https://powerbase.info/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=John+Cross&feedformat=atomPowerbase - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T13:23:16ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.5https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Edward_Oakden&diff=261454Edward Oakden2023-09-23T16:53:34Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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:Edward Oakden returned to lead Sectors Group after 4 years as the UK’s Ambassador in the UAE, one off the UK’s highest growth markets. His previous career has concentrated on the Middle East, defence and security, including as the UK’s Ambassador for Counter-terrorism in the aftermath of 9/11; and he served as Prime Minister John Major’s Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Northern Ireland<ref>UKTI website, 4 June 2010. About UKTI [http://www.ukti.gov.uk/uktihome/aboutukti/item/110628.html Edward Oakden] Accessed 18/11/11</ref>.<br />
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:Edward Oakden returned to lead Sectors Group after 4 years as the UK’s Ambassador in the UAE, one off the UK’s highest growth markets. His previous career has concentrated on the Middle East, defence and security, including as the UK’s Ambassador for Counter-terrorism in the aftermath of 9/11; and he served as Prime Minister John Major’s Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Northern Ireland<ref>UKTI website, 4 June 2010. About UKTI [http://www.ukti.gov.uk/uktihome/aboutukti/item/110628.html Edward Oakden] Accessed 18/11/11</ref>.<br />
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<div>Interested in UK companies and people with political power in the UK. I am contributing in a personal capacity.</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=How_to_find_owners_of_domain_names&diff=244026How to find owners of domain names2017-01-14T07:32:49Z<p>John Cross: Category:Powerbase Help</p>
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Powerbase documents the communication, PR, spin and propaganda activities of [[:category:Public_relations_firms |public relations firms]] and the public relations industry. It includes profiles on [[think tanks]], [[front groups]] funded by industry and [[industry-friendly experts]] that can influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of transnational corporations or other special interests. <br />
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__NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Category:Revolving_door&diff=182685Category:Revolving door2013-03-30T11:34:21Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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<div>'''Lord Norman Warner''' (born 08 September 1940) is a Labour member of the [[House of Lords]]. He was Minister of State at [[Department of Health]] (2005-2006).<ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_warner Lord Warner], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> <br />
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*[[PA Consulting]]<ref>Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.</ref><br />
*Adviser,<ref>Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, [http://www.acoba.gov.uk/former_ministers_appointments.aspx Appointments taken up by former Ministers since 1 April 2008], last update 27 November 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[Perot Systems Europe Ltd]] (http://www.perotsystems.com/) - technology provider company. Now part of IT giant [[Dell]], it was reported in February 2010 that:"Dell Perot is facing up to the task of expanding its market share in British healthcare."<ref>Public Technology.net, [http://www.publictechnology.net/content/22503 Dell Perot: Technology can deliver NHS savings], 3 Feb 2010</ref><br />
*Adviser,<ref>National Health Service, [http://www.london.nhs.uk/webfiles/board/08%20Meeting%2026%20March/Encl%20A%20Register%20of%20interests.pdf London Strategic Health Authority, register of Interests, March 2007], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[Apax Partners Worldwide]] (http://www.apax.com/EN/). Apax Partners is one of the leading global investors in the Healthcare sector.<br />
*Adviser,<ref>National Health Service, [http://www.london.nhs.uk/webfiles/board/08%20Meeting%2026%20March/Encl%20A%20Register%20of%20interests.pdf London Strategic Health Authority, register of Interests, March 2007], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[Byotrol Ltd]] - hygiene technology company<br />
*Adviser,<ref>National Health Service, [http://www.london.nhs.uk/webfiles/board/08%20Meeting%2026%20March/Encl%20A%20Register%20of%20interests.pdf London Strategic Health Authority, register of Interests, March 2007], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[DLA Piper]] (http://www.dlapiper.com/) - law firm<br />
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*National Health Service, [http://www.london.nhs.uk/webfiles/board/08%20Meeting%2026%20March/Encl%20A%20Register%20of%20interests.pdf London Strategic Health Authority, register of Interests, March 2007], accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_warner Lord Warner], accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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[[Category:House of Lords|Warner, Norman]]<br />
[[Category:UK|Warner, Norman]]<br />
[[Category:UK Ministers|Warner, Norman]]<br />
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[[Category:Healthcare Industry]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Wakeham&diff=182683John Wakeham2013-03-30T11:32:49Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>[[Image:Lordwakeham.jpg|right|thumb|Lord Wakeham]]<br />
[[John Wakeham]] began his political career with the [[Conservative Party]] in 1974, he was appointed a life peer in 1992 by [[John Major]]. During his time in politics he has held several high profile positions, lord privy seal and Leader of the House of Commons in 1987-88, lord president of the council and Leader of the House of Commons in 1988-89, and Secretary of State for energy in 1989-92. Wakeham was also instrumental in setting up The [[Portman Group]] an alcohol industry funded group who strive to make their business appear socially acceptable and work with the governement to do this <ref> Jim Carey,1997. [http://ecstasy.org/info/jim.html Recreational Drug Wars: Alcohol Versus Ecstasy] Extract From the book Ecstasy Reconsidered Accessed April 2007 </ref>. He became a life peer in 1992 as Lord Wakeham, and was lord privy seal and Leader of the House of Lords from 1992-94 <ref>Office of the leader of the house of commons [http://www.commonsleader.gov.uk/output/Page675.asp Lord Wakeham] accessed 8th June 2008 </ref>. Wakeham was Thatcher's chief whip in the 1980's, and as leader of the house in the late 1980's he was involved in the pilot scheme to televise the houses of parliament. As energy secretary he oversaw the task of the privitisation of electricity. It was in this capacity that Wakeham formed a relationship with [[Enron]] a firm at front of the largest private electricity market- the USA. In 1994, months after Lord Wakeham quit as leader of the House of Lords and two years after leaving the energy brief, he became a non-executive director of Enron <ref>Andrew Clark & David Hencke, The Guardian 30th January 2002 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/jan/30/uk.enron Master fixer who ended up in a fix] accessed 8th June 2008 </ref>. According to The Guardian in 2002:<br />
:Lord Wakeham cast his net wider in his search for lucrative roles. In January 1995, his business career caused angry protests in the Commons when MPs discovered that he had become a director of the merchant bank [[NM Rothschild]]. NM Rothschild had advised regional electricity companies while Lord Wakeham was privatising them as a member of the government. The merchant bank had already signed up (Lord) [[Nigel Lawson]], former chancellor, as a non-executive director. [[Gordon Brown]], then shadow chancellor, wrote to the parliamentary standards commissioner, [[Lord Nolan]], complaining: "The cabinet room is becoming a recruiting ground for the boards of privatised companies." It later emerged that Lord Wakeham had awarded a contract to NM Rothschild to advise the government on coal privatisation. More recently, NM Rothschild has taken the former minister into equally controversial waters. The bank advised the government on privatisation of [[Railtrack]], and now faces lawsuits from shareholders, who claim the prospectus for flotation was misleading. Lord Wakeham also sits on the advisory board of [[LEK Consulting]], a management consultancy which is working with the German bank [[WestLB]] on Swiftrail, a project to buy [[Railtrack]] out of administration...Among his responsibilities is chairing the board of [[Vosper Thorneycroft]], the shipbuilder. This appointment followed a familiar pattern - one of his first government jobs in the early 1980s was as a parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department of Trade, then responsible for shipbuilding <ref>Andrew Clark & David Hencke, The Guardian 30th January 2002 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/jan/30/uk.enron Master fixer who ended up in a fix] accessed 8th June 2008 </ref>. <br />
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The BBC claims Wakeham was once described as "a man so well connected that he probably networks in his dreams" <ref>BBC News Website, 9 January 2002[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1750283.stm Lord Wakeham - the 'Fixit' man] accessed 8th June 2008 </ref>. He was appointed by [[Tony Blair]] to head a royal commission on the reform of the House of Lords, his final report was criticised for not going far enough, especially his recommendation that less than a quarter of the House should be elected <ref>BBC News Website, 9 January 2002[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1750283.stm Lord Wakeham - the 'Fixit' man] accessed 8th June 2008 </ref>. <br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
Wakeham's interests listed by the House of Lords include:<br />
*Advisory Board, [[LEK Consultancy]]<br />
*Chairman, and shareholder [[Genner Holdings]] plc<br />
*[[Genner Farms]] Ltd, Shareholder<br />
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'''Membership of Public Bodies''' <br />
*Chairman of Governors, [[Cothill Educational Trust]]<br />
*Chairman, [[Alexandra Rose Day]]<br />
*Chancellor, [[Brunel University]]<br />
*Deputy Lieutenant for Hampshire<br />
*Governor, Sutton's Hospital, Charterhouse<br />
*Justice of the Peace, Inner London Commission (Non-active)<br />
*President, Brendoncare Foundation<br />
'''Office-holder in pressure groups or trade unions''' <br />
*Convenor of the [[Lords and Commons Cigar and Pipe Smokers' Club]]<br />
*Trustee, HMS Warrior 1860<br />
*Trustee, [[Carlton Club]] boycotted by Tory leader [[Iain Duncan Smith]] for its refusal to grant full membership to women <br />
<ref>House of Lords Interests [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/reg26.htm Lord Wakeham] accessed 8th June 2008 </ref>.<br />
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==Former Positions==<br />
*Conservative Party Chief Whip, under Thatcher<br />
*Leader of the house of Commons <br />
*Chairman of the [[Press Complaints Commission]] 1995-<br />
*Non-Executive Director [[Enron]]<br />
*Director [[NM Rothschild]]<br />
*Chair of [[Vosper Thorneycroft]], one of Britain's biggest military shipbuilders<br />
*Director of Enron since 1994, drawing an annual salary of £80,000 <br />
*Chairman of recruitment company [[Michael Page]] specialises in accountancy, finance and law <br />
*Director of the [[Bristol & West]] building society <br />
*Director of [[Kalon]], a paint company owned by the French group [[TotalFinaElf]] <br />
<ref>Andrew Clark & David Hencke, The Guardian 30th January 2002 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/jan/30/uk.enron Master fixer who ended up in a fix] accessed 8th June 2008 </ref>. <br />
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[[Category:Alcohol|Wakeham, John]] [[Category:Alcohol Industry People|Wakeham, John]] [[Category:Revolving Door|Wakeham, John]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Peter_Truscott&diff=182682Peter Truscott2013-03-30T11:32:08Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>Private Eye reports:<br />
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:Peter Truscott was once a humble Labour Euro MP. Then he became Lord Truscott, energy minister. Now he has become a consultant to a financial PR firm called [[Gavin Anderson]], whose 'public affairs' unit specialises in what it calls 'influencing legislation'. Gavin Anderson's most notable client? The controversial energy giant, [[Gazprom]].<ref>Private Eye, No. 1206, 21 March - 3 April 2008, p. 5</ref><br />
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==Erminegate==<br />
In January 2009 '''Lord Truscott''' was one of four peers who allegedly agreed to accept money from undercover ''Sunday Times'' reporters, who were posing as business lobbyists, in return for amending legislation. Both [[Peter Truscott | Lord Truscott]] and [[Lord Taylor of Blackburn]] were suspended for six months from the [[House of Lords]] for their role in what became know as the '[[erminegate]]' affair. [[Lord Moonie]] and [[Lord Snape]] were both cleared by the [[Lords Privileges Committee]] but were invited to apologise for their "inappropriate attitudes".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8049412.stm 'Two Labour peers face suspension'], ''BBC'', 14 May 2009.</ref><br />
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'''Lord Truscott''' allegedly said he had previously offered to help an energy client who was concerned about the energy bill. '''Lord Truscott''' discussed a £72,000 fee with the undercover reporters and said "I can work with you over it ... identifying people and following it ... meeting people, talking to people to facilitate the amendment and making sure the thing is granted."<ref name="erminegate guardian">Nicholas Watt, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/25/lords-house-commons-corruption-allegations?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 'Erminegate: police called to examine corruption allegations in House of Lords'], ''The Guardian'', 26 January 2009.</ref><br />
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==Current Posts ==<br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria]] member<br />
*Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy, Since November 2006<br />
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==Former Positions==<br />
*Member of the House of Lords European Union Committee <br />
*Former departmental liaison peer to the [[Ministry of Defence]]<br />
*MEP Hertfordshire (1994 - 1999)<br />
*Labour's Foreign Affairs and Defence spokesperson <br />
*Member of the [[Foreign Affairs Committee]] <br />
*Vice-President of the Security Sub Committee<br />
*Member of the European Parliament's delegation for relations with the Russian Federation<br />
*Claims to have written extensively on foreign and security policy. An expert on the former Soviet Union and European security<br />
*Visiting Research Fellow with the [[Institute for Public Policy Research]] from 1999 - 2000<ref> BERR Website [http://www.berr.gov.uk/about/ministerial-team/page35409.html Our Ministerial Team] accessed 16th June 2008</ref><br />
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[[Category: Revolving Door|Truscott, Peter]][[Category: Lobbying|Truscott, Peter]][[Category: House of Lords|Truscott, Peter]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Carole_Tongue&diff=182681Carole Tongue2013-03-30T11:31:37Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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[[Carole Tongue]] (born 14 October 1955, Lausanne) was, from 1984-1999, a Member of the [[European Parliament]] serving on various committees and was the Parliament's spokeswoman on the European Car Industry and on Public Service Broadcasting. In 2001, she started working as a consultant at [[Citigate Public Affairs]].<ref>''PR Week'', "[http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/search/109300// STOP PRESS: Citigate hires ex-Euro Parliament member]," 02 March 2001, accessed 05 December 2010.</ref> She is also a Visiting Professor at the [[London Institute]]. She is a consultant to a film production company and a member of an [[EU High Level Group in Cultural Diversity in the Audiovisual Sector]]. She was recently appointed to serve on the Professional Conduct Committee of the [[General Medical Council]]. <br />
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*Consultant, [[Citigate Public Affairs]]<ref>''PR Week'', "[http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/search/109300// STOP PRESS: Citigate hires ex-Euro Parliament member]," 02 March 2001, accessed 05 December 2010.</ref><br />
*Trustee, [[Federal Trust]]<br />
*Associate Director, [[Sovereign Strategy]]<ref>Sovereign Strategy, [http://www.sovereignstrategy.com/people/carole-tongue/ Carol Tongue], accessed 05 December 2010.</ref><br />
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===Parliamentary Affiliations===<br />
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: 24.07.1984 / 24.07.1989 : Socialist Group<br />
: 26.07.1984 / 20.01.1987 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection<br />
: 12.02.1985 / 09.03.1986 : Delegation for relations with Israel<br />
: 12.09.1985 / 20.01.1987 : Committee on Women's Rights<br />
: 10.03.1986 / 20.01.1987 : Delegation for relations with Israel<br />
: 21.01.1987 / 13.03.1989 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand<br />
: 21.01.1987 / 24.07.1989 : Committee on Women's Rights<br />
: 21.01.1987 / 24.07.1989 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection<br />
: 14.03.1989 / 24.07.1989 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand<br />
: 25.07.1989 / 20.04.1993 : Socialist Group<br />
: 26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Delegation for relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics<br />
: 26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy<br />
: 26.07.1989 / 14.09.1989 : Committee on Institutional Affairs<br />
: 15.01.1992 / 10.02.1993 : Delegation for relations with the Republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)<br />
: 15.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Social Affairs, Employment and the Working Environment<br />
: 11.02.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Women's Rights<br />
: 11.02.1993 / 31.01.1994 : Delegation for relations with the Republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)<br />
: 21.04.1993 / 18.07.1994 : Group of the Party of European Socialists<br />
: 01.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Delegation for relations with the Republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)<br />
: 19.07.1994 / 19.07.1999 : Group of the Party of European Socialists<br />
: 21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media<br />
: 17.11.1994 / 11.07.1995 : Delegation for relations with the United States<br />
: 12.07.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Delegation for relations with the United States<br />
: 16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media<br />
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:'''Substitute:'''<br />
: 26.07.1984 / 11.09.1985 : Committee on Women's Rights<br />
: 26.07.1984 / 23.10.1984 : Committee on Agriculture, Fischeries and Rural Development<br />
: 24.10.1984 / 09.09.1985 : Committee on External Economic Relations<br />
: 10.09.1985 / 20.01.1987 : Committee on Development and Cooperation<br />
: 21.01.1987 / 24.07.1989 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy<br />
: 26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Political Affairs Committee<br />
: 15.09.1989 / 20.01.1991 : Committee on Institutional Affairs<br />
: 15.01.1992 / 10.02.1993 : Delegation for relations with the United States<br />
: 15.01.1992 / 10.02.1992 : Committee on Women's Rights<br />
: 15.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy<br />
: 11.02.1993 / 31.01.1994 : Delegation for relations with the United States<br />
: 01.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Delegation for relations with the United States<br />
: 21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Social Affairs and Employment<br />
: 21.07.1994 / 17.03.1995 : Temporary committee on employment<br />
: 16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs<br />
: 03.03.1997 / 13.10.1997 : Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway<br />
: 14.10.1997 / 23.02.1999 : Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway<br />
: 24.02.1999 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway<ref>European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do;jsessionid=FF7452ACF662B67790B85661EAF0CE55.node2?language=EN&id=1361 MEP Directory: Carole Tongue], accessed 05 December 2010.</ref><br />
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*European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do;jsessionid=FF7452ACF662B67790B85661EAF0CE55.node2?language=EN&id=1361 MEP Directory: Carole Tongue], accessed 05 December 2010.<br />
*''PR Week'', "[http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/search/109300// STOP PRESS: Citigate hires ex-Euro Parliament member]," 02 March 2001, accessed 05 December 2010.<br />
*Sovereign Strategy, [http://www.sovereignstrategy.com/people/carole-tongue/ Carol Tongue], accessed 05 December 2010.<br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Tongue, Carole]]<br />
