the vacancy, I've been calling, and emailed. I will keep trying before our meeting Tuesday.<br />
<br />
Miriam / Keisha- Thanks for the chat the other day it's helped me to narrow the scope of my project. I'm going to follow up Miriam's suggestion and focus on the [[UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy]] concerning FOIs. I will also build on the profile of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and a couple of other associations / lobby groups. I would still like to explore the links across the various networks, however, this may be too big a task! I'll check with David and Will.<br />
<br />
Keisha: While the BG Group is a member of WBCSD, it is not referred to as a member of the UK regional council although its headquarters are in the UK - but I'll check on this. Consequently, I don't think our FOI requests are going to overlap. <br />
<br />
Miriam: I know your angle is company greenwashing - but could you let me know which company you have decided on in case I turn anything up. As you know the BCSE-UK is notorious for its greenwashing and I'd like to know if the company you've settled on is a member.<br />
<br />
All for now - Darren<br />
<br />
===<br />
<br />
Hi all. I have decided to focus on the [[British Wind Energy Association]] which is not a member of UKBCSE but is another trade assoc with all of the members of the UKBCSE in it. It would be interesting to look at the connections between these groups and also to compare their message to COP15, which may be very similar. p.s Ive changed your entries to UKBCSE from UKBCSD..(its sustainable Energy not Development)..sorry to be so pedantic!<br />
Will now focus on finding out who the people going to COP15 from Scotland/UK are for a while. Will start a new section.<br />
See y'all later and thanks for eveything xx Miriam<br />
<br />
==<br />
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Hi Miriam; your not being pedantic but there is also an organisation called the UKBCSD - http://www.bcsd-uk.co.uk/ - which is the UK arm of the WBCSD. ( Another bloody lobby group) Sorry about the confusion, I'm not sure what you altered but could you go back and edit it again please? Thanks D.</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=COP15_Issues_Discussion_Page&diff=77351COP15 Issues Discussion Page2009-02-20T16:36:52Z<p>Darren OSullivan: /* = */</p>
<hr />
<div>Keshia: Awesome, now we can all chat about this. Ok, I found a page about BP and other participants in the Global Compact. I'm going to be looking into the Global Compact participants and their connections to the UK government, in particular the DECC. I've added to the DECC page. I will add to the Global Compact page, but if you're looking at BP check out this site--[http://www.unglobalcompact.org/ParticipantsAndStakeholders/search_participant.html] You can type in any org that's involved, such as BP, and then clink on their linked page and there are documents about what they've accomplished and their plan of action.<br />
As far as renewable energy, look to the site: [http://www.decc.gov.uk/pdfs/organogram.pdf]. This has the list of people you may want to contact. I have linked this, and listed the people on the DECC profile page, and the Director General Willy Rickett has a page on spinprofiles as well that you can read up on.<br />
<br />
Hope that helps!<br />
<br />
==COP15 structure==<br />
<br />
List of all parties to COP can be found at http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/items/2704.php<br />
<br />
plus long list of observing parties at http://maindb.unfccc.int/public/ngo.pl?mode=wim&search=A<br />
I recommend looking at just British registered ones to narrow it down<br />
===COP15 People===<br />
<br />
What I am now interested in is WHO exactly from Scotland/UK governments will be going into the summit? This is partly for us to direct our inquiries and also because it will help other activists to target these specific people with information/demands.<br />
If anyone gets any leads on this please let us know..and I will do the same.<br />
<br />
===Renewables lobbies===<br />
<br />
==BP==<br />
<br />
==Shell==<br />
==Connections==<br />
I noticed Darren's page on the [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]]. It's interesting because some of the groups from that are also signed up on the Global Compact. I'm thinking I will do my project on BG Group because it has that link and there's no information on Spinprofiles about it yet. Also, no word yet on the vacancy, I've been calling, and emailed. I will keep trying before our meeting Tuesday.<br />
<br />
Miriam / Keisha- Thanks for the chat the other day it's helped me to narrow the scope of my project. I'm going to follow up Miriam's suggestion and focus on the [[UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy]] concerning FOIs. I will also build on the profile of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and a couple of other associations / lobby groups. I would still like to explore the links across the various networks, however, this may be too big a task! I'll check with David and Will.<br />
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Keisha: While the BG Group is a member of WBCSD, it is not referred to as a member of the UK regional council although its headquarters are in the UK - but I'll check on this. Consequently, I don't think our FOI requests are going to overlap. <br />
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Miriam: I know your angle is company greenwashing - but could you let me know which company you have decided on in case I turn anything up. As you know the BCSE-UK is notorious for its greenwashing and I'd like to know if the company you've settled on is a member.<br />