[[Category:Lobbyists|Tongue, Carole]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paddy_Tipping&diff=182680Paddy Tipping2013-03-30T11:21:24Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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<div>'''Paddy Tipping''' (born 24 October 1949, Halifax, Yorkshire) is Labour MP for Sherwood. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Privy Council office (1999-2001) and at the same time Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, and was Deputy Leader of the House of Commons for the second time in 2007. He was Chairman of the sub-committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001-2005).<ref>Tipping, Paddy, [http://www.paddytippingmp.com/2.html About Paddy], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref><br />
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*Non-executive Chairman,<ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/paddy_tipping/sherwood Paddy Tipping MP], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[North Nottinghamshire LIFT Company Limited]] (http://www.nnlift.co.uk/) - company developing primary care estate in the region<br />
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*They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/paddy_tipping/sherwood Paddy Tipping MP], accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Tipping, Paddy, [http://www.paddytippingmp.com/2.html About Paddy], accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Tipping, Paddy]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Thomas_Taylor&diff=182679Thomas Taylor2013-03-30T11:20:57Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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<div>'''Lord Taylor''' is an adviser to arms manufacturers [[BAE Systems]], PFI contractor [[EDS]] and chairman of [[Grove Properties]] Ltd, [[Canatxx Energy Ventures]] Ltd. He is a consultant to [[Shorrock Security Systems]] Ltd. He gave £2000 to the Labour Party in 2001. <ref>Mark Hollingsworth, [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/openup/story/0,,1131126,00.html Peer denies sales pitch for BAE in Lords debate, 'Former defence chief says he did not have to declare interest'], ''The Guardian'', 26 January 2004.</ref><br />
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==Erminegate==<br />
In January 2009 '''Lord Taylor of Blackburn''' was one of four peers who allegedly agreed to accept money from undercover ''Sunday Times'' reporters, who were posing as business lobbyists, in return for amending legislation. Both [[Lord Taylor of Blackburn]] and [[Peter Truscott | Lord Truscott]] were suspended for six months from the [[House of Lords]] for their role in what became know as the '[[erminegate]]' affair. [[Lord Moonie]] and [[Lord Snape]] were both cleared by the [[Lords Privileges Committee]] but were invited to apologise for their "inappropriate attitudes".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8049412.stm 'Two Labour peers face suspension'], ''BBC'', 14 May 2009.</ref><br />
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'''Lord Taylor''' allegedly admitted that he had previously helped to amend a law on behalf of a client. '''Lord Taylor''' discussed a £120,000 retainer fee with the undercover ''Sunday Times'' reporters and said "I will work within the rules, but the rules are meant to be bent sometimes." <ref name="erminegate guardian">Nicholas Watt, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/25/lords-house-commons-corruption-allegations?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 'Erminegate: police called to examine corruption allegations in House of Lords'], ''The Guardian'', 26 January 2009.</ref><br />
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[[Category: Revolving Door|Taylor, Thomas]][[Category: Lobbying|Taylor, Thomas]][[Category: House of Lords|Taylor, Thomas]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Michael_Taylor&diff=182677Michael Taylor2013-03-30T11:13:07Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>In July 2009 US President [[Barack Obama]] appointed former [[Monsanto]] lobbyist and attorney [[Michael Taylor|Michael R. Taylor]] as a senior adviser to the US FDA ([[Food and Drug Administration]]).<br />
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Commenting on his appointment in an otherwise positive article about Taylor's new position, Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, said:<br />
:he's the first person whose name is mentioned when anyone talks about the "revolving door" between the food industry and government.<ref>Marion Nestle, [http://food.theatlantic.com/nutrition/fdas-surprisingly-good-choice-1.php FDA's Surprisingly Good Choice], The Atlantic, 8 July 2009, accessed 13 July 2009</ref><br />
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Nestle was referring to Taylor's movements between Monsanto and the US FDA. Here is a summary of Taylor's career by blogger Jill Richardson, writing in the Daily Kos:<ref>Jill Richardson, [http://jill-richardson.dailykos.com/ Obama White House Appoints Former Monsanto Lobbyist to FDA], Daily Kos, 8 July 2009, accessed 8 July 2009</ref><br />
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:Taylor previously worked at the [[USDA]] from 1976-1981 as a staff lawyer. He left government to work at [[King & Spaulding]], a law firm representing Monsanto. <br />
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:He returned to government - this time to the FDA - for a stint as Deputy Commissioner for Policy from 1991-1994. According to Marion Nestle in ''Food Politics'':<br />
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::[At the FDA] he was part of the team that issued the agency's decidedly industry-friendly policy on food biotechnology and that approved the use of Monsanto's genetically engineered growth hormone in dairy cows. His questionable role in these decisions led to an investigation by the federal General Accounting Office, which eventually exonerated him of all conflict-of-interest charges.<br />
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:In 1994, he moved over to the USDA's Food Safety & Inspection Service to serve as Administrator until 1996. Then it was back to King & Spaulding for a little bit, and - in 1998 - over to Monsanto, where he was a senior lobbyist (Vice President for Public Policy). <br />
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:Most recently, beginning in 2000, he was a fellow for [[Resources for the Future]], serving as Research Professor Of Health Policy at George Washington University.<ref>[http://www.rff.org/About_RFF/Pages/UniversityFellows.aspx University Fellows], Resources for the Future website, accessed 8 July 2009</ref> ... Resources for Our Future is quite corporate funded, with members of its Board of Directors from [[BP]], [[Chevron]], and [[DuPont]] [and [[Rio Tinto]], [[American Electric Power Company]], [[Warburg Pincus]], and the [[Ford Foundation]] - SpinProfiles ed.].<ref>[http://www.rff.org/About_RFF/Pages/BoardofDirectors.aspx Board of Directors], Resources for the Future website, accessed 8 July 2009</ref><br />
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:And now he's back at the FDA.<br />
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=="Substantial equivalance" of GM food==<br />
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Obama's appointment marks Taylor's second tenure at the FDA. His previous tenure at the agency saw the formulation of its doctrine of substantial equivalence, which was published in a 1992 Federal Register notice for which he was responsible.<ref>Kristin Dawkins and Neil Sorensen, [http://www.gefoodalert.org/library/admin/uploadedfiles/Labeling_and_Traceability_of_Bioengineered__2.htm Labelling and Traceability of Bioengineered Foods], Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, published in Economic Perspectives, an Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State, Vol. 7, No. 2, May 2002, accessed 9 July 2009</ref> Substantial equivalence provides the basis for the non-regulation of genetically modified (GM) foods. It assumes that a GM food is the same as its non-GM counterpart and therefore requires no special testing. It is a lawyer's and spin doctor's concept (Taylor is a lawyer and a lobbyist), with no scientific basis. As such, it has come under repeated criticism from scientists and experts independent of the industry.<ref>[http://www.psrast.org/subeqow.htm Inadequate safety assessment of GE foods], Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Application of Science and Technology (PSRAST) website, accessed 8 July 2009</ref><ref>[http://ngin.tripod.com/pusztai.htm Why I Cannot Remain Silent], interview with Dr Arpad Pusztai, GM-FREE magazine, Vol. 1, no. 3 August/September 1999, archived on the NGIN website, accessed 9 July 2009</ref> Where detailed testing has been done, GM foods have been found to be different from their non-GM equivalents and to have different biological effects.<ref>Food Safety — Contaminants and Toxins. Unpublished study reviewed in J.P.F. D’Mello, CABI Publishing, 2003; Genetically modified soya leads to the decrease of weight and high mortality rate of rat pups of the first generation. Ermakova I.V. EcosInform, 1: 4-9, 2006; Fine structural analysis of pancreatic acinar cell nuclei from mice fed on GM soybean. Malatesta M. et al. Eur J Histochem., 47: 385-388, 2003; Ultrastructural morphometrical and immunocytochemical analyses of hepatocyte nuclei from mice fed on genetically modified soybean. Malatesta M et al. Cell Struct Funct., 27: 173-180, 2002; Ultrastructural analysis of testes from mice fed on genetically modified soybean. Vecchio L. et al. Eur J Histochem., 48: 448-454, 2004; Transgenic expression of bean alpha-amylase inhibitor in peas results in altered structure and immunogenicity. Prescott V.E. et al. J Agric Food Chem., 53: 9023-9030, 2005; Biotechnology Consultation Note to the File BNF No 00077. Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration, 4 September 2002; Effects of diets containing genetically modified potatoes expressing Galanthus nivalis lectin on rat small intestine. Ewen S.W. and Pusztai A. The Lancet, 354: 1353-1354, 1999; New analysis of a rat feeding study with a genetically modified maize reveals signs of hepatorenal toxicity. Séralini, G.-E. et al. Arch. Environ Contam Toxicol., 52: 596-602, 2007; A three generation study with genetically modified Bt corn in rats: Biochemical and histopathological investigation. Kilic A and Akay MT. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 46: 1164-1170, 2008; Intestinal and Peripheral Immune Response to MON810 Maize Ingestion in Weaning and Old Mice. Finamore A et al. J. Agric. Food Chem., 56: 11533-11539, 2008; Biological effects of transgenic maize NK603xMON810 fed in long term reproduction studies in mice. Velimirov A et al. Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, Familie und Jugend Report, Forschungsberichte der Sektion IV Band 3/2008, Austria, 2008; A long-term study on female mice fed on a genetically modified soybean: effects on liver ageing. Malatesta M. et al. Histochem Cell Biol., 130: 967-977, 2008; Genetically modified soya bean in rabbit feeding: detection of DNA fragments and evaluation of metabolic effects by enzymatic analysis. R. Tudisco et al. Animal Science, 82: 193-199, 2006; Fate of genetically modified maize DNA in the oral cavity and rumen of sheep. Duggan P.S. et al. Br J Nutr., 89: 159-166, 2003; A three-year longitudinal study on the effects of a diet containing genetically modified Bt176 maize on the health status and performance of sheep. Trabalza-Marinucci M. et al. Livestock Science, 113: 178-190, 2008.</ref> <br />
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The Royal Society of Canada described substantial equivalence as “scientifically unjustifiable and inconsistent with precautionary regulation of the technology.”<ref>Quoted by Jeffrey M. Smith in [http://www.wellbeingjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=85 FDA-Sanctioned Genetically Engineered Foods], WellBeing Journal, 2009, accessed 8 July 2009</ref><br />
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Substantial equivalence is viewed by the UN [[Food and Agriculture Organization]], [[World Health Organisation]] and [[Codex Alimentarius]] differently from the FDA. These bodies, unlike the FDA, emphasize that safety assessment of GMOs must be focused on establishing the safety of the differences in the new product such that the safety of the food can be established.<ref>Kristin Dawkins and Neil Sorensen, [http://www.gefoodalert.org/library/admin/uploadedfiles/Labeling_and_Traceability_of_Bioengineered__2.htm Labelling and Traceability of Bioengineered Foods], Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, published in Economic Perspectives, an Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State, Vol. 7, No. 2, May 2002, accessed 9 July 2009</ref> <br />
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In 2001 the European Union (EU) abandoned the doctrine of substantial equivalence, opting for more stringent scientific risk assessment. As a result of this doctrine, the FDA has never substantiated the material facts of GM foods and food safety, such as testing their safety. The FDA has always asserted as a result of this policy that validated testing methods are not currently available.<ref>Kristin Dawkins and Neil Sorensen, [http://www.gefoodalert.org/library/admin/uploadedfiles/Labeling_and_Traceability_of_Bioengineered__2.htm Labelling and Traceability of Bioengineered Foods], Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, published in Economic Perspectives, an Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State, Vol. 7, No. 2, May 2002, accessed 9 July 2009</ref><br />
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==Bovine growth hormone==<br />
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Taylor played a key role in getting Monsanto's dairy cattle drug, the genetically engineered bovine growth hormone, rBGH or rBST, approved by the FDA for the marketplace in spite of scientists' and veterinarians' concerns about its safety.<ref>Jennifer Ferrara, [http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9904b/monsantofda.html Revolving Doors: Monsanto and the Regulators], The Ecologist, Vo. 28, No. 5, Sept/Oct 1998, accessed 10 July 2009</ref> In the US, dairy products from cows treated with the drug do not have to be labeled as such; in fact, Monsanto has fought against such labeling in the courts.<ref>Bruce Mohl, [http://www.purefood.org/rbgh/oakhurst121603.cfm Monsanto & Maine Dairy May Settle Lawsuit on rBGH Labels], Organic Consumers Association website, accessed 10 July 2009</ref> The drug is banned in Canada, the EU, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.<ref>Jeffrey Smith, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/obamas-team-includes-dang_b_147188.html Obama's Team Includes Dangerous Biotech "Yes Men"], Huffington Post, 30 November 2008, accessed 10 July 2009</ref><br />
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The FDA even promoted the drug, according to Jennifer Ferrara, writing in The Ecologist. Ferrara notes: "two FDA researchers published industry and 'independent' data in the journal Science in 1990 to show that rBGH was safe for consumers".<ref>Jennifer Ferrara, [http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9904b/monsantofda.html Revolving Doors: Monsanto and the Regulators], The Ecologist, Vo. 28, No. 5, Sept/Oct 1998, accessed 10 July 2009</ref><br />
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The following is an excerpt from Ferrara's article in the Monsanto special edition of The Ecologist, which in the fall of 1998 was pulped by the magazine's regular printers because they allegedly feared a lawsuit from Monsanto. Ferrara details Taylor's role in the rBGH saga:<br />
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:The FDA's pro-rBGH activities make more sense in light of conflicts of interest between the FDA and the Monsanto corporation. Michael R. Taylor, the FDA's deputy commissioner for policy, wrote the FDA's rBGH labelling guidelines. The guidelines, announced in February 1994, virtually prohibited dairy corporations from making any real distinction between products produced with and without rBGH. To keep rBGH-milk from being "stigmatized" in the marketplace, the FDA announced that labels on non-rBGH products must state that there is no difference between rBGH and the naturally occurring hormone.<br />
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:In March 1994, Taylor was publicly exposed as a former lawyer for the Monsanto corporation for seven years. While working for Monsanto, Taylor had prepared a memo for the company as to whether or not it would be constitutional for states to erect labelling laws concerning rBGH dairy products. In other words. Taylor helped Monsanto figure out whether or not the corporation could sue states or companies that wanted to tell the public that their products were free of Monsanto's drug.<br />
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:Taylor wasn't the only FDA official involved in rBGI-1 policy who had worked for Monsanto. [[Margaret Miller]], deputy director of the FDA's Office of New Animal Drugs was a former Monsanto research scientist who had worked on Monsanto's rBGH safety studies up until 1989. [[Suzanne Sechen]] was a primary reviewer for rBGH in the Office of New Animal Drugs between 1988 and 1990. Before coming to the FDA. she had done research for several Monsanto-funded rBGH studies as a graduate student at Cornell University. Her professor was one of Monsanto's university consultants and a known rBGH promoter.<br />
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:Remarkably, the GAO determined in a 1994 investigation that these officials' former association with the Monsanto corporation did not pose a conflict of interest. But for those concerned about the health and environmental hazards of genetic engineering, the revolving door between the biotechnology industry and federal regulating agencies is a serious cause for concern.<ref>Jennifer Ferrara, [http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9904b/monsantofda.html Revolving Doors: Monsanto and the Regulators], The Ecologist, Vo. 28, No. 5, Sept/Oct 1998, accessed 10 July 2009</ref><br />
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==Comment==<br />
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''The following is Tom Philpott's commentary on the appointment of Taylor, in GRIST.''<ref>Tom Philpott, [http://www.grist.org/article/2009-07-08-monsanto-FDA-taylor/ Monsanto's man Taylor returns to FDA in food-czar role], GRIST, 8 July 2009, accessed 8 July 2009</ref><br />
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===Monsanto's man Taylor returns to FDA in food-czar role===<br />
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by Tom Philpott<br />
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GRIST, 8 July 2009 (Excerpt)<br />
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Taylor's new position isn't his first in government. He's a veteran apparatchik who has made an art of the role-swapping dance between the food industry and the agencies that regulate it. (The FDA's press release highlights his government service while delicately omitting his Monsanto dal[l]iances.) In her 2002 book Food Politics, the nutritionist and food-industry critic Marion Nestle describes him like this (quote courtesy of La Vida Locavore):<br />
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Mr. Taylor is a lawyer who began his revolving door adventures as counsel to FDA. He then moved to King & Spalding, a private-sector law firm representing Monsanto, a leading agricultural biotechnology company. In 1991 he returned to the FDA as Deputy Commissioner for Policy, where he was part of the team that issued the agency’s decidedly industry-friendly policy on food biotechnology and that approved the use of Monsanto’s genetically engineered growth hormone in dairy cows. His questionable role in these decisions led to an investigation by the federal General Accounting Office, which eventually exonerated him of all conflict-of-interest charges. In 1994, Mr. Taylor moved to USDA to become administrator of its Food Safety and Inspection Service ... After another stint in private legal practice with King & Spalding, Mr. Taylor again joined Monsanto as Vice President for Public Policy in 1998.<br />
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"Vice president for public policy" means, of course, chief lobbyist. Monsanto had hired him to keep his former colleagues at USDA and FDA, as well as Congress folk, up to date on the wonders of patent-protected seed biotechnology.<br />
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"Since 2000," the FDA press release informs us, "Taylor has worked in academic and research settings on the challenges facing the nation's food safety system and ways to address them."<br />
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'''Watchdog in flack's clothing?'''<br />
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And somewhere along the away, according to his erstwhile critic Nestle, Taylor had a moment like Saul's on the road to Damascus: the one-time company man suddenly became a valorous industry watchdog. In a surprising blog post Tuesday, Nestle declared Taylor "a good pick" for the FDA. "I say this in full knowledge of his history," Nestle wrote. Here's her rationale:<br />
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:Watch what happened when he moved to USDA in 1994 as head of its Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Just six weeks after taking the job, Mr. Taylor gave his first public speech to an annual convention of the American Meat Institute. There, he announced that USDA would now be driven by public health goals as much or more than by productivity concerns. The USDA would soon require science-based HACCP systems in every meat and poultry plant, would be testing raw ground beef, and would require contaminated meat to be destroyed or reprocessed. And because E. coli O157.H7 is infectious at very low doses, the USDA would consider any level of contamination of ground beef with these bacteria to be unsafe, adulterated, and subject to enforcement action. Whew. This took real courage.<br />
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Nestle goes on to report that Taylor, after serving a stint as Monsanto’s chief lobbyist, became a kind of food-safety intellectual, issuing wise papers on how the regulators should oversee food companies. She points us to an "excellent report" [PDF] co-written by Taylor, released this year.<br />
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That paper must be read carefully: Given Taylor’s new status, it—along with new guidelines released by the White House Food Safety Working on Tuesday—will likely serve as a kind of blueprint for the Obama FDA food oversight.<br />
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Two things jump out immediately from Taylor's paper. First, it amounts to a forceful push to shift much more of the burden for funding food-safety operations to the state and local level. Its very title is "An Agenda for Strengthening State and Local Roles in the Nation's Food Safety System." The paper promotes a "Joint Funding Responsibility" between federal and local/state agencies.<br />
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Why is this a problem? For one, state and local budgets are parched dry, drained by the most severe economic downturn since the Depression. Is, say, California now going to fund a robust food-safety platform—with IOUs, perhaps?<br />
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Moreover, we've seen the sort of federal-state partnership Taylor promotes in action—and there have been spectacular failures. Remember the great peanut-butter calamity of 2008-'09, the one that killed at least seven people and sickened hundreds? In that case, the FDA had farmed out inspections of the ofending factory to Georgia authorities, who dutifully documented atrocious sanitary lapses even as tainted product got distributed nationwide.<br />
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The other immediate problem with Taylor’s blueprint relates to scale. A sane food-safety policy would do two things: 1) rein in the gigantic companies that routinely endanger millions with a single lapse at a single plant—say, a gigantic beef company that can send out 420,000 pounds of E. coli-tainted beef from a day’s processing; and 2) do so in a way that doesn’t harm the thousands of small-scale, community-oriented operations rising up in new alternative food systems.<br />
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Again and again, we’ve seen regulations designed to rein in big players actually consolidate their market power by wiping out small players. As a recent Food & Water Watch report showed, regulations that make sense for industrial slaughterhouses can spell the end for community- and regional-scale ones. The Taylor report only addresses this critical point once in its 80 pages: "Due regard should be given to making the traceback requirement feasible for small businesses." Clearly, the small-scale producer issue isn’t a priority for Monsanto’s man at FDA.<br />
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'''A technocrat's tinkering'''<br />
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With the widely respected Marion Nestle throwing her support behind the Taylor pick, I went looking for other perspectives. I asked Patty Lovera, assistant director of Food & Water Watch, for her take. FWW has been actively working to promote a scale-appropriate food-safety regime that checks Big Food without crushing small producers.<br />
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Lovera does not share Nestle's enthusiasm. "Taylor basically promotes a risk-based approach, and we don’t think that’s adequate," she told me. Lovera explained that in a risk-based approach, regulators focus limited resources on areas of the food system that pose the most risk. Sounds logical, she said, but it's proven difficult to predict where risk factors really lie. I asked her if the peanut-butter debacle was a good example. Who would have foreseen multiple deaths from a factory that produces peanut paste for processed food manufacturers? She concurred. She added that the USDA's FSIS program, which oversees meat safety, has largely failed in a 10-year effort to identify the riskiest parts of the meat-production process.<br />
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Then there's the emphasis on what Nestle praised in her blog post as "science-based HACCP systems." HACCP stands for "hazard analysis and critical control point." In an HACCP system, you identify the points in a process that pose the most risk and "fix" the problem.<br />
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"That approach is really geared to techno fixes," Lovera told me — stuff like ammonia washes, irradiation, etc. These procedures don't seek to, say, keep salmonella-tainted peanut butter out of cookies, but rather to make salmonella-exposed cookies safe to eat. Moreover, the HACCP approach "hasn't proven friendly to small producers," she adds. To see the Obama FDA appear to embrace it, she told me, "makes us cringe." In the end, the food safety system doesn't just need to tinker with the use of scarce resources, leveraged by increasing the burden on states and localities. It needs to devote more resources to actual inspections.<br />
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As for Taylor, here's my take: Despite massive marketing budgets, the food industry has become widely distrusted over the last several years, with high-profile outbreaks a major reason. "Consumers are increasingly wary of the safety of food purchased at grocery stores," declares a recent study. "And their confidence in—and trust of—food retailers, manufacturers and grocers is declining."<br />
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The industry knows it needs an improved safety system; technocrats like Taylor can deliver a marginally improved food safety system while preserving profit margins and market share.<br />
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Perhaps the FDA's new food czar can save some lives—I hope he does. It’s abominable when people die from eating pre-fab peanut butter cookie or salad from a bag. Taylor’s tinkerings could well reduce such disasters.<br />
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But what we really need is a food safety system that takes the shit out of industrial meat and the salmonella out of peanut butter, without dumping on small producers. And I don’t think Taylor will deliver that — or even try.<br />
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==GM and Africa==<br />
Isabella Kenfield, writing in CounterPunch, says that what has slipped under everyone’s radar screen is Taylor’s involvement in setting US policy on agricultural assistance in Africa:<br />
:In collusion with the [[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller]] and [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]]s, Taylor is once again the go-between man for Monsanto and the U.S. government, this time with the goal to open up African markets for genetically-modified (GM) seed and agrochemicals. ...<br />
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:Taylor’s re-appointment to the FDA came just after Obama and the other G-8 leaders pledged $20 billion to fight hunger in Africa over the next three years. “President Obama is currently embedded in a bubble featuring some of the fervent promoters of the biotech industry and a Green Revolution in Africa,” says Paula Crossfield in the Huffington Post. Before joining Obama's transition team, Taylor was a Senior Fellow at the D.C. think tank Resources for the Future, where he published two documents on U.S. aid for African agriculture, both of which were funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.<ref>Isabella Kenfield, [http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11413:monsantos-man-in-the-obama-administration The Return of Michael Taylor: Monsanto's Man in the Obama Administration], CounterPunch, Aug 14-16 2009, accessed 13 Aug 2009</ref><br />
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==E. coli contamination==<br />
In 1994 Taylor was instrumental in getting the pathogenic strain of bacterium E.coli 0157:H7 classified by the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service as an adulterant in raw ground beef. The new legislation mandated that all slaughter and processing plants implement a modern preventive control system called HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points), and established for the first time microbial test requirements and pathogen reduction performance standards.<ref>[http://agriculture.house.gov/testimony/111/h040209/Taylor.doc Testimony of Michael R. Taylor Before the Committee on Agriculture United States House of Representatives], Hearing on “Current Food Safety Systems”, April 2, 2009, 13 July 2009</ref> This was greeted by some commentators, including the consumer advocate Marion Nestle, as a remarkable step forward in food safety. Nestle called it "a truly heroic accomplishment".<ref>Marion Nestle, [http://www.wellsphere.com/healthy-eating-article/michael-taylor-appointed-to-fda-a-good-choice/741976 Michael Taylor appointed to FDA: A good choice!], Healthy Eating Community blog, 8 July 2009, accessed 13 July 2009</ref><br />
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Taylor later commented on the development that he implemented as follows:<br />
:Prior to 1994, the official position of the Department of Agriculture was that slaughter houses and plants processing raw meat were not responsible or accountable for pathogen contamination, on the ground that consumers were expected to properly cook the product.<ref>[http://agriculture.house.gov/testimony/111/h040209/Taylor.doc Testimony of Michael R. Taylor Before the Committee on Agriculture United States House of Representatives], Hearing on “Current Food Safety Systems”, April 2, 2009, 13 July 2009</ref><br />
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Prior to 1994, meat that had detectable levels of E. coli 0157:H7 could not be recalled until human illness was detected, as is still the case with Salmonella. Now, any detection of E. coli 0157:H7 means that the meat gets recalled; consumers don’t have to wait for the bodies to appear.<br />
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===E. coli and irradiation lobby===<br />
Thus far, Taylor's new legislation may be called a victory for the consumer. The same cannot be said for the likely food industry "solutions" to the unwanted and now illegal presence of E. coli 0157:H7 in food. The classification of E. coli 0157:H7 as an adulterant will undoubtedly give ammunition to lobbyists pushing for the irradiation of meat. For example, the public injury attorney [[William Marler]] commented in testimony to the Committee on Energy and Commerce:<br />
:the nation requires education about the benefits of irradiation of all mass-produced food including produce. Resistance to this practice seems to be rooted in public perception, not science.<ref>William Marler, [http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfrbzm7v_171dbwf52 Written Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Commerce], presented 1 May 2007 at hearing of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee, archived on the Food Irradiation Update website, accessed 13 July 2009</ref><br />
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Irradiation kills such bacteria, though it does not address the problem of toxic byproducts created by bacteria and raises food safety questions of its own.<ref>The Food Commission, UK, [http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/9620.php Food irradiation, Health risks, Misleading consumers, Misuse of the technology], MedicalNewsToday, 18 June 2004, accessed 13 July 2009</ref><br />
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Strangely, Marler also takes the opportunity to blame cases of E. coli 0157:H7 infection on nature:<br />
:The well-intentioned but scientifically questionable use of “environmental-friendly practices” [sic.] such as recycled water and planting native grasses.<ref>William Marler, [http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfrbzm7v_171dbwf52 Written Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Commerce], presented 1 May 2007 at hearing of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee, archived on the Food Irradiation Update website, accessed 13 July 2009</ref><br />
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Not surprisingly, the Centers for Disease Control's web page on E. coli does not mention such “environmental-friendly practices” [sic.] as risk factors. As might be expected, it identifies exposures that result in illness as including<br />
:consumption of contaminated food, consumption of unpasteurized (raw) milk, consumption of water that has not been disinfected, contact with cattle, or contact with the feces of infected people.<ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/stec_gi.html Escherichia coli], Centers for Disease Control website, accessed 13 July 2009</ref><br />
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==Nanotechnology in food production==<br />
On the issue of nanotechnology (the science of matter at the molecular and atomic levels), Taylor gave testimony to the FDA Nanotechnology Public Meeting (2008) on food-related aspects and the regulatory issues raised by nanoparticles. <br />
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Nanoparticles are extremely small particles that are increasingly being used in food, packaging, and cosmetics production. Because of their very small size, there are concerns that they may be able to enter the systems of living organisms, bypassing the normal safety barriers of the immune system. They are not regulated at present, even though scientists have warned that they may present unique risks.<ref>Charles Q. Choi, [http://www.livescience.com/technology/060907_nanotech_food.html Scientists Worry About Potential Risks of Nanotechnology in Food], LiveScience, 7 September 2006, accessed 13 July 2009</ref><ref>Scott Fields, [http://www.livescience.com/health/buckyballs.html Manufactured Nanoparticles Might Pose Health Threat], LiveScience, 6 March 2006, accessed 13 July 2009</ref><br />
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Taylor argues that nanoparticles should be recognized as new and should undergo mandatory safety assessment,<ref>[http://www.nanotechproject.org/process/assets/files/7037/taylorstatement.pdf Food-Related Applications of Nanotechnology: Regulatory Issues], Statement of Michael R. Taylor at the FDA Nanotechnology Public Meeting, Rockville, Maryland, September 8, 2008, accessed 14 July 2009</ref> something that FDA has not supported. FDA states its position on its website:<br />
:FDA regulates products based on their statutory classification rather than the technology they employ, FDA’s regulatory consideration of an application involving a nanotechnology product may not occur until well after the initial development of that nanotechnology.<br />
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:Because FDA has limited regulatory authority over certain categories of products, the Agency may have limited authority over the use of nanotechnology related to those products. For example, there is no premarket approval of cosmetic products or their ingredients, with the exception of color additives.<ref>[http://www.fda.gov/ScienceResearch/SpecialTopics/Nanotechnology/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/default.htm Frequently Asked Questions], FDA website, accessed 13 July 2009</ref><br />
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==Official biography==<br />
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The following is Taylor's official biography on the RESOLVE website:<ref>[http://www.resolv.org/about/board/taylor.htm Board of Directors: Michael R. Taylor], RESOLVE website, accessed 10 July 2009</ref><br />
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:Mike Taylor is a research professor at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. His public health research agenda focuses on policy, resource, and institutional issues that affect the success of public health agencies in carrying out their prevention missions. He co-founded and chairs the Steering Committee of the Food Safety Research Consortium, a multi-disciplinary collaborative effort among seven research institutions to improve food safety priority setting and decision-making.<br />
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:Mr. Taylor is also a senior fellow with the [[Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa]] and conducts research on policies of the United States and developments in Africa that affect agriculture-led economic growth and poverty reduction. Prior to joining the GW faculty, Mr. Taylor was a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Medicine and before that a senior fellow at Resources for the Future, a non-profit public policy research organization.<br />
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:Mr. Taylor has served in government as Administrator of USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (1994-1996), Deputy Commissioner for Policy at the Food and Drug Administration (1991-1994), and FDA staff lawyer and Executive Assistant to the FDA Commissioner (1976-1981). In the private sector, he established and led the food and drug law practice at King & Spalding and was Vice President for Public Policy at Monsanto Company.<br />
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:Mr. Taylor is currently a member of an NAS committee that is studying decision-making under uncertainty for the Environmental Protection Agency and recently co-chaired an NAS committee that conducted an EPA-sponsored study on human testing of pesticides and other EPA-regulated substances. He is a board member of Resolve, Inc. and the Alliance to End Hunger.<br />
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:Mr. Taylor received his law degree from the University of Virginia and his B.A. in political science from Davidson College.<br />
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*US [[Food and Drug Administration]] - senior adviser (2009– )<br />
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*[[RESOLVE]] (describes itself as a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the effective use of consensus building in public decision making) – director<br />
*[[Resources for the Future]] – senior fellow<ref>[http://www.rff.org/rff_press/custombookpages/pages/Toward-Safer-Food.aspx Toward Safer Food: Perspectives on Risk and Priority Setting], Resources for the Future website, accessed 13 July 2009</ref><br />
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[[Category:GM|Taylor, Michael]][[Category:Politicians and Regulators (GM)|Taylor, Michael]][[Category:Pro-GM Lobbyists|Taylor, Michael]][[Category:Revolving Door|Taylor, Michael]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Symons&diff=182676Elizabeth Symons2013-03-30T11:12:31Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>''' Baroness Elizabeth Symons''' (14 April 1951) is a British politician, who was created a life Peer in 1996, and is now a senior figure in the house of Lords. She began her career in the civil service, before becoming a trade union official in 1977 for the [[First Division Association]] (FDA) union which represented civil servants including influential positions in Whitehall such as policy advisors and diplomats; and then a labour minister. Until her resignation in 2005, Elizabeth Symons worked in the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], ministry of defense, worked in the department of trade and industry, was minister of state sor the middle east and finally, deputy leader of the house of Lords.<ref>Business Week, [http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=24596963&capId=256565&previousCapId=256565&previousTitle=British%20Airways%20Plc EXECUTIVE PROFILE Elizabeth Conway Symons], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> <br />
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Her role in the foreign office was to represent the government in the House of Lords, doing so at a time when a British company, [[Sandline International]], was being accused of supplying weapons to Sierra Leone in return for diamonds; something which U.N legislation had made illegal. Baroness Symons was accused of having knowledge of the transaction, something that the Liberal Democrats leader in the House of Lords questioned her on record about in 1998, but she denied the suggestion claiming that there was no evidence.<ref>Sierra Leone, [http://www.sierra-leone.org/Archives/slnews0698.html Sierra Leone News, June 1998], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref><br />
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Symons, whilst in her position of minister for procurement for the ministry of defense in 2001, began the process of privatising the [[Defence Evaluation and Research Agency]], which it had just changed into a government run company, with the exception of the sensitive Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.<ref>Arnold, James, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1957320.stm Qinetiq's new battle]," 30 April 2002, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref><br />