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All for now - Darren<br />
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Hi all. I have decided to focus on the [[British Wind Energy Association]] which is not a member of UKBCSE but is another trade assoc with all of the members of the UKBCSE in it. It would be interesting to look at the connections between these groups and also to compare their message to COP15, which may be very similar. p.s Ive changed your entries to UKBCSE from UKBCSD..(its sustainable Energy not Development)..sorry to be so pedantic!<br />
Will now focus on finding out who the people going to COP15 from Scotland/UK are for a while. Will start a new section.<br />
See y'all later and thanks for eveything xx Miriam<br />
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Hi Miriam; your not being pedantic but there is also an organisation called the UKBCSD - http://www.bcsd-uk.co.uk/ - which is the UK arm of the WBCSD. Sorry about the confusion, I'm not sure what you altered but could you go back and edit it again please? Thanks D.</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=COP15_Issues_Discussion_Page&diff=77203COP15 Issues Discussion Page2009-02-18T20:07:37Z<p>Darren OSullivan: /* Connections */</p>
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<div>Keshia: Awesome, now we can all chat about this. Ok, I found a page about BP and other participants in the Global Compact. I'm going to be looking into the Global Compact participants and their connections to the UK government, in particular the DECC. I've added to the DECC page. I will add to the Global Compact page, but if you're looking at BP check out this site--[http://www.unglobalcompact.org/ParticipantsAndStakeholders/search_participant.html] You can type in any org that's involved, such as BP, and then clink on their linked page and there are documents about what they've accomplished and their plan of action.<br />
As far as renewable energy, look to the site: [http://www.decc.gov.uk/pdfs/organogram.pdf]. This has the list of people you may want to contact. I have linked this, and listed the people on the DECC profile page, and the Director General Willy Rickett has a page on spinprofiles as well that you can read up on.<br />
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Hope that helps!<br />
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==COP15 structure==<br />
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List of all parties to COP can be found at http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/items/2704.php<br />
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plus long list of observing parties at http://maindb.unfccc.int/public/ngo.pl?mode=wim&search=A<br />
I recommend looking at just British registered ones to narrow it down<br />
===COP15 People===<br />
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What I am now interested in is WHO exactly from Scotland/UK governments will be going into the summit? This is partly for us to direct our inquiries and also because it will help other activists to target these specific people with information/demands.<br />
If anyone gets any leads on this please let us know..and I will do the same.<br />
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===Renewables lobbies===<br />
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==BP==<br />
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==Shell==<br />
==Connections==<br />
I noticed Darren's page on the [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]]. It's interesting because some of the groups from that are also signed up on the Global Compact. I'm thinking I will do my project on BG Group because it has that link and there's no information on Spinprofiles about it yet. Also, no word yet on the vacancy, I've been calling, and emailed. I will keep trying before our meeting Tuesday.<br />
<br />
Miriam / Keisha- Thanks for the chat the other day it's helped me to narrow the scope of my project. I'm going to follow up Miriam's suggestion and focus on the Business Council for Sustainable Development-UK concerning FOIs. I will also build on the profile of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and a couple of other associations / lobby groups. I would still like to explore the links across the various networks, however, this may be too big a task! I'll check with David and Will.<br />
<br />
Keisha: While the BG Group is a member of WBCSD, it is not referred to as a member of the UK regional council although its headquarters are in the UK - but I'll check on this. Consequently, I don't think our FOI requests are going to overlap. <br />
<br />
Miriam: I know your angle is company greenwashing - but could you let me know which company you have decided on in case I turn anything up. As you know the BCSD-UK is notorious for its greenwashing and I'd like to know if the company you've settled on is a member.<br />
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All for now - Darren</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Combat_Climate_Change_Initiative&diff=76639Combat Climate Change Initiative2009-02-13T12:18:09Z<p>Darren OSullivan: /* Signatory companies */</p>
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<div>The 3C initiative is an organisation that encourages business leaders'across the globe to actively help shape global opininon on the issue of climate change.<br />
<br />
==Goal==<br />