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Symons' husband, [[Philip Bassett]], was an aide to Tony Blair and served as head of the [[Strategic Communications Unit]] in Downing Street.<ref>Grice, Andrew, "[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010412/ai_n14381205 Campbell to quit as spin-master after the election]," 12 April 2001, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> Prior to this, he was employed as labour editor for Rupert Murdoch at his Times newspaper.<ref>Easton, Tom, "[http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/issue33/lob33-02.htm The British American Project for the Successor Generation]," ''Lobster Magazine'', Issue 33, Summer 1997 (sub req'd), accessed 28 November 2008.</ref><br />
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Alastair Campbell, whilst being questioned at the Hutton inquiry, claimed that when the Iraq War dossier regarding WMD was published, Phil Basset had been working under him as a 'senior special advisor'.<ref>''Guardian'', [http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Politics/documents/2003/08/20/August19AM.pdf Tuesday August 19 2003, evidence from Alastair Campbell, Prime Minister’s Office], 19 August 2003, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref><br />
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It was in this role that Basset helped create the dossier that claimed Saddam Husain's was able to prepare and fire W.M.D's within 45 minutes. During this time, Elizabeth Symons was both Minister for trade in the Department of Trade and Industry, and also the Minister for the Middle-east in the Foreign Office.<ref>Guide to Women Leaders, [http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/United_Kingdom.htm Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership], last update 05 October 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> <br />
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In 2005 she was made both a non-executive director of [[British Airways]] and the [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]].<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=24596963&capId=256565&previousCapId=256565&previousTitle=British%20Airways%20Plc EXECUTIVE PROFILE Elizabeth Conway Symons] Business Week; Accessed 18/03/2008 </ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[British American Project]]<br />
*Senior Advisor,<ref>DLA Piper, [http://info.dlapiper.com/ve/ZZW7097qk69VZNt67 Regulatory Alert: Trade sanctions and export controls affecting the UK & US], September 2007, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[DLA Piper]] - international law firm and lobbyist<br />
*Consultant,<ref>Middle East North Africa Financial Network, "[https://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093218068 English Hight Court appoints receiver over worldwide CCC construction contracts]," MENAFN Press, 28 October 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[Consolidated Contractors Company]] (http://www.ccc.gr/) - Middle Eastern construction group<br />
*[[Rio Tinto]]<ref>Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.</ref><br />
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==Resources==<br />
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*Arnold, James, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1957320.stm Qinetiq's new battle]," 30 April 2002, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Business Week, [http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=24596963&capId=256565&previousCapId=256565&previousTitle=British%20Airways%20Plc EXECUTIVE PROFILE Elizabeth Conway Symons], accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*DLA Piper, [http://info.dlapiper.com/ve/ZZW7097qk69VZNt67 Regulatory Alert: Trade sanctions and export controls affecting the UK & US], September 2007, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Easton, Tom, "[http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/issue33/lob33-02.htm The British American Project for the Successor Generation]," ''Lobster Magazine'', Issue 33, Summer 1997 (Sub req'd), accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Grice, Andrew, "[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010412/ai_n14381205 Campbell to quit as spin-master after the election]," 12 April 2001, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*''Guardian'', [http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Politics/documents/2003/08/20/August19AM.pdf Tuesday August 19 2003, evidence from Alastair Campbell, Prime Minister’s Office], 19 August 2003, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Guide to Women Leaders, [http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/United_Kingdom.htm Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership], last update 05 October 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Middle East North Africa Financial Network, "[https://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093218068 English Hight Court appoints receiver over worldwide CCC construction contracts]," MENAFN Press, 28 October 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Sierra Leone, [http://www.sierra-leone.org/Archives/slnews0698.html Sierra Leone News, June 1998], accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Symons, Elizabeth]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Daniel_Spiegel&diff=182675Daniel Spiegel2013-03-30T11:11:14Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>{{Template:Lobbying_Portal_badge}} {{Template:Alcohol badge}}<br />
Lobbyist [[Daniel Spiegel]], the former U.S. envoy to the World Health Organization, under [[Bill Clinton]] is among those registered to lobby on behalf of [[Global Alcohol Producers Group]].<ref> Boston News Website [http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/02/20/correction_alcohol_group_lobbying_story_1203525881/ Correction Alcohol Group Lobbying] accessed 20th September 2008 </ref><br />
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==Employment History==<br />
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*2008- [[Covington & Burling]] Senior Of Counsel Firm <br />
*1996-2008 [[Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld ]] Senior Lobbyist <br />
*1994-1996 US Mission to the United Nations <br />
*1977-1978 Dept of State, Special Asst to Secretary <br />
*1971-1976 Humphrey, Hubert H III, Legislative Assistant Member profile <br />
*1969-1971 Cranston, Alan, Legislative Assistant <br />
<ref> Open Secrets Website [http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=13721 Revolving Door Spiegel] accessed 20th September 2008 </ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Alcohol|Spiegel, Daniel]] [[Category:Alcohol Industry|Spiegel, Daniel]] [[Category:Alcohol Lobbyists and PR people|Spiegel Daniel]][[Category:Revolving Door|Spiegel, Daniel]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Nicholas_Soames&diff=182674Nicholas Soames2013-03-30T11:10:41Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>Nicholas Soames is a director of [[Aegis Defence Services]]<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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From the Register of members interests:<br />
*Senior Vice-President, [[MMC Group]]; insurance brokers.<br />
Business development and strategic adviser to:<br />
*[[Investcorp]]; fund management company.<br />
*[[Welcome Break]]; operator of motorway service stations.<br />
*[[GSC Partners]]; an investment company.<br />
*[[Scythian]]; a management consultancy.<br />
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==Resources==<br />
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*Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Soames Nicholas Soames]<br />
*They Work for You [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/nicholas_soames/mid_sussex Nicholas Soames]<br />
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[[Category:Old Etonians|Soames, Nicholas]][[Category:British Politician|Soames, Nicholas]][[Category:Revolving Door|Soames, Nicholas]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Peter_Snape&diff=182673Peter Snape2013-03-30T11:10:12Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>[[Lord Snape]] was appointed a peer in 2004 before which he was a Labour MP for 27 years. Snape served as a government whip under both [[Harold Wilson]] and [[James Callaghan]].<ref name="erminegate guardian">Nicholas Watt, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/25/lords-house-commons-corruption-allegations?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 'Erminegate: police called to examine corruption allegations in House of Lords'], ''The Guardian'', 26 January 2009.</ref><br />
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==Erminegate==<br />
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In January 2009 [[Lord Snape]] was one of four peers who allegedly agreed to accept money from undercover ''Sunday Times'' reporters, who were posing as business lobbyists, in return for amending legislation. Two peers, [[Lord Taylor of Blackburn]] and [[Peter Truscott | Lord Truscott]] were suspended for six months from the [[House of Lords]] for their role in what became know as the '[[erminegate]]' affair. [[Lord Snape]] and [[Lord Moonie]] were cleared by the [[Lords Privileges Committee]] but were invited to apologise for their "inappropriate attitudes".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8049412.stm 'Two Labour peers face suspension'], ''BBC'', 14 May 2009.</ref><br />
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[[Lord Snape]] had allegedly offered to help the 'lobbyists' for a fee of up to £24,000 a year. Snape had said "Depending on who is on the Commons committee, if I had a chat I could see if I could get them to table an amendment in committee,".<ref name="erminegate guardian"/><br />
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[[Category: Revolving Door|Snape, Peter]][[Category: Lobbying|Snape, Peter]][[Category: House of Lords|Snape, Peter]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Kieran_Simpson&diff=182671Kieran Simpson2013-03-30T11:07:02Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>{{Template: Revolving Door badge}}'''Kieran Simpson''' is a former special adviser to Labour<ref>Info-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A5-EB449C165AF2-List-of-Advisers-April-2006-Congress-Final Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government]", ''GMB: April 2006 Briefing'', p6, accessed 12.09.10</ref> and the Head of Public Affairs for [[Scottish & Newcastle]]. He now works for [[Heineken]] UK and is part of [[Responsibility Deal Alcohol Network]].<ref>[http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Publichealthresponsibilitydeal/Networks/DH_123038 Responsibility Deal Alcohol Network] Department of Health 30th November 2010, Accessed 21st January 2011 </ref> <br />
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==Background==<br />
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Simpson joined the Scottish brewer [[Scottish & Newcastle]] in 2002. His role included responsibility for issues concerning legislation and regulation as well as those relating to alcohol policy. He was also responsible for the development and implementation of the company's Corporate Responsibility strategy.<ref> S&N Company Website [http://www.scottish-newcastle.com/snplc/rsp/rspcontacts/ Kieran Simpson] Last Accessed October 1st 2007. </ref> <br />
Kieran was appointed as a brewing representative on the Board of Directors in May 2004. He was S&N's representative on the Board of the [[International Center for Alcohol Policies]], a member of the [[Scottish Ministerial Advisory Committee on Alcohol Problems]] (SMACAP) and a member of the Executive Board of the [[Brewers of Europe]]. <ref> Kieran Simpson's [http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Simpson_Kieran_465785754.aspx Zoom Profile] Last accessed 1st October 2007. </ref>. {{Template:Alcohol badge}}<br />
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Before joining [[Heineken]] Simpson worked for [[S&N]] and prior to that was one of the [[Special Advisers]] to the New [[Labour]] government from 1997-2002, during which time he held positions as special adviser to the Government Chief Whip, and special advisor to the former Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and the Employment Minister. From 1994-1997 he worked in the Labour Party's Policy Directorate, Opposition Treasury Team and Whip's Office. Described as a long-time aide of [[Nick Brown]], the former Agriculture Minister, Simpson was also Chair of<br />
Scottish Labour Students at [[Edinburgh University]]. Also worked on [[Gordon Brown]]’s economic team in Opposition, and in Whips’ Office.<ref>Martin McElwee,(2000), Centre for Policy Studies, ''THE GREAT AND GOOD? THE RISE OF THE NEW CLASS'' </ref><br />
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==Affiliations ==<br />
*[[International Center for Alcohol Policies]] Board Member<br />
*[[European Research Advisory Board]](ERAB, an alcohol research institute) Board of Directors since 2004.<ref> ERAB Website [http://www.erab.org/asp/about_erab/l1.asp?doc_id=16 Directors] Last accessed November 30th 2007 </ref><br />
*[[Scottish Ministerial Advisory Committee on Alcohol Problems]] (SMACAP) board member<br />
*[[Brewers of Europe]] member of the Executive Board<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Alcohol Industry People|Simpson, Kieran]][[Category:Alcohol Lobbyists and PR people|Simpson, Kieran]][[Category:Alcohol|Simpson, Kieran]][[Category:Revolving Door|Simpson, Kieran]][[Category:Special Advisers|Simpson, Kieran]][[Category:UK Revolving Door|Simpson, Kieran]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=James_Sassoon&diff=182670James Sassoon2013-03-30T11:06:34Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>[[Image:James_sassoon_low_Treasury.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Lord Sassoon]] Lord '''James Sassoon''' was appointed as the first Commercial Secretary to the Treasury in May 2010. <br />
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A former banker and Labour government adviser he had defected to the [[Conservative Party]] in late 2008. Until 2010 he acted as an advisor to the Shadow Chancellor, was a member of the Economic Recovery Committee of the Shadow Cabinet and conducted The Tripartite Review. He joined the [[House of Lords]] in 2010. <ref> [http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/profile_comsec.htm Commercial Secretary to the Treasury: Lord Sassoon], HM Treasury website, accessed 5 October 2011 </ref> <br />
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==Defection to the Tories==<br />
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The ''Daily Telegraph'' reported Sassoon's defection from Labour in 2008 as follows:<br />
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:Sir James Sassoon is to be unveiled as a Tory supporter only weeks after quitting as an adviser to the Prime Minister. Earlier this month it was announced that Sir James had relinquished his position as the Treasury's Special Representative for Promotion of the City. His departure led to charges that Labour's relations with the Square Mile had hit a new low following earlier rows over issues including changes to capital gains tax and a tax crackdown on "non-domiciled" foreign citizens in the UK. Sir James has now agreed to become an adviser to [[George Osborne]], the Conservative shadow chancellor on the reform of the regulatory regime covering the banking sector.<ref>James Kirkup, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/3097378/Gordon-Browns-former-City-envoy-James-Sassoon-defects-to-Conservatives.html Gordon Brown's former City envoy James Sassoon defects to Conservatives] Daily Telegraph, Last Updated: 5:28PM BST 28 Sep 2008</ref> <br />
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==Biography==<br />
From HM Treasury's website as of 2012:<br />
:James Sassoon spent most of his career in the City, starting at [[KPMG]] (Thomson McLintock & Co) in 1977. From 1985 he was at [[SG Warburg]] (latterly UBS Warburg), leading the firm’s global privatisation business and ending as Vice-Chairman, Investment Banking.<br />
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:In 2002, he joined [[HM Treasury]] as Managing Director, Finance, Regulation and Industry. In this position, he also chaired the Standing Committee on Financial Stability, was a non-executive director of [[Partnerships UK]] and sat on the global Financial Stability Forum and on the [[EU Financial Services Committee]]. From 2006 to 2008 Sir James was the Chancellor’s Representative for Promotion of the City and in 2007/08 served as President of the Financial Action Task Force (the global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing organisation).<br />
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:In 2008-10, he acted as an adviser to the Shadow Chancellor, was a member of the Economic Recovery Committee of the Shadow Cabinet and conducted The Tripartite Review.<br />
:Other positions held include chairman of The [[Merchants Trust]] plc 2010 (director 2006-10), chairman of the ifs School of Finance 2009-10, director of the [[Nuclear Liabilities Fund]] 2008-10, trustee of The [[British Museum]] 2009-10 and of the National Gallery Trust 2002-09.<br />
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:Born in 1955; educated at Eton and Oxford; FCA; appointed Knight Bachelor 2007; married with three children. <ref> HM Treasury [http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/profile_comsec.htm Commercial Secretary to the Treasury: Lord Sassoon], accessed 28 May 2012 </ref> <br />
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In 2008 his biography stated:<br />
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:[Sassoon is] the UK Chancellor's and the UK Treasury's Representative for Promotion of the City, a part-time role in which he will continue. He was appointed to this role in December 2005 to champion the interests of the UK's financial and business services firms and markets internationally.<br />
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:From 2002 he served three years as a member of the Treasury Board and Managing Director of the Treasury's Finance and Industry Directorate. The Directorate was responsible for financial services and for industry policy, including productivity, enterprise and growth and public-private partnerships. He was the Chancellor's Deputy on and chaired the UK [[Standing Committee on Financial Stability]], the Treasury's non-executive director on the board of Partnerships UK and representative on a number of Ministerially chaired committees, the global Financial Stability Forum and the [[EU Financial Services Committee]].<br />
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:From 1985 - 2002 Sir James Sassoon was at [[UBS Warburg]], latterly as Vice Chairman, Investment Banking with responsibility for the firm's global privatisation business. He advised Government departments on a variety of public-private sector projects as well as acting for governments in Europe, Asia and the Americas over more than ten years. He qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG.<br />
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:Sir James was awarded a knighthood in recognition for his services to the finance industry and to public service in the Queen's 2008 New Year Honours list.<ref>Financial Action Task Force [http://www.fatf-gafi.org/document/17/0,3343,en_32250379_32235720_38961361_1_1_1_1,00.html Sir James Sassoon], accessed 15 March 2009</ref><br />
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==Current activities==<br />
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His role covers:<br />
*Treasury spokesman in the House of Lords.<br />
*Enterprise and productivity, including industrial strategy, better regulation, competition policy, infrastructure, and microeconomic reform.<br />
*Corporate finance, including public corporations and public private partnerships.<br />
*Assisting the Financial Secretary on financial services and banking policy, including [[UK Financial Investments]] (UKFI).<br />
*Working with the Financial Secretary to promote the Government’s financial services policies and the competitiveness of the UK.<br />
*Asset freezing and financial crime.<br />
*Foreign exchange reserves and debt management policy, National Savings and Investment and Debt Management Office.<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
[[Financial Action Task Force]] | <br />
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*[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/speech_comsec_200612.htm Speech by the Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, Lord Sassoon; Summer Lecture to the British Bankers’ Association], 20 June 2012 <br />
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:The Sunday Telegraph has revealed that the Government has quashed attempts by [[BAA]] to hand a lucrative directorship to Sir David Rowlands, a former civil servant who played a key role in directing airport policy. Sir David, who spent four years as the permanent secretary of the [[Department for Transport]] before retiring last May, is understood to have been offered a role as non-executive director. Sources close to Downing Street said he had accepted the post in principle before the [[Advisory Committee on Business Appointments]] recommended against the move because of its political sensitivity.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/04/28/cnbaa128.xml Row over 'lobbying by BAA employee'] The Sunday Telegraph, 29/4/2008</ref><br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Rowlands, David]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ivan_Rogers&diff=182668Ivan Rogers2013-03-30T11:05:34Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>'''Ivan Rogers''' (born 1960) is a senior UK diplomat, currently the Prime Minister's Adviser for Europe and Global Issues and the Head of the European and Global Issues secretariat, based in the Prime Minister's Office at [[Number 10 Downing Street]].<br />
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Rogers was Principal Private Secretary to former Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] from 2003 until 2006.<br />
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==Background==<br />
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Rogers' appointment followed Sir [[Jon Cunliffe]]’s move to become the UK’s Permanent Representative to the European Union from January 2012. His appointment was approved by the Prime Minister.<br />
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:Ivan Rogers’ previous role was Head of the Public Sector Industry Group, UK and Ireland at [[Barclays Capital]] from 2010 to 2011. Before this he was Head of the UK Public Sector Group at [[Citigroup]] from 2006 to 2010. Ivan was Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 2003 to 2006 where he was UK G8 Sherpa for 2004 and the first quarter of 2006. From 1999 to 2003 he was firstly, Director of EU Policy and Strategy and then Director of Budget and Tax Policy at HM Treasury. This was preceded by a spell as Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the European Commission from 1996 to 1999.<ref> 10 Downing Street, [http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/senior-adviser-appointed/ Senior Adviser appointed], Press release dated 12 October 2011 </ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Barclays Capital]]<br />
*[[Citigroup]]<br />
*[[HM Treasury]]<br />
*[[Financial Services Compensation Scheme]] (FSCS) - was non-executive board member from June 2009 - January 2012. [[Mark Neale]], FSCS chief executive said Rogers had "contributed hugely" to the organisation. "I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for all his efforts and advice in shaping the FSCS's direction over the past years and wish him luck in his new role."<ref> Alasdair Pal, [http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/ifaonline/news/2121682/poaches-fscs-board Number 10 poaches FSCS board member], IFAonline, 2 November 2011, acc 22 October 2012 </ref><br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Rogers, Ivan]][[Category:Financial Revolving Door|Rogers, Ivan]][[Category:Financial sector lobbying|Rogers, Ivan]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Godfrey_Robson&diff=182667Godfrey Robson2013-03-30T11:05:03Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>{{Template:Alcohol badge}}[[Image:Godfrey robson.gif|reight|thumb|Godfrey Robson]]<br />
Godfrey Robson is a senior consultant at the [[International Center for Alcohol Policies]] (ICAP) and director of [[Lloyds TSB]] in Scotland. His most recent post with ICAP involved co-editing the ICAP Blue Book: Practical Guides to Alcohol Policy and Targeted Interventions. <ref> ICAP Website [http://www.icap.org/Home/AboutICAP/SrConsultantsAdvisors/GodfreyRobson/tabid/180/Default.aspx Our Consultants Godfrey Robson] Last accessed November 26th 2007 </ref>. Robson also sits on the advisory board of [[Glasgow Caledonian University]]'s [[Centre for Ethics in Public Policy and Corporate Governance]] <ref> Glasgow Caledonian University Website [http://www.gcal.ac.uk/ceppcg/index.html CEPPCG] Last acessed December 20th 2007 </ref>. He is Chairman of [[Frontline Consultants]], Scotland's largest independent management consultancy, and a trustee of [[Caledonia Youth]], Scotland's national young people's sexual health charity <ref> Glasgow Caledonian University Website [http://www.gcal.ac.uk/ceppcg/index.html CEPPCG Advisory Board] Last acessed December 20th 2007 </ref>. <br />
==Past Career==<br />
According to his biography on the ICAP website his past roles mainly include work as a civil servant:<ref> Ibid 1 </ref><br />
*Head of Economic and Industrial Affairs Scotland [[Scottish Office]]<br />
*Director of Health Policy in Scotland, [[Scottish Office]]<br />
*Involved in developing the current Scottish plan for action on alcohol policies<br />
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[[Category:Alcohol|Robson, Godfrey]][[Category:Alcohol Industry People|Robson, Godfrey]][[Category:Revolving Door|Robson, Godfrey]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=William_Rennie&diff=182666William Rennie2013-03-30T11:04:24Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>[[Image:willierennie.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Willie Rennie, Spin doctor and Lib Dem MP]]<br />
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William Rennie was an employee and shareholder of the PR firm [[McEwan Purvis]]. In February 2006 he was elected as an MP at the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election.[http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/willie-rennie-and-lib-dems-storm-to-victory-in-dunfermline.html]<br />
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According to a biographical note on the McEwan Purvis [http://www.mcewan-purvis.co.uk/Text/Biogs/willie.htm website]:<br />
:Willie has extensive experience in public affairs and public relations. Before joining McEwan Purvis, he handled parliamentary affairs for the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] and was Campaigns Manager for [[National Asthma Campaign Scotland]]. Willie was Chief Executive and Chief of Staff for the Scottish Liberal Democrats between 1997 and 2001.<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Newton's Apple]]<br />
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[[Category:Scotland|Rennie, Willie]]<br />
[[category:MP|Rennie, Willie]]<br />
[[Category:Lobbyists|Rennie, Willie]]<br />
[[Category:Revolving Door|Rennie, Willie]]<br />
[[Category:Special Advisers|Rennie, Willie]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Suzy_Renckens&diff=182665Suzy Renckens2013-03-30T11:03:40Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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<div>Dr '''Suzy Renckens''' was Head of the GMO Unit and Scientific Co-ordinator of the [[GMO Panel]] at the [[European Food Safety Authority]] (EFSA) from October 2002 to 2008. <br />
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In 2008 she was appointed as Head of Regulatory & Stewardship Seeds for Europe, Africa and Middle East at Swiss biotech company [[Syngenta]].<ref name="Linkedin">Suzy Renckens, [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/suzy-renckens/16/65/6a0 Linkedin profile], accessed 12 January 2013</ref><br />
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A Belgian national, Renckens holds a PhD in applied biological sciences and is an alumni of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) where she also worked as a researcher. She went on to work from 1996 to 2002 as Project Leader at the Secretariat of the Biosafety Council at the Scientific Institute of Public Health in Brussels,<ref name="Linkedin"/> where she was involved in risk assessment for genetically modified plants.<ref>EFSA (2004), [http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/DocumentSet/comm_efsanews_02_en.pdf Interview with Suzy Renckens], ''EFSAnews: The Newsletter of the European Food Safety Authority'', N°2 May/June 2004, accessed 12 January 2013</ref><br />
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==Conflict of interests==<br />
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German NGO Testbiotech reports that during her time at the [[EFSA]], Renckens 'represented the [[EFSA]] in several meetings with industry'. Following her appointment in 2008, Renckens officially represented [[Syngenta]] in an expert hearing at the EU level.<ref>Testbiotech, [http://www.testbiotech.org/en/node/262 Leading European Food Safety Authority Staff Member Moves into Industry], accessed 12 January 2013</ref><br />
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In 2011, the European ombudsman [[Nikiforos Diamandouros]] upheld a complaint by Testbiotech against the [[EFSA]], saying:<br />
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:EFSA should acknowledge that it failed to observe the relevant procedural rules and to carry out a sufficiently thorough assessment of the potential conflict of interests arising from the move of a former member of its staff to a biotechnology company.<ref>Martin Banks (2011), [http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/watchdog-criticises-eu-agency-over-revolving-door-case/#.UPHTQLZY4Xw Watchdog criticises EU agency over 'revolving door' case], ''The Parliament'', 8 December 2011, accessed 12 January 2013</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
Suzy Renckens<br />
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[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/suzy-renckens/16/65/6a0 Linkedin]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:GM|Renckens, Suzy]]<br />
[[Category:Biotech Industry|Renckens, Suzy]]<br />
[[Category:Revolving Door|Renckens, Suzy]]<br />
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'''[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/GMWatch:_Portal Back to GMWatch Portal]'''</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Nick_Raynsford&diff=182664Nick Raynsford2013-03-30T11:03:07Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>'''Nick Raynsford''' (born 28 January 1945, Northampton) is Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich. He held ministerial positions at [[Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions]] (1999-2001) and Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2001-2005).<ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/nick_raynsford/greenwich_and_woolwich Nick Raynsford MP], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
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==Biographical Information==<br />
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===Current activities===<br />
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==Views==<br />
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*Non-executive Director (remunerated),<ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/nick_raynsford/greenwich_and_woolwich Nick Raynsford MP], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[Rockpools]] (http://www.rockpools.co.uk/) - company specialising in executive recruitment and development<br />
*Non-executive Director (remunerated),<ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/nick_raynsford/greenwich_and_woolwich Nick Raynsford MP], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[Hometrack]] (http://www.hometrack.co.uk/) - company providing valuation and related services in the housing market. Receives payment of around £10,000 per month for this role.<ref name="raking"> Geoffrey Levy, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002302/How-onetime-Labour-bigwigs-raking-private-sector.html?ITO=1490 How one-time Labour bigwigs are raking it in thanks to the private sector], 10th June 2011, accessed 14 June 2011</ref><br />
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==Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes== <br />
===Publications===<br />
===Contact=== <br />
:Address:<br />
:Phone:<br />
:Email:<br />
:Website: <br />
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==Resources==<br />
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*They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/nick_raynsford/greenwich_and_woolwich Nick Raynsford MP], accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
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[[Category:MP|Raynsford, Nick]]<br />
[[Category:UK|Raynsford, Nick]]<br />
[[Category:UK Ministers|Raynsford, Nick]]<br />
[[Category:Revolving Door|Raynsford, Nick]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Lewis_Moonie&diff=182663Lewis Moonie2013-03-30T11:02:39Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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<div>'''Lord Lewis Moonie''' is a former Labour MP for Kircaldy (winner of seat in 1992, 1997 and 2001), and was Parliamentary under-secretary, [[Ministry of Defence]] until his resignation in 2003. <ref>''Guardian'' [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-3700,00.html Aristotle MP profile: Lewis Moonie], accessed 01 August 2007.</ref>. He is now a Consultant for [[Sovereign Strategy]]; director for [[Mining Technology]] and director of [[AEA Technology]] <ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=10438 Changes to the Register of Members' Interests, Lewis Moonie], accessed 01 August 2007.</ref>. He became Baron Moonie of Fife in May 2005. <br />
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His appointment as a director of [[Sovereign Strategy]] attracted attention, as both [[Alan Milburn]] and Moonie were fast-tracked by a government appointments watchdog to take up work with the Labour-donating lobbying company. Unusually, [[Sovereign Strategy]] is not a member of the lobbyists' professional body, the [[Association of Professional Political Consultants]], which has a code of conduct not to employ or pay any MP, peer or MEP. <ref>Hencke, David, "[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/funding/story/0,11893,1490857,00.html Ex-ministers cleared to work for lobbying firm]," ''Guardian'', 24 May 2005, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref><br />
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==Moonie, QinetiQ & AEA Technology==<br />
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When Moonie was defence minister he approved the conditions of the sale of [[QinetiQ]] which allowed the company and directors [[John Chisholm]] and [[Graham Love]] to make vast sums of money. [[John Chisholm]] turned an investment of £129,000 into £22 million when part of [[QinetiQ]] was sold privately in 2006, while [[Graham Love]] managed to turn a £108,000 investment into £18 million pounds. The [[Carlyle Group]] also benefited, buying a £42 million stake which it sold three years later for £300 million.<ref>Hencke, David, "Auditors condem rushed MoD sale that turned civil servants into multimillionaires," ''Guardian'', 21 November 2007, page 4.</ref>. <br />
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How things have changed. As an opposition MP in 1995 Moonie strongly opposed the privitisation of [[AEA Technology]] telling the commons and the Minister responsible for the decision that "The facilities management division of AEA, as the Minister has described--the part responsible for providing infrastructure support and general services to all AEA's sites--is currently being flogged off to the highest bidder, despite the pleas of the work force and the Opposition to delay the decision until AEA's future is decided. I understand--the Minister confirmed it today--that the contract is to be awarded to a company called [[Procord]], formerly part of [[IBM]], which was run by the present chairman of AEA, Sir [[Anthony Cleaver]], before taking up his present appointment. The Minister should be well aware of how unwholesome such a position might appear."<ref>House of Commons, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199495/cmhansrd/1995-03-14/Debate-2.html Debates, Column 714], Publications and records, 14 March 1995, accessed 21 November 2007.</ref> Moonie now sits on the board of [[AEA Technology]].<ref>AEA Group, [http://www.aeat.co.uk/financial_reports.htm 2006/07 Annual Reports], accessed 21 November 2007.</ref><br />
The privatisation of [[AEA Technology]], one of the last under the Tories, has been likened to the [[QinetiQ]]'s sale. The Guardian notes<br />
:The broader issue is whether [[QinetiQ]] should be in the private sector at all, even if the government retains a golden share. It is hard to make the case on the basis of similar privatisations under the Tories. Amersham, Margaret Thatcher's first privatisation, was a shining success but [[QinetiQ]] most closely resembles [[AEA Technology]], the former research arm of the Atomic Energy Agency and a stock market dog for most of its quoted life. Both make part of their profits through so-called dual-use technology - in other words, applying inventions from specialist areas such as defence or nuclear energy to other fields. QinetiQ's intellectual property, for example, includes rights over some liquid crystal displays and devices to warn of icebergs. The point about these research-led businesses is that they are only as good as their pipeline of inventions. Once they are given an incentive to maximise profits, even for the long term, the temptation is to skimp on pure research and watch cash roll in from proven technology. It works for a while but stores up problems. QinetiQ, inevitably, would tell us that it is different, but it would: it's got a £1bn float to promote. The reality is that control of a valuable national technological resource - "crown jewels," says [[Francis Tusa]], the respected editor of Defence Analysis newsletter - will be passed from the [[Ministry of Defence]], the only body that could hold [[QinetiQ]] to a public-service course, with very little debate. Treasury coffers will be boosted handsomely but the case for full flotation has simply not been made. However, there is perhaps only one piece of good news: the float prospectus may reveal in full what other national assets accompanied the 1901 census into this oddly-named company.<ref>Business Notebook, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/jan/10/3 QinetiQ float is flogging the crown jewels]," ''Guardian'', 10 January 2006, accessed 22 November 2007.</ref> The article began by explaining that [[QinetiQ]] had acquired the rights to the 1901 census which they have subsequently sold to Friends Reunited for £3.3 million. <br />
<br />
Moonie opposed the privitisation of [[AEA Technology]] when in opposition, yet in government Moonie oversaw the very similar privitisation of [[QinetiQ]]'s research division. His role allowed [[John Chisholm]], [[Graham Love]], and The [[Carlyle Group]] to make millions from investments in the company. Furthermore as a board memeber of [[AEA Technology]] Moonie appears to have dramatically changed his position since his time in opposition. Speaking to the Guardian Lord Gillbert, who gave evidence to the [[National Audit Office]] in relation to the matter said:<br />
:At the time I told the defence secretary ([[George Robertson]]) that this would be a bloody scandel but the treasury under [[Gordon Brown]] insisted on selling a stake in the agency to cut the defence budget...Frankly the money made by by the leading civil servants was obscene. This is shown by the facts themselves. They did not contribute anything to the turnaround of the company.<ref>Hencke, David, "Auditors condemn rushed MoD sale that turned civil servants into multimillionaires," ''Guardian'', 21 November 2007, page 4.</ref><br />
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==Erminegate==<br />
In January 2009 '''Lord Moonie''' was one of four peers who allegedly agreed to accept money from undercover ''Sunday Times'' reporters, who were posing as business lobbyists, in return for amending legislation. Two peers, [[Lord Taylor of Blackburn]] and [[Peter Truscott | Lord Truscott]] were suspended from the [[House of Lords]] for six months for their role in what became know as the '[[erminegate]]' affair. '''Lord Moonie''' and [[Lord Snape]] were both cleared by the [[Lords Privileges Committee]] but were invited to apologise for their "inappropriate attitudes".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8049412.stm 'Two Labour peers face suspension'], ''BBC'', 14 May 2009.</ref><br />
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It was alleged that '''Lord Moonie''' offered to contact [[John Healey]], the local government minister, and to identify people who could amend the legislation in question for a fee an annual fee of £30,000.<ref name="erminegate guardian">Nicholas Watt, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/25/lords-house-commons-corruption-allegations?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 'Erminegate: police called to examine corruption allegations in House of Lords'], ''The Guardian'', 26 January 2009.</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[UK Defence Forum]]<br />
*[[Sovereign Strategy]]<br />
*[[Mining Technology]]<br />
*Non-executive Director,<ref>Reuters, [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS135565+03-Jan-2008+RNS20080103 AEA Technology PLC - Director Declaration], 03 January 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[AEA Technology]] (http://www.aeat.co.uk/cms/) - leading energy company<br />
*Non-executive Director,<ref>Mychasuk, E. and Terazono, E., "[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/77f0eedc-a9e9-11dc-aa8b-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1 Laughs at Party]," ''Financial Times'', 14 December 2007, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[PartyGaming]] (http://www.partygaming.com/pg/) - online gaming company<br />
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==Resources==<br />
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*AEA Group, [http://www.aeat.co.uk/financial_reports.htm 2006/07 Annual Reports], accessed 21 November 2007.<br />
*Business Notebook, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/jan/10/3 QinetiQ float is flogging the crown jewels]," ''Guardian'', 10 January 2006, accessed 22 November 2007.<br />
*''Guardian'' [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-3700,00.html Aristotle MP profile: Lewis Moonie], accessed 01 August 2007.<br />
*Hencke, David, "Auditors condem rushed MoD sale that turned civil servants into multimillionaires," ''Guardian'', 21 November 2007, page 4.<br />