According to the 3C website,the primary goal of initiative is to influence the post-Kyoto process - [[COP 15]] - and drive policy that promotes a '''market based solution''' in dealing with the problem of climate change.<br />
<br />
==Signatory companies==<br />
There are currently nearly 60 global companies involved with the 3C initiative including General Electric, AIG, Citigroup, BP, Siemens, Hitachi, Rusal, Reuters, Duke Energy, China Oil & Offshore Company, Volvo, Tata Power, and HP involved in the initiative.The company charged with coordinating the group is the Swedish power company is Vattenfall and many of the signatory companies also take part in other activities on climate change such as the World Economic Forum's G8 Climate Change Roundtable, US Climate Action Partnership and various Trade Association's initiatives.<br />
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[http://www.combatclimatechange.org/www/ccc_org/ccc_org/224546home/720282thex3/index.jsp Title needed]</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
<References/><br />
[[Category:Climate Change]]</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Combat_Climate_Change_Initiative&diff=76635Combat Climate Change Initiative2009-02-13T12:03:49Z<p>Darren OSullivan: /* Signatory companies */</p>
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<div>The 3C initiative is an organisation that encourages business leaders'across the globe to actively help shape global opininon on the issue of climate change.<br />
<br />
==Goal==<br />
According to the 3C website,the primary goal of initiative is to influence the post-Kyoto process - [[COP 15]] - and drive policy that promotes a '''market based solution''' in dealing with the problem of climate change.<br />
<br />
==Signatory companies==<br />
There are currently nearly 60 global companies involved with the 3C initiative including General Electric, AIG, Citigroup, BP, Siemens, Hitachi, Rusal, Reuters, Duke Energy, China Oil & Offshore Company, Volvo, Tata Power, and HP involved in the initiative.The company charged with coordinating the group is the Swedish power company is Vattenfall and many of the signatory companies also take part in other activities on climate change such as the World Economic Forum's G8 Climate Change Roundtable, US Climate Action Pertnership and various Trade Association's initiatives.<br />
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<ref> <br />
[http://www.combatclimatechange.org/www/ccc_org/ccc_org/224546home/720282thex3/index.jsp Title needed]</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
<References/><br />
[[Category:Climate Change]]</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Combat_Climate_Change_Initiative&diff=76632Combat Climate Change Initiative2009-02-13T12:02:32Z<p>Darren OSullivan: /* Signatory companies */</p>
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<div>The 3C initiative is an organisation that encourages business leaders'across the globe to actively help shape global opininon on the issue of climate change.<br />
<br />
==Goal==<br />
According to the 3C website,the primary goal of initiative is to influence the post-Kyoto process - [[COP 15]] - and drive policy that promotes a '''market based solution''' in dealing with the problem of climate change.<br />
<br />
==Signatory companies==<br />
There are currently nearly 60 global companies involved with the 3C initiative including General Electric, AIG, Citigroup, BP, Siemens, Hitachi, Rusal, Reuters, Duke Energy, China Oil & Offshore Company, Volvo, Tata Power, and HP involved in the initiative.<ref> The company charged with coordinating the group is the Swedish power company is Vattenfall and many of the signatory companies also take part in other activities on climate change such as the World Economic Forum's G8 Climate Change Roundtable, US Climate Action Pertnership and various Trade Association's initiatives.<br />
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[http://www.combatclimatechange.org/www/ccc_org/ccc_org/224546home/720282thex3/index.jsp Title needed]</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
<References/><br />
[[Category:Climate Change]]</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Combat_Climate_Change_Initiative&diff=76628Combat Climate Change Initiative2009-02-13T11:57:26Z<p>Darren OSullivan: /* Signatory companies */</p>
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<div>The 3C initiative is an organisation that encourages business leaders'across the globe to actively help shape global opininon on the issue of climate change.<br />
<br />
==Goal==<br />
According to the 3C website,the primary goal of initiative is to influence the post-Kyoto process - [[COP 15]] - and drive policy that promotes a '''market based solution''' in dealing with the problem of climate change.<br />
<br />
==Signatory companies==<br />
There are currently nearly 60 global companies, which include General Electric, AIG, Citigroup, BP, Siemens, Hitachi, Rusal, Reuters, Duke Energy, China Oil & Offshore Company, Volvo, Tata Power, and HP involved in the initiative.<ref> The Swedish power company Vattenfall is responsible for coordinating the initiative. Other companies are invited to take part. This can be achieved by getting as many companies as possible aboard and by getting our common platform well known and well understood.Many of the participants in the 3C initiative also take part in other activities on climate change such as the World Economic Forum's G8 Climate Change Roundtable, US Climate Action Pertnership and various Trade Association's initiatives.<br />
<br />
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[http://www.combatclimatechange.org/www/ccc_org/ccc_org/224546home/720282thex3/index.jsp Title needed]</ref><br />