*Hencke, David, "[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/funding/story/0,11893,1490857,00.html Ex-ministers cleared to work for lobbying firm]," ''Guardian'', 24 May 2005, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*House of Commons, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199495/cmhansrd/1995-03-14/Debate-2.html Debates, Column 714], Publications and records, 14 March 1995, accessed 21 November 2007.<br />
*Mychasuk, E. and Terazono, E., "[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/77f0eedc-a9e9-11dc-aa8b-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1 Laughs at Party]," ''Financial Times'', 14 December 2007, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Reuters, [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS135565+03-Jan-2008+RNS20080103 AEA Technology PLC - Director Declaration], 03 January 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=10438 Changes to the Register of Members' Interests, Lewis Moonie], accessed 01 August 2007.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Lobbyists|Moonie, Lewis]]<br />
[[Category:House of Lords|Moonie, Lewis]]<br />
[[Category:UK|Moonie, Lewis]]<br />
[[Category:UK Ministers|Moonie, Lewis]]<br />
[[Category:Revolving Door|Moonie, Lewis]]<br />
[[Category:MP|Moonie, Lewis]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Lewis_Moonie&diff=182662Lewis Moonie2013-03-30T11:01:39Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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<div>'''Lord Lewis Moonie''' is a former Labour MP for Kircaldy (winner of seat in 1992, 1997 and 2001), and was Parliamentary under-secretary, [[Ministry of Defence]] until his resignation in 2003. <ref>''Guardian'' [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-3700,00.html Aristotle MP profile: Lewis Moonie], accessed 01 August 2007.</ref>. He is now a Consultant for [[Sovereign Strategy]]; director for [[Mining Technology]] and director of [[AEA Technology]] <ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=10438 Changes to the Register of Members' Interests, Lewis Moonie], accessed 01 August 2007.</ref>. He became Baron Moonie of Fife in May 2005. <br />
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His appointment as a director of [[Sovereign Strategy]] attracted attention, as both [[Alan Milburn]] and Moonie were fast-tracked by a government appointments watchdog to take up work with the Labour-donating lobbying company. Unusually, [[Sovereign Strategy]] is not a member of the lobbyists' professional body, the [[Association of Professional Political Consultants]], which has a code of conduct not to employ or pay any MP, peer or MEP <ref>Hencke, David, "[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/funding/story/0,11893,1490857,00.html Ex-ministers cleared to work for lobbying firm]," ''Guardian'', 24 May 2005, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref>.<br />
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==Moonie, QinetiQ & AEA Technology==<br />
<br />
When Moonie was defence minister he approved the conditions of the sale of [[QinetiQ]] which allowed the company and directors [[John Chisholm]] and [[Graham Love]] to make vast sums of money. [[John Chisholm]] turned an investment of £129,000 into £22 million when part of [[QinetiQ]] was sold privately in 2006, while [[Graham Love]] managed to turn a £108,000 investment into £18 million pounds. The [[Carlyle Group]] also benefited, buying a £42 million stake which it sold three years later for £300 million.<ref>Hencke, David, "Auditors condem rushed MoD sale that turned civil servants into multimillionaires," ''Guardian'', 21 November 2007, page 4.</ref>. <br />
<br />
How things have changed. As an opposition MP in 1995 Moonie strongly opposed the privitisation of [[AEA Technology]] telling the commons and the Minister responsible for the decision that "The facilities management division of AEA, as the Minister has described--the part responsible for providing infrastructure support and general services to all AEA's sites--is currently being flogged off to the highest bidder, despite the pleas of the work force and the Opposition to delay the decision until AEA's future is decided. I understand--the Minister confirmed it today--that the contract is to be awarded to a company called [[Procord]], formerly part of [[IBM]], which was run by the present chairman of AEA, Sir [[Anthony Cleaver]], before taking up his present appointment. The Minister should be well aware of how unwholesome such a position might appear."<ref>House of Commons, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199495/cmhansrd/1995-03-14/Debate-2.html Debates, Column 714], Publications and records, 14 March 1995, accessed 21 November 2007.</ref> Moonie now sits on the board of [[AEA Technology]].<ref>AEA Group, [http://www.aeat.co.uk/financial_reports.htm 2006/07 Annual Reports], accessed 21 November 2007.</ref><br />
The privatisation of [[AEA Technology]], one of the last under the Tories, has been likened to the [[QinetiQ]]'s sale. The Guardian notes<br />
:The broader issue is whether [[QinetiQ]] should be in the private sector at all, even if the government retains a golden share. It is hard to make the case on the basis of similar privatisations under the Tories. Amersham, Margaret Thatcher's first privatisation, was a shining success but [[QinetiQ]] most closely resembles [[AEA Technology]], the former research arm of the Atomic Energy Agency and a stock market dog for most of its quoted life. Both make part of their profits through so-called dual-use technology - in other words, applying inventions from specialist areas such as defence or nuclear energy to other fields. QinetiQ's intellectual property, for example, includes rights over some liquid crystal displays and devices to warn of icebergs. The point about these research-led businesses is that they are only as good as their pipeline of inventions. Once they are given an incentive to maximise profits, even for the long term, the temptation is to skimp on pure research and watch cash roll in from proven technology. It works for a while but stores up problems. QinetiQ, inevitably, would tell us that it is different, but it would: it's got a £1bn float to promote. The reality is that control of a valuable national technological resource - "crown jewels," says [[Francis Tusa]], the respected editor of Defence Analysis newsletter - will be passed from the [[Ministry of Defence]], the only body that could hold [[QinetiQ]] to a public-service course, with very little debate. Treasury coffers will be boosted handsomely but the case for full flotation has simply not been made. However, there is perhaps only one piece of good news: the float prospectus may reveal in full what other national assets accompanied the 1901 census into this oddly-named company.<ref>Business Notebook, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/jan/10/3 QinetiQ float is flogging the crown jewels]," ''Guardian'', 10 January 2006, accessed 22 November 2007.</ref> The article began by explaining that [[QinetiQ]] had acquired the rights to the 1901 census which they have subsequently sold to Friends Reunited for £3.3 million. <br />
<br />
Moonie opposed the privitisation of [[AEA Technology]] when in opposition, yet in government Moonie oversaw the very similar privitisation of [[QinetiQ]]'s research division. His role allowed [[John Chisholm]], [[Graham Love]], and The [[Carlyle Group]] to make millions from investments in the company. Furthermore as a board memeber of [[AEA Technology]] Moonie appears to have dramatically changed his position since his time in opposition. Speaking to the Guardian Lord Gillbert, who gave evidence to the [[National Audit Office]] in relation to the matter said:<br />
:At the time I told the defence secretary ([[George Robertson]]) that this would be a bloody scandel but the treasury under [[Gordon Brown]] insisted on selling a stake in the agency to cut the defence budget...Frankly the money made by by the leading civil servants was obscene. This is shown by the facts themselves. They did not contribute anything to the turnaround of the company.<ref>Hencke, David, "Auditors condemn rushed MoD sale that turned civil servants into multimillionaires," ''Guardian'', 21 November 2007, page 4.</ref><br />
<br />
==Erminegate==<br />
In January 2009 '''Lord Moonie''' was one of four peers who allegedly agreed to accept money from undercover ''Sunday Times'' reporters, who were posing as business lobbyists, in return for amending legislation. Two peers, [[Lord Taylor of Blackburn]] and [[Peter Truscott | Lord Truscott]] were suspended from the [[House of Lords]] for six months for their role in what became know as the '[[erminegate]]' affair. '''Lord Moonie''' and [[Lord Snape]] were both cleared by the [[Lords Privileges Committee]] but were invited to apologise for their "inappropriate attitudes".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8049412.stm 'Two Labour peers face suspension'], ''BBC'', 14 May 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
It was alleged that '''Lord Moonie''' offered to contact [[John Healey]], the local government minister, and to identify people who could amend the legislation in question for a fee an annual fee of £30,000.<ref name="erminegate guardian">Nicholas Watt, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/25/lords-house-commons-corruption-allegations?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 'Erminegate: police called to examine corruption allegations in House of Lords'], ''The Guardian'', 26 January 2009.</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[UK Defence Forum]]<br />
*[[Sovereign Strategy]]<br />
*[[Mining Technology]]<br />
*Non-executive Director,<ref>Reuters, [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS135565+03-Jan-2008+RNS20080103 AEA Technology PLC - Director Declaration], 03 January 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[AEA Technology]] (http://www.aeat.co.uk/cms/) - leading energy company<br />
*Non-executive Director,<ref>Mychasuk, E. and Terazono, E., "[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/77f0eedc-a9e9-11dc-aa8b-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1 Laughs at Party]," ''Financial Times'', 14 December 2007, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[PartyGaming]] (http://www.partygaming.com/pg/) - online gaming company<br />
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==Resources==<br />
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*AEA Group, [http://www.aeat.co.uk/financial_reports.htm 2006/07 Annual Reports], accessed 21 November 2007.<br />
*Business Notebook, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/jan/10/3 QinetiQ float is flogging the crown jewels]," ''Guardian'', 10 January 2006, accessed 22 November 2007.<br />
*''Guardian'' [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-3700,00.html Aristotle MP profile: Lewis Moonie], accessed 01 August 2007.<br />
*Hencke, David, "Auditors condem rushed MoD sale that turned civil servants into multimillionaires," ''Guardian'', 21 November 2007, page 4.<br />
*Hencke, David, "[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/funding/story/0,11893,1490857,00.html Ex-ministers cleared to work for lobbying firm]," ''Guardian'', 24 May 2005, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*House of Commons, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199495/cmhansrd/1995-03-14/Debate-2.html Debates, Column 714], Publications and records, 14 March 1995, accessed 21 November 2007.<br />
*Mychasuk, E. and Terazono, E., "[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/77f0eedc-a9e9-11dc-aa8b-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1 Laughs at Party]," ''Financial Times'', 14 December 2007, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Reuters, [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS135565+03-Jan-2008+RNS20080103 AEA Technology PLC - Director Declaration], 03 January 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=10438 Changes to the Register of Members' Interests, Lewis Moonie], accessed 01 August 2007.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Lobbyists|Moonie, Lewis]]<br />
[[Category:House of Lords|Moonie, Lewis]]<br />
[[Category:UK|Moonie, Lewis]]<br />
[[Category:UK Ministers|Moonie, Lewis]]<br />
[[Category:Revolving Door|Moonie, Lewis]]<br />
[[Category:MP|Moonie, Lewis]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Alan_Milburn&diff=182661Alan Milburn2013-03-30T11:00:11Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>'''Alan Milburn''' (born 27 January 1958) is a British Labour politician who was the MP for Darlington from April 1992 until May 2010. He was Chief Secretary at Treasury from December 1998 to October 1999, and Secretary of State at Department of Health between October 1999 and June 2003.<ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/alan_milburn/darlington Alan Milburn MP], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref><br />
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== Activities ==<br />
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=== Anti-obesity initiatives ===<br />
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In May 2007 Milburn became an advisor to [[Pepsico]] one of the organisations involved in [[Business4Life]] the business consortium behind the Department of Health's [[Change4Life]] anti-obesity initiative. <ref> Business4Life<br />
[http://www.business4life.co.uk/ Home page], Accessed December 9 2008</ref><br />
[[Pepsico]] and its subsidiary [[Walkers]] Crisps are clients of [[Freud Communications]]. <br />
[[Freud Communications]] were hired by the Department of Health to run its anti-obesity campaign.<ref> Matt Cartmel,<br />
[http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/835807/Freud-lands-anti-obesity-brief/ Freud Lands Anti-obesity brief],Brand Republic, July 31 2008, Accessed December 9 2008<br />
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In December 2003, six months after leaving the post of Health Secretary, Milburn made a speech at Magdalen college Oxford at the Oxford Vision 2020 Conference in which he stated," Specifically an ultimatum needs to be placed before the (food) industry that unless it voluntarily cuts fat, sugar and salt in food within a specified time frame then tough regulatory action will be taken to ensure that it does so. The summit could also discuss how to make greater choice over healthier food available in local communities and local schools.In the meantime I hope Ministers will take swift action to remove fast food, soft drink and confectionery machines from all schools." <ref>Oxford Health Alliance<br />
[http://www.oxha.org/meetings/03-meeting/keynote-speech-by-alan-milburn Keynote speech by Alan Milburn] December 2003, Accessed December 21 2008</ref><br />
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===PFI initiatives===<br />
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During his time as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Secretary of State for Health, Milburn was instrumental in driving forward the Government's policy of PFI initiatives in the health service.<br />
<ref>HM Treasury<br />
[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/982.htm MORE PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE (PFI) DEALS EXPECTED] June 24 1999, Accessed December 9 2008</ref><br />
During his time at the Treasury in 1999 Milburn stated<br />
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"The Government's commitment to partnership between the public and private sector has never been greater. The Government's new guidelines will make PFI work more effectively and more fairly. This will help deliver higher levels of investment to modernise Britain's key public services such as the NHS. <br />
By providing a platform of certainty, the new guidance will help the PFI continue to grow. Value for money deals go hand in hand with the key test of genuine risk transfer achieved under PFI contracts. This clarity of approach will enable the revised guidance to work in practice." <ref>HM Treasury<br />
[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/982.htm MORE PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE (PFI) DEALS EXPECTED] June 24 1999, Accessed December 9 2008</ref><br />
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While in 2007 as Secretary of State for Health Milburn stated<br />
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"We plan to ... remove the Secretary of State's powers of direction over NHS Foundation Trusts. Instead of being line managed by the Department of Health, they will be held to account through agreements and cash for performance contracts... The expectation must be that the greater freedoms that NHS Foundation Trusts will enjoy will help them exceed national performance targets but that will be a matter for local not national negotiation. Those that perform well will benefit from the system of payment by results and patient choice that we announced in Delivering the NHS Plan."<ref> Department of Health<br />
[http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/News/Speeches/Speecheslist/DH_4000768 Speeches],February 7 2007, Accessed December 9 2008</ref><br />
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Milburn is currently on the advisory board of [[Bridgepoint Capital]]. <ref> Bridgepoint Capital <br />
[http://www.bridgepoint-capital.com/default.asp?sID=1102698421312 Advisory Board], Accessed December 9 2008 </ref> He appears to have joined them in January 2007.<br />
Bridgepoint is a venture capital firm heavily involved in financing private health care firms moving into the NHS.<br />
Milburn previously worked as an advisor to Bridgepoint between March and September 2004.<ref> They work for you<br />
[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?d=2004-05-21#10434 Members listing May 2004], Accessed December 9 2008</ref> Bridgepoint's subsidiary won a £16 million NHS contract six months after he joined. <ref name="raking"> Geoffrey Levy, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002302/How-onetime-Labour-bigwigs-raking-private-sector.html?ITO=1490 Tony's cronies and snouts in the trough: How one-time Labour bigwigs are raking it in thanks to the private sector], 10th June 2011, accessed 14 June 2011</ref><br />
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==== Scanner scandal ====<br />
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In 2005 the Labour Party were accused of trying to gag one of its own MPs who strongly criticised a £90 million deal between the NHS and a private health company linked to Milburn.<br />
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[[Kevan Jones]], the MP for North Durham, revealed that patients from his constituency were being sent 20 miles for private MRI scans, even though their own local hospital had a machine standing idle.<br />
Jones had spoken out in support of John Saxby, the chief executive of the University Hospital of North Durham, who complained about the purchase of scans from [[Alliance Medical]], while his own NHS scanner was "considerably under-employed".<br />
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[[Alliance Medical]] was owned by Bridgepoint and the £90 million scanner deal was signed while Milburn was working for Bridegpoint. <br />
The contract for the scanner was announced by [[John Hutton]], the then health minister who is a friend of Milburn.<br />
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According to press reports Jones' comments provoked a telephone call to the MP from a Labour Party official demanding an explanation and warning him that they should not be repeated. Jones himself refused to confirm the claim. <ref> Hennessy, Patrick<br />
[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1486532/Labour-orders-MP-to-keep-quiet-over-Milburn-scan-deal.html Labour orders MP to keep quiet over Milburn scan deal] Telegraph March 26 2005, Accessed December 9 2008<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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* In November 2006 Milburn set up [[AM Strategy Limited]] to undertake media/consultancy work<ref> House of Commons <br />
[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/081217/081217.pdf Register of Members interests], Accessed December 21 2008</ref><br />
* Adviser, [[Bridgepoint Capital]] <ref> Bridgepoint Capital <br />
[http://www.bridgepoint-capital.com/default.asp?sID=1102698421312 Advisory Board], Accessed December 21 2008 </ref><br />
*Adviser,<ref>Smithers, Rebecca, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/may/30/marketingandpr.politics Beyoncé, Britney ... Milburn? Ex-minister takes Pepsi challenge]," ''Guardian'', 30 May 2007, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[PepsiCo]] (http://www.pepsico.com/) - American soft drinks giant<br />
*Adviser,<ref>Walker, Tim, "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/1915784/Alan-Milburn-in-the-money.html Milburn in the money]," ''Telegraph'', 30 April 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref><ref>Swaine, Jon, "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2453395/MPs-could-face-ban-on-second-jobs.html MPs could face ban on second jobs]," ''Telegraph'', 24 July 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[Covidien]] (http://www.covidien.com/) - American health care company<br />
*Adviser,<ref>Swaine, Jon, "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2453395/MPs-could-face-ban-on-second-jobs.html MPs could face ban on second jobs]," ''Telegraph'', 24 July 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[Lloydspharmacy]] (http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/) - UK pharmacy<br />
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==Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes== <br />
===Publications===<br />
===Contact=== <br />
:Address:<br />
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==Resources==<br />
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*Smithers, Rebecca, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/may/30/marketingandpr.politics Beyoncé, Britney ... Milburn? Ex-minister takes Pepsi challenge]," ''Guardian'', 30 May 2007, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Swaine, Jon, "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2453395/MPs-could-face-ban-on-second-jobs.html MPs could face ban on second jobs]," ''Telegraph'', 24 July 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/alan_milburn/darlington Alan Milburn MP], accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
*Walker, Tim, "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/1915784/Alan-Milburn-in-the-money.html Milburn in the money]," ''Telegraph'', 30 April 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
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[[Category:MP|Milburn, Alan]]<br />
[[Category:UK|Milburn, Alan]]<br />
[[Category:UK Ministers|Milburn, Alan]]<br />
[[Category:Revolving Door|Milburn, Alan]]<br />
[[Category:Healthcare Industry]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Tom_McNally&diff=182660Tom McNally2013-03-30T10:59:17Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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<div>[[Tom McNally]] is a Liberal Democrat peer, who is a Minister of State at the [[Ministry of Justice]]<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> and Deputy Leader of the [[House of Lords]]. <br />
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McNally was the only justice minister to survive the September 2012 Cabinet reshuffle, taking over responsibility for the legal aid portfolio from [[Jonathan Djanogly]]. He now also shares responsibility for human rights and civil liberties with the Conservative [[Damian Green]], who took over the joint role with the [[Home Office]] with responsibility for policing and criminal justice. <ref> John Hyde, [http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/mcnally-gets-legal-aid-moj-portfolios-announced McNally gets legal aid as MoJ portfolios announced] Law Gazette, 14 September 2012, accessed 17 September 2011 </ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
His biography on the Liberal Democrat Party website reads:<br />
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:He was appointed a Parliamentary adviser to [[GEC]] (1983-4) and then Director General of the [[British Retail Consortium]] (1985-87). In 1987, he joined public relations firm [[Hill and Knowlton]] as Director of Public Affairs, before moving to a similar position at [[Shandwick]] Public Relations in 1993. He subsequently became Vice-Chairman of Shandwick. In 2003, he was appointed to the new post of non-executive Vice-Chairman of Weber Shandwick following the take-over of Shandwick by American communications giant [[Interpublic]]. He left [[Weber Shandwick]] in November 2004 on his appointment as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords<ref>Lib Dems [http://www.libdems.org.uk/people_detail.aspx?name=Lord_McNally&pPK=0a2d987b-8711-498f-bb52-9f5038ee3dd0 Lord McNally], accessed 3 Nov 2009</ref><br />
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==Ministerial responsibilities==<br />
===Prior to the September 2012 reshuffle===<br />
*Departmental business in the Lords<br />
*Support to Secretary of State on constitutional matters<br />
*Human rights and civil liberties<br />
*Freedom of information, data protection and data sharing<br />
*Legislation and law reform<br />
*Public law and public legal issues<br />
*Support to the Secretary of State on EU and international business<br />
*Crown dependencies<br />
*Land Registry<br />
*National Archives<br />
*Law Commission<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*Fellow of University College London, the [[Royal Society of Arts]], the [[Institute of Public Relations]], and the [[Industry and Parliament Trust]]. <br />
*Trustee of the Verulamium Museum, St. Albans, President of the St. Albans Liberal Democrats and a member of the [[National Liberal Club]].<br />
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*Former officer of the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy]] circa 2007<br />
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==External Resources==<br />
*BBC Democracy Live [http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/27080.stm Lord McNally]<br />
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[[Category:Liberal Democrats|McNally, Tom]]<br />
[[Category:Revolving Door|McNally, Tom]]<br />
[[Category: British Politician|McNally, Tom]]<br />
[[Category:Lobbyists|McNally, Tom]]<br />
[[Category:House of Lords|McNally, Tom]]<br />
[[Category:PR people|McNally, Tom]]<br />
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[[Category:UK Ministers|McNally, Tom]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Henry_McLeish&diff=182658Henry McLeish2013-03-30T10:52:10Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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<div>Henry McLeish was the second first Minister of the devolved Scotland, following [[Donald Dewar]] and preceding [[Jack McConnell]]. He famously resigned over an alleged corruption row claiming it was 'a muddle, not a fiddle'.<ref>Ref needed</ref> Since resigning he has been recruited by [[Halogen]] PR.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[category:Revolving Door|Mcleish, Henry]][[category:MSP|Mcleish, Henry]][[category:Scottish lobbyists|Mcleish, Henry]][[category:Scottish PR people|Mcleish, Henry]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Denis_MacShane&diff=182657Denis MacShane2013-03-30T10:51:09Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>[[Image:DenisMacShane.jpg|right|thumb|Denis MacShane, House of Commons, London, 6 February 2008]]<br />
'''Denis MacShane''' (born Denis Matyjaszek on 21 May 1948) is the Labour MP for Rotherham (since 1994).<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2007/jun/03/denismacshane Full profile: Denis MacShane], guardian.co.uk, accessed 13 March 2009.</ref> He is a signatory to the statement of principles of the [[Henry Jackson Society]] and a member of the [[Labour Friends of Israel]]. <br />
He worked as a minister in the Foreign Office between 2001 and 2005. Since then he has been made a privy councillor and now represents the UK on the council of Europe.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2007/jun/03/denismacshane Full profile: Denis MacShane], guardian.co.uk, accessed 13 March 2009.</ref>He is the partner of [[Joan Smith]] a columnist for ''The Independent.''<ref>Jonathan Fryer, [http://jonathanfryer.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/what-will-survive/ What Will Survive], 5 July 2007</ref>. <br />
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==Background==<br />
::In 1939, a Polish army officer named Jan Matyjaszek was shot and wounded fighting the Nazis. He returned to his village. As the war drew to an end, and the Red Army approached, he plunged his hands into buckets of soil. This was because it had become known that, if you had cracked and dirty hands, you would be identified as a worker and be allowed to survive, while those with the smooth hands of the officer class were shot. Matyjaszek passed the test, and left Poland shortly afterwards, travelling via Romania and France to Scotland. There he met and married a young girl from Donegal named Isobel MacShane, who gave birth in 1948 to a son they named Josef Denis.<ref>[http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:CVYQ39sHE8IJ:www.bbk.ac.uk/about_us/fellows/orator/denis_macshane.doc+Denis+MacShane%22+Poland&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=uk&client=firefox-a Dr Denis MacShane MP: An Oration to Welcome Him as Fellow of Birkbeck College, 9 March 2005], [[Birkbeck College]], accessed 25 April 2008.</ref> <br />
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==Early career==<br />
MacShane became the youngest ever president of the National Union of Journalists in 1978. In the 80s he worked for the international trade union movement, supporting democratic trade union development in Poland, South Africa, Brazil and South Korea.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2007/jun/03/denismacshane Full profile: Denis MacShane], guardian.co.uk, accessed 13 March 2009.</ref><br />
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==Speech on British Muslims==<br />
In November 2003, MacShane was forced to alter the text of a speech he had planned to deliver in his constituency in the wake of the Istanbul bombings. In the original version he was to say that it was: <br />
::time for the elected and community leaders of British Muslims to make a choice: the British way, based on political dialogue and non-violent protests, or the way of the terrorists against which the whole democratic world is uniting".<ref>Matthew Taylor, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,1090893,00.html Minister's call to choose outrages British Muslims], ''Guardian'', 22 November 2003</ref><br />
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Following criticism from Muslims groups he delivered an altered version:<br />
::""It is time for the elected and community leaders of British Muslims to make a choice," he told the meeting in his constituency. "It is the democratic, rule of law - if you like, the British or Turkish or American way, based on political dialogue and non-violent protests like the one we saw in London yesterday - or it is the way of the terrorists.<br />
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::"I hope we will see clearer, stronger language that there is no future for any Muslim cause anywhere in the world that validates or implicitly supports the use of political violence in any way," he said.<br />
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::He added: "We need also to move away from talk of martyrs, and to make clear that jihads are no more to be endorsed or supported than BNP thugs who think that using violence against non-white Britons is politically acceptable." <ref>Matthew Taylor, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,1090893,00.html Minister's call to choose outrages British Muslims], ''Guardian'', 22 November 2003</ref><br />
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However, in July 2007, he wrote: 'I regret now my temporising'. In the same article, he published the altered version, implying that the furore was a result of the altered, less hardline version, rather than the original.<ref>Denis MacShane, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/07/03/do0302.xml 'Islamist' is the word for these terrorists], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 3 July 2007</ref><br />
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==On France==<br />
In the leadup to the 2007 French presidential elections, MacShane supported [[Nicholas Sarkozy]] over the Socialist candidate [[Segolene Royal]], who he said "has driven France's Jewish voters into Sarkozy's camp by appearing to endorse a venomous anti-Semitic attack on Israel by Islamist fundamentalists during a visit to the Middle East.".<ref>Denis MacShane, [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/eu/comment/0,,2068081,00.html Sarkozy will be better for Gordon Brown's Britain], ''Guardian'', 29 April 2007</ref><br />
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==MacShane and Israel==<br />
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With Israel's declining image in the aftermath of its invasion of Lebanon, MacShane participated in the damage-control operation that relied on the familiar ploy of ascribing criticism of Israel to a resurgent antisemitism. <br />
:"So, predictably, just after Israel faced another image problem due to its murderous destruction of Lebanon, a British all-party parliamentary group led by notorious Israel-firster '''Denis MacShane''' MP (Labor) released yet another report alleging a resurgence of anti-Semitism (Report of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry Into Antisemitism, September 2006). To judge by the witnesses ([[David Cesarani]], [[Lord Janner]], [[Oona King]], [[Emanuele Ottolenghi]], [[Melanie Phillips]]) and sources ([[MEMRI]], [[Holocaust Education Trust]]) cited in the body of the report, much time and money could have been saved had it just been contracted out to the Israel Foreign Ministry."<ref>Norman Finkelstein, [http://www.counterpunch.org/finkelstein09122006.html Kill Arabs, Cry Anti-Semitism], CounterPunch, 12 September 2006</ref><br />
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It is worth noting here that when this report was issued, the committee had no status, and its members were self-selected. More tellingly, the committee was comprised exclusively of the supporters of the invasion of Iraq.<br />
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More recently, in his contribution towards the [[New Anti-Semitism]] campaign, [[Denis MacShane]] dispensed with any pretence of originality -- or subtlety -- altogether in publishing an op-ed in the Washington Post entitled 'The New Anti-Semitism', which he dramatically began by writing, 'Hatred of Jews has reached new heights in Europe'<ref>Denis MacShane, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090300719.html The New Anti-Semitism], Washington Post, 4 September 2007</ref>, however the only evidence he cites for his tendentious claims is a report by the aforementioned committee.<br />
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==MacShane and Venezuela==<br />
A New Labour MP, MacShane seems to have great admiration for Margaret Thatcher. He called Chavez 'sensible' because he was behaving as a 'Thatcherite', but he found the 2002 coup predictable. <br />
:What has happened in Caracas is no surprise but it should be a warning', wrote MacShane, went on to label Chavez 'a ranting, populist demogogue'. He went on to add, 'Hugo Chavez, the former President, was a political leader who lived by permanent mobilisation...This week the people of Venezuela did mobilise, but it was against Se&ntilde;or Chavez.<ref>Denis MacShane, 'I saw the calm, rational Chavez turn into a ranting, populist demagogue', ''The Times'', 13 April 2002</ref><br />
The president was restored to his seat of course -- by popular mobilisation. <br />
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In the face of the subsequent embarassment, MacShane has tried to recast his endorsement of the coup as a call for the restoration of Democracy. Except, his exact statement was 'Venezuela now needs to move swiftly to restore full democracy' -- as opposed to Chavez's democracy, which presumably wasn't 'full'. MacShane is also sceptical of the Venezuelan people's capacity to act in their best interest since he is convinced they 'deserve better' than the government they elected. Incidentally, most Venezuelans hold exaclty the same view of the British people.<ref>Denis MacShane, [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/denis_macshane/2006/05/chavez_is_populist_not_a_socia.html Chavez is a populist, not a socialist], ''Guardian'', 15 May 2006</ref> <br />
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For an admirer of Thatcher, he seems to show a great deal of concern for the poverty of 'social justice' in Venezuela. Even the conservative ''Financial Times'' was left bemused by MacShane's glee at the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Venezuela (April 15, 2002). It wrote, 'at least the White House did not go as far as Denis MacShane, British junior foreign office minister. MacShane described in The Times newspaper on Saturday how Chavez had at times acted as a "ranting, populist demagogue"'. However, MacShane charitably lays our fears to rest: 'Hugo is no Hitler'.<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Labour Friends of Israel]]<br />
*[[Henry Jackson Society]]<br />
*[[Euston Manifesto]] &ndash; signatory [http://eustonmanifesto.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=38]<br />
*[[Engage]] &ndash; speaker at their events [http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/archives/2007/07/17/engage_manchester_meeting.php][http://blog.hakmao.com/archives/002346.html]<br />
*former member (from 1980) of the campaign steering group of the [[Campaign for Press Freedom]], based at 9 [[Poland Street]]<br />
*[[Chatham House]]<br />
*[[Just Journalism]] Advisory Board circa 2008 - 2010<ref>Just Journalism [http://web.archive.org/web/20080415115144/www.justjournalism.com/advisory-board Advisory board], retrieved from the Internet Archive of 15 April 2008 (Accessed: 20 November 2010)</ref><ref>Just Journalism [http://justjournalism.com/advisory-board/ Advisory board], Accessed: 20 November 2010</ref><br />
*European Adviser,<ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=10401 Changes to the Register of Members' Interests, Denis MacShane], accessed 27 November 2008.</ref> [[United Utilities]] (http://www.unitedutilities.com/) - British utility company<br />
*[[European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism]] - Chairman<br />
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==Resources==<br />
*MacShane, Denis, "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090300719.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 The New Anti-Semitism]," ''Washington Post'', 4 September 2007, accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*Finkelstein, Norman, "[http://www.counterpunch.org/finkelstein09122006.html Kill Arabs, Cry Anti-Semitism]," CounterPunch, 12 September 2006, accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*Fryer, Jonathan, "[http://jonathanfryer.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/what-will-survive/ What Will Survive]," 5 July 2007, accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*MacShane, Denis, "[http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/denis_macshane/2006/05/chavez_is_populist_not_a_socia.html Chavez is a populist, not a socialist]," ''Guardian'', 15 May 2006, accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*MacShane, Denis, [http://www.bbk.ac.uk/about_us/fellows/orator/denis_macshane.doc Dr Denis MacShane: An Oration to Welcome Him as Fellow of Birkbeck College, 9 March 2005], [[Birkbeck College]], accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*MacShane, Denis, "I saw the calm, rational Chavez turn into a ranting, populist demagogue," ''The Times'', 13 April 2002.<br />
*MacShane, Denis, "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/07/03/do0302.xml 'Islamist' is the word for these terrorists]," ''The Daily Telegraph'', 3 July 2007, accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*MacShane, Denis, "[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/eu/comment/0,,2068081,00.html Sarkozy will be better for Gordon Brown's Britain]," ''Guardian'', 29 April 2007, accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*MacShane, Denis, "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090300719.html The New Anti-Semitism]," ''Washington Post'', 4 September 2007, accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*Taylor, Matthew, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,1090893,00.html Minister's call to choose outrages British Muslims]," ''Guardian'', 22 November 2003, accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=10401 Changes to the Register of Members' Interests, Denis MacShane], accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Times Online website, ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008], accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby|MacShane, Denis]]<br />
[[Category:MP|MacShane, Denis]]<br />
[[Category:UK|MacShane, Denis]]<br />
[[Category:UK Ministers|MacShane, Denis]]<br />
[[Category:Revolving Door|MacShane, Denis]]<br />
[[Category:Decent left|MacShane, Denis]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Larry_Whitty&diff=182656Larry Whitty2013-03-30T10:47:57Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>'''Lord Larry Whitty''' (born 15 June 1943) is a Labour member of the [[House of Lords]].<br />
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*Adviser,<ref>Ofwat, [http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/aptrix/ofwat/publish.nsf/Content/lord_whitty Biographical note: Lord Whitty: Non-Executive Director], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[eaga]] (http://www.eaga.com/) - provider of residential energy efficiency solutions<br />
*Chair (remunerated),<ref>UK Parliament, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/reg26.htm Register of Lords' Interests], accessed 28 November 2008.</ref> [[Elyo Suez]] (http://www.elyo.com/) - energy solutions expert<br />
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*Ofwat, [http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/aptrix/ofwat/publish.nsf/Content/lord_whitty Biographical note: Lord Whitty: Non-Executive Director], accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*UK Parliament, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/reg26.htm Register of Lords' Interests], accessed 28 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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[[Category:House of Lords|Witty, Larry]]<br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Witty, Larry]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Christopher_Leslie&diff=182655Christopher Leslie2013-03-30T10:47:10Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>'''Christopher Leslie''' (born 28 June 1972, Keighley, West Yorkshire) is a British Labour MP, formerly for Shipley (1997 - 11 April 2005) and for Nottingham East since the May 2010 general elections.<br />
He was a former minister at Department for Constitutional Affairs (13 June 2003 to 11 May 2005). He left Parliament on .<ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/christopher_leslie/shipley Christopher Leslie former MP], accessed 27 November 2008.</ref><br />