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There are clear indications of an ongoing global climate change. The root cause seems to be the emission of greenhouse gases due to human activity. A change in the climate could potentially alter the conditions that govern human life and lead to major costs. Therefore, we believe that the global community should aim at reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to acceptable levels as rapidly as possible, as well as providing secure and affordable energy for a stable, global development.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<References/><br />
[[Category:Climate Change]]</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Combat_Climate_Change_Initiative&diff=76622Combat Climate Change Initiative2009-02-13T11:48:35Z<p>Darren OSullivan: /* Goal */</p>
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<div>The 3C initiative is an organisation that encourages business leaders'across the globe to actively help shape global opininon on the issue of climate change.<br />
<br />
==Goal==<br />
According to the 3C website,the primary goal of initiative is to influence the post-Kyoto process - [[COP 15]] - and drive policy that promotes a '''market based solution''' in dealing with the problem of climate change.<br />
<br />
==Signatory companies==<br />
At present 55 global companies including General Electric, AIG, Citigroup, BP, Siemens, Hitachi, Rusal, Reuters, Duke Energy, China Oil & Offshore Company, Volvo, Tata Power, HP and Vattenfall have joined our initiative!<ref><br />
[http://www.combatclimatechange.org/www/ccc_org/ccc_org/224546home/720282thex3/index.jsp Title needed]</ref><br />
Many of the participants in the 3C initiative also take part in other activities on climate change such as the World Economic Forum's G8 Climate Change Roundtable, US Climate Action Pertnership and various Trade Association's initiatives.<br />
<br />
<br />
The Swedish power company Vattenfall is responsible for coordinating the initiative. Other companies are invited to take part. The initiative stems from Vattenfall’s proposal for a low carbon emitting society “Curbing Climate Change”. This can be achieved by getting as many companies as possible aboard and by getting our common platform well known and well understood.<br />
<br />
There are clear indications of an ongoing global climate change. The root cause seems to be the emission of greenhouse gases due to human activity. A change in the climate could potentially alter the conditions that govern human life and lead to major costs. Therefore, we believe that the global community should aim at reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to acceptable levels as rapidly as possible, as well as providing secure and affordable energy for a stable, global development.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<References/><br />
[[Category:Climate Change]]</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Combat_Climate_Change_Initiative&diff=76620Combat Climate Change Initiative2009-02-13T11:43:16Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>The 3C initiative is an organisation that encourages business leaders'across the globe to actively help shape global opininon on the issue of climate change.<br />
<br />
==Goal==<br />
According to the 3C website,the primary goal of initiative is to influence the post-Kyoto process - [[COP 15]]- and drive policy that promotes a '''market based solution''' in dealing with the problem of climate change.<br />
<br />
==Signatory companies==<br />
At present 55 global companies including General Electric, AIG, Citigroup, BP, Siemens, Hitachi, Rusal, Reuters, Duke Energy, China Oil & Offshore Company, Volvo, Tata Power, HP and Vattenfall have joined our initiative!<ref><br />
[http://www.combatclimatechange.org/www/ccc_org/ccc_org/224546home/720282thex3/index.jsp Title needed]</ref><br />
Many of the participants in the 3C initiative also take part in other activities on climate change such as the World Economic Forum's G8 Climate Change Roundtable, US Climate Action Pertnership and various Trade Association's initiatives.<br />
<br />
<br />
The Swedish power company Vattenfall is responsible for coordinating the initiative. Other companies are invited to take part. The initiative stems from Vattenfall’s proposal for a low carbon emitting society “Curbing Climate Change”. This can be achieved by getting as many companies as possible aboard and by getting our common platform well known and well understood.<br />
<br />
There are clear indications of an ongoing global climate change. The root cause seems to be the emission of greenhouse gases due to human activity. A change in the climate could potentially alter the conditions that govern human life and lead to major costs. Therefore, we believe that the global community should aim at reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to acceptable levels as rapidly as possible, as well as providing secure and affordable energy for a stable, global development.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<References/><br />
[[Category:Climate Change]]</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Combat_Climate_Change_Initiative&diff=76595Combat Climate Change Initiative2009-02-13T11:20:55Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>The 3C initiative is an organisation that encourages business leaders'across the globe to actively help shape global opininon on the issue of climate change.<br />
<br />
Goal:<br />
The goal is to underline the need for urgent action by the global community and to influence the post-Kyoto process by demanding a global framework supporting a '''market based solution''' to the climate change issue. This can be achieved by getting as many companies as possible aboard and by getting our common platform well known and well understood.<br />
<br />
There are clear indications of an ongoing global climate change. The root cause seems to be the emission of greenhouse gases due to human activity. A change in the climate could potentially alter the conditions that govern human life and lead to major costs. Therefore, we believe that the global community should aim at reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to acceptable levels as rapidly as possible, as well as providing secure and affordable energy for a stable, global development.<br />
<br />
Swedish power company Vattenfall is responsible for coordinating the 3C initiative. Other companies are invited to take part. The initiative stems from Vattenfall’s proposal for a low carbon emitting society “Curbing Climate Change”.<br />
<br />
Many of the participants in the 3C initiative also take part in other activities on climate change such as the World Economic Forum's G8 Climate Change Roundtable, US Climate Action Pertnership and various Trade Association's initiatives.<br />
<br />
==Signatory companies==<br />
At present 55 global companies including General Electric, AIG, Citigroup, BP, Siemens, Hitachi, Rusal, Reuters, Duke Energy, China Oil & Offshore Company, Volvo, Tata Power, HP and Vattenfall have joined our initiative!<ref><br />
[http://www.combatclimatechange.org/www/ccc_org/ccc_org/224546home/720282thex3/index.jsp Title needed]</ref><br />
==Notes==<br />
<References/><br />
[[Category:Climate Change]]</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Copenhagen_Climate_Council&diff=75975Copenhagen Climate Council2009-02-06T21:40:18Z<p>Darren OSullivan: /* Background */</p>
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<div>==Background==<br />
The Copenhagen Climate Council is a collaboration between scientists and business that claims to offer "support and assistance to global decision makers"in the run-up to [[COP 15]]. The council was founded by the Scandinavian think-thank, Monday Morning, and boasts a membership of 30 global leaders from the fields of business, science and public policy.<br />
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[[Category:Climate Change]][[Category:Corporate Lobby Groups]]</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Copenhagen_Climate_Council&diff=75974Copenhagen Climate Council2009-02-06T21:33:48Z<p>Darren OSullivan: /* Background */</p>
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<div>==Background==<br />
The Copenhagen Climate Council is a collaboration between scientists and business that claims to offer "support and assistance to global decision makers"in the run-up to [[COP 15]]. The council was founded by the Scandinavian think-thank, Monday Morning, and boasts 30 global leaders from the world of business, science and public policy.<br />
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==History==<br />
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==Funding and finances==<br />
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==People==<br />
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==Contact details, Resources, Notes==<br />
===Contact===<br />
*Address:<br />
*Phone:<br />
*Fax:<br />
*Website:<br />
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===External Resources===<br />
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[[Category:Climate Change]][[Category:Corporate Lobby Groups]]</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Copenhagen_Climate_Council&diff=75973Copenhagen Climate Council2009-02-06T21:32:57Z<p>Darren OSullivan: /* Background */</p>
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<div>==Background==<br />
The Copenhagen Climate Council is a collaboration between scientists and business that claims to offer "support and assistance to global decision makers"in the run-up to [[COP15]]. The council was founded by the Scandinavian think-thank, Monday Morning, and boasts 30 global leaders from the world of business, science and public policy.<br />
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==History==<br />
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==Funding and finances==<br />
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==People==<br />
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==Affiliations== <br />
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===Subsidiaries===<br />
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==Publications==<br />
==Contact details, Resources, Notes==<br />
===Contact===<br />
*Address:<br />
*Phone:<br />
*Fax:<br />
*Website:<br />
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===External Resources===<br />
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[[Category:Climate Change]][[Category:Corporate Lobby Groups]]</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=User:Darren_OSullivan&diff=75963User:Darren OSullivan2009-02-06T20:52:02Z<p>Darren OSullivan: </p>
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<div>Studying for and MSc in Investigative Journalism at Strathclyde.</div>Darren OSullivanhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Combat_Climate_Change&diff=75917Combat Climate Change2009-02-06T13:04:17Z<p>Darren OSullivan: Combat Climate Change moved to Combat Climate Change Initiative</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Combat Climate Change Initiative]]</div>Darren OSullivan