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Between 2005 and 2010, Chris Leslie was the director of the [[New Local Government Network]], a non-profit policy think tank.<ref>New Local Government Network, [http://www.nlgn.org.uk/public/nlgn-staff/chris-leslie/ Chris Leslie], accessed 27 November 2008.</ref> <br />
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*New Local Government Network, [http://www.nlgn.org.uk/public/nlgn-staff/chris-leslie/ Chris Leslie], accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/christopher_leslie/shipley Christopher Leslie former MP], accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Times Online website, ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008], accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Leslie, Christopher]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Stephen_Ladyman&diff=182654Stephen Ladyman2013-03-30T10:46:42Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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<div>'''Stephen Ladyman''' (06 November 1952, Lancashire) is a former British Labour MP who held the seat of South Thanet from May 1997 until April 2010.<br />
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After the 2001 General Election, Ladyman became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for the Armed Forces. In 2003, he was made the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Community in the [[Department of Health]] and from 2005 to 2007 he was Minister of State for Transport. He is now a vice chair of the Labour Party with particular responsibility for campaigning in the South East.<ref>Stephen Ladyman, [http://www.stephenladyman.info/biography Biography], accessed 27 November 2008.</ref><br />
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*Stephen Ladyman, [http://www.stephenladyman.info/biography Biography], accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/stephen_ladyman/south_thanet Stephen Ladyman MP], accessed 27 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Ladyman, Stephen]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Adam_Ingram&diff=182653Adam Ingram2013-03-30T10:45:27Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>'''Adam Ingram''' (01 February 1947, Glasgow) is a Labour MP for East Kilbride. He was first elected to the Commons in 1987. <ref>BBC, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2077961.stm Adam Ingram], 17 October 2002, accessed 26 November 2008.</ref> He was the Minister of State for the Armed Forces until 29 June 2007.<ref>Ministry of Defence, "[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/DefencePolicyAndBusiness/AdamIngramLeavesModAfterSixYearsAsArmedForcesMinister.htm Adam Ingram leaves MOD after six years as Armed Forces Minister]," 29 June 2007, accessed 26 November 2008.</ref><br />
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*Non-executive Chairman<ref>Public and Commercial Services Union, [http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/ministry_of_defence_group/september-08-news/adam-ingram.cfm News: Adam Ingram], September 2008, accessed 26 November 2008.</ref>, [[SignPoint Secure Ltd.]] - military communications firm<br />
*Consultant (remunerated)<ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/adam_ingram/east_kilbride,_strathaven_and_lesmahagow Adam Ingram MP], accessed 26 November 2008.</ref>, [[EDS]] (http://www.eds.com/) - business and technology services company<br />
*Consultant (remunerated)<ref>They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/adam_ingram/east_kilbride,_strathaven_and_lesmahagow Adam Ingram MP], accessed 26 November 2008.</ref>, [[Argus Libya]] - design and construction service<ref>Public and Commercial Services Union, [http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/ministry_of_defence_group/september-08-news/adam-ingram.cfm News: Adam Ingram], September 2008, accessed 26 November 2008.</ref><br />
*non-executive chairman of military equipment firm [[Angus Scotland]] Ltd, <br />
*consultant to [[Electronic Data Systems]] Ltd, an IT supplier to the [[MoD]].<ref name="raking"> Geoffrey Levy, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002302/How-onetime-Labour-bigwigs-raking-private-sector.html?ITO=1490 Tony's cronies and snouts in the trough: How one-time Labour bigwigs are raking it in thanks to the private sector], 10th June 2011, accessed 14 June 2011</ref><br />
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*BBC, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2077961.stm Adam Ingram], 17 October 2002, accessed 26 November 2008.<br />
*Ministry of Defence, "[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/DefencePolicyAndBusiness/AdamIngramLeavesModAfterSixYearsAsArmedForcesMinister.htm Adam Ingram leaves MOD after six years as Armed Forces Minister]," 29 June 2007, accessed 26 November 2008.<br />
*Public and Commercial Services Union, [http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/ministry_of_defence_group/september-08-news/adam-ingram.cfm News: Adam Ingram], September 2008, accessed 26 November 2008.<br />
*They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/adam_ingram/east_kilbride,_strathaven_and_lesmahagow Adam Ingram MP], accessed 26 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
*Richard Norton-Taylor, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/02/minister-misinform-mps-baha-mousa Former minister admits misinforming MPs over treatment of Baha Mousa], guardian.co.uk, 2 June 2010.<br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Ingram, Adam]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Patricia_Hollis&diff=182652Patricia Hollis2013-03-30T10:44:46Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>'''Baroness Patricia Hollis of Heigham''' (born 24 May 1941) is a Labour member of the [[House of Lords]]. She was raised to a life peerage and was an Opposition Whip in the House of Lords between 1990 and 1995, and Opposition Spokeswoman on Housing, Local Government, the Environment, Disability and Social Security from 1990.<ref>Nation Master, [http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Patricia-Hollis,-Baroness-Hollis-of-Heigham Encyclopedia], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref> She was Minister in the Department of Work and Pensions (formerly DSS) from 1997 to 2005 and responsible in the House of Lords for all Government legislation on pensions, including the 2004 Pensions Act.<ref>Pensions Advisory Service, "[http://www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk/publications/tpas_reports/documents/CASEWORKREPORT05_06.pdf Advising on Pensions, A Review of Activities 05/06]," accessed 25 November 2008.</ref><br />
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*Board member,<ref>Pensions Advisory Service, "[http://www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk/publications/tpas_reports/documents/CASEWORKREPORT05_06.pdf Advising on Pensions, A Review of Activities 05/06]," accessed 25 November 2008.</ref> [[Pensions Advisory Service]] (http://www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk/) - Independent guidance organisation grant-aided by the Department for Work and Pensions<ref>Pensions Advisory Service, [http://www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk/about_tpas/ About Pensions Advisory Service], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref><br />
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*Nation Master, [http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Patricia-Hollis,-Baroness-Hollis-of-Heigham Encyclopedia], accessed 25 November 2008.<br />
*Pensions Advisory Service, [http://www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk/about_tpas/ About Pensions Advisory Service], accessed 25 November 2008.<br />
*Pensions Advisory Service, "[http://www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk/publications/tpas_reports/documents/CASEWORKREPORT05_06.pdf Advising on Pensions, A Review of Activities 05/06]," accessed 25 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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[[Category:House of Lords|Hollis, Patricia]]<br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Hollis, Patricia]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Hill_and_Knowlton&diff=182651Hill and Knowlton2013-03-30T10:43:50Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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'''Hill & Knowlton''' (H&K) was for many years the largest PR and lobbying firm in the world. <br />
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It is now part of the global communications group [[WPP]]. Roughly three quarters of H&K’s work involves routine PR, and a quarter high-profile government lobbying and policy advice.<ref>[http://dianefrancisbusinessprofiles.blogspot.com/2006/08/hill-knowlton-paul-taaffe.html Diane Francis Business Profiles], Hill & Knowlton Paul Taaffe, August 8, 2006</ref> <br />
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H&K has created and refined many of the industry's key PR strategies and techniques over the years. It was labelled by one former employee as "a company without a moral rudder.”<ref>Andrew Rowell, Green Backlash – Global Subversion of the Environment Movement, Routledge, 1996, p122</ref> <br />
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[[Image:HandK.jpg|right|thumb|Hill and Knowlton Offices, Soho Sq, Central London]] <br />
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==Hill & Knowlton campaigns==<br />
Below are some of H&K's better-known campaigns. For more examples see: [[Hill and Knowlton: Corporate Crimes]]<br />
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==='Smoke & Mirrors'===<br />
The tobacco industry has waged a fifty year campaign to hide the health effects of smoking. In 2005, the US Department of Justice&#39;s legal case, asking for a staggering $280 billion in damages, finally reached court. They argued that the tobacco industry carried out a fifty year campaign of deception. At its heart was Hill and Knowlton. An Executive Summary of Preliminary Findings notes:<ref>[http://www.usdoj.gov/civil/cases/tobacco2/US%20Executive%20Summary%20Redacted%2020050815.pdf United States District Court for the District of Columbia], Civil Action No. 99-CV-02496 (GK) - United States' final proposed findings of fact (pdf), US Department of Justice website, August 15, 2005</ref><br />
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:At the end of 1953, the chief executives of the five major cigarette manufacturers in the United States at the time - Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, Lorillard, and American - met at the Plaza Hotel in New York City with representatives of the public relations firm Hill & Knowlton and agreed to jointly conduct a long term public relations campaign to counter the growing evidence linking smoking as a cause of serious diseases. The meeting spawned an association-in-fact enterprise to execute a fraudulent scheme in furtherance of their overriding common objective - to preserve and enhance the tobacco industry&#39;s profits by maximizing the numbers of smokers and number of cigarettes smoked and to avoid adverse liability judgements. The fraudulent scheme would continue for the next five decades.<br />
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One of the tactics was to create a controversy over health where there was not one. For example one Hill and Knowlton memo from the sixties says: "The most important type of story is that which casts doubt in the cause and effect theory of disease and smoking". '''Eye-grabbing headlines were needed and "should strongly call out the point - Controversy! Contradiction! Other Factors! Unknowns!'''"<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/200001170006 'The plot to keep us puffing']Nick Cohen, ''New Statesman'', 17 January 2000</ref><br />
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The PR industry and Hill and Knowlton have tried to keep the controversy open ever since.<br />
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===Working for oil giants, the nuclear industry and torturers===<br />
The firm helped in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska and the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.<ref>Andrew Rowell, ''Green Backlash - Global Subversion of the Environment Movement'', Routledge, 1996, p121-123</ref><br />
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It has worked for Governments with appalling human rights records, including Egypt, Haiti, Indonesia, Morocco, Turkey - and China after the Tiananmen square massacre.<ref>Andrew Rowell, ''Green Backlash - Global Subversion of the Environment Movement'', Routledge, 1996, p121-123</ref>. It has also worked for Saudi Aramco, the state run oil company in Saudi Arabia.<ref>[http://www.odwyerpr.com/pr_firms_database/prdh09b.htm Hill and Knowlton - O'Dwyer's public relations news website], undated, accessed March 2006.</ref><br />
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The UK office has worked with the Government of Maldives on promoting the country as a tourist destination, whilst Amnesty International has issued a string of warnings and reports about this and the government's repression of the political opposition.<ref>[http://www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv/pages/eng_news.php?news:2298:1 The President's Office, Maldives,'Strategic Communications Seminar concludes'], June 3, 2004</ref> <br />
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===Paving the way to war===<br />
Hill and Knowlton played a leading role in the run-up to the first Gulf War. In August 1990, Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait. Fourteen years ago the American public were reluctant to send troops. Selling the war was not going to be easy. <br />
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As many as 20 PR firms were used to mobilize US opinion in favour of the war. Hill & Knowlton, then the world's largest PR firm, served as the mastermind for the Kuwaiti campaign. The Kuwaiti government agreed a $12 million contract under which Hill & Knowlton would represent "Citizens for a Free Kuwait," a classic PR front group which hid the role of the Kuwaiti government and its collusion with the Bush administration.<ref>[http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html 'How the public relations industry sold the Gulf War to the U.S. - The mother of all clients' - available on PRWatch website], John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, undated, accessed March 2006.</ref><br />
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One PR commentator noted about Hill & Knowlton&#39;s unprecedented campaign that: "H&K has employed a stunning variety of opinion-forming devices and techniques to help keep US opinion on the side of the Kuwaitis The techniques range from full-scale press conferences showing torture and other abuses by the Iraqis to the distribution of tens of thousands of 'Free Kuwait' T-shirts and bumper stickers at college campuses across the US."<ref>[http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html 'How the public relations industry sold the Gulf War to the U.S. - The mother of all clients' - available on PRWatch website], John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, undated, accessed March 2006.</ref><br />
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Hill and Knowlton also devised the defining moment that swung American public opinion in favour of war. It arranged for the daughter of the Kuwaiti Ambassador to the US to appear as an ordinary Kuwaiti girl in front of Congress. Her written testimony was passed out in a media kit prepared by Citizens for a Free Kuwait. "While I was there, I saw the Iraqi soldiers come into the hospital with guns, and go into the room where babies were in incubators. They took the babies out of the incubators, took the incubators, and left the babies on the cold floor to die."<ref>[http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html 'How the public relations industry sold the Gulf War to the U.S. - The mother of all clients' - available on PRWatch website], John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, undated, accessed March 2006.</ref><br />
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===Biotechnology industry===<br />
In 2007 the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the world's largest biotechnology organization, selected the team of Hill & Knowlton and Gable PR to manage its public and media relations programs for its 2008 BIO International Convention in San Diego, California.<ref>[http://www.gablepr.com/pdfs/PDFs_AgencyNews/BIO_Selects_Gable-PR_for_2008-Intl-Conference.pdf BIO Selects Hill & Knowlton and Gable PR Team For 2008 BIO International Conference], Gable PR press release, 22 October 2007, accessed March 14 2009.</ref><br />
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==Corporate Crimes==<br />
For further details of Hill and Knowlton's corporate crimes, see [http://powerbase.info/index.php/Hill_and_Knowlton:_Corporate_Crimes Hill and Knowlton Corporate Crimes.]<br />
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==People==<br />
*[[Elaine Cruikshanks]], Chair, Worldwide Public Affairs Practice/Chair and CEO Cont. Western Europe/CEO, Brussels, Hill & Knowlton International Belgium.<ref>[http://www.hillandknowlton.com/about/team/cruikshanks H& K website], accessed Feb 2009</ref><br />
*[[Richard Millar]], CEO Hill & Knowlton UK<br />
*[[Tim Fallon]], Head of Corporate Affairs. Fallon moved into lobbying in 1994 having previously worked as a researcher for [[Tony Blair]]. In ‘97 Fallon was briefly seconded back to Blair’s private office during the general election campaign. Fallon gained prominence for his role in representing the repressive government of the Maldives. In 2006 he defended working for President Gayoom: "We are working to assist the government in a process of engagement with international institutions which we believe will ultimately be to the benefit of all the people of the Maldives." His clients in 2009 include [[Accenture]], [[Toyota]] Europe, [[HSBC]], The Government of the Maldives and the Dubai Executive Council.<ref>[http://www.hillandknowlton.co.uk/why/our-experts/uk-experts/Tim-Fallon-Practice-Head-Corporate-Affairs H&K website], accessed Feb 2009</ref><br />
*[[Blake Lee-Harwood]], Senior consultant on sustainability issues. Lee-Harwood was previously campaigns director for [[Greenpeace]] from June 2002 to April 2007. Prior to this role he had been the communications director of Greenpeace from August 1999 to June 2002.<br />
*[[Rishi Saha]] - previously head of new media at [[Conservative Party]] HQ, left his post after less than a year in Downing Street as head of digital communications. He will become regional director for [[Hill & Knowlton]] across Australia, the Middle East, Africa, and South and Central Asia and will relocate to Dubai for the new role. <ref> David Singleton, [http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/1075561/Rishi-Saha-quit-Downing-Street-Hill---Knowlton-role Rishi Saha to quit Downing Street for Hill & Knowlton role], prweek, 16 June 2011, accessed 27 June 2011 </ref><br />
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*[[Oliver Dowden]]. H&K's top Conservative lobbyist Dec 2007-Nov 2008. Before joining H&K, Dowden was deputy campaigns director of the [[Conservative Party]], working closely with Conservative leader [[David Cameron]]. Before this, he was an account director at lobbying firm [[LLM]]. From Nov 2008, he returned to Tory HQ as deputy director, political operations, reporting directly to comms director [[Andy Coulson]].<ref>[http://www.prweek.com/uk/home/article/864568/H-K-loses-top-Tory/ H&K loses top Tory], PR Week, 25 Nov 2008</ref><br />
*[[Julian Eccles]]. From 1993 to 1997, Eccles was Senior Public Affairs Consultant at H&K. Eccles is a former special adviser to [[Chris Smith]] at the [[Labour Party]] and current Head of Marketing and Communications at the [[Football Association]] (FA).<ref>Alec Mattinson, "[http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/991189/FA-set-appoint-Ofcoms-Julian-Eccles-top-comms-job/ The FA appoints Ofcom's Julian Eccles to its top comms job]", ''PR Week UK'', accessed 24.09.10</ref><br />
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UK lobbying clients listed in 2009:<ref>[APPC register], to Nov 2008</ref><br />
[[Arlingclose]] | [[Ashoka]] | [[B&Q]] | [[Better Place]] | [[Comet]] | [[Creation Trust]] | [[Doosan Babcock]] | [[Government of Singapore]] | [[Health Foundation]] | [[ICAEW]] | [[Intel]] | [[Kettle]] | [[Kingfisher]] | [[Kroll Consulting]] | [[London Chamber of Commerce]] & Industry | [[London City Airport]] | [[MGM UK]] | [[Nasscom]] | [[National Lottery Commission]] | [[Nord Stream]] | [[The Passage]] | [[Republika Srpska]] | [[Roche Diagnostics]] | [[Roche Products]] | [[Sainsburys]] | [[Servier Laboratories]] | [[Special Court of Sierra Leone]] | [[Toyota]] | [[Ultra Motor]]<br />
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==History==<br />
After an 18-year career as a reporter, editor, and financial columnist, [[John W. Hill]] founded his public relations company in 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio. His early clients were banks, steel manufacturers, and other industrial companies in the Midwest. Hill, managed the firm until 1962, and remained active in it until shortly before his death in New York City in 1977.<br />
During the Depression, Hill entered into a partnership with [[Donald Knowlton]], previously the PR director of a client’s bank. The firm's headquarters moved to New York in 1934, to be closer to its client the [[American Iron and Steel Institute]], while Knowlton stayed in Ohio and operated Hill and Knowlton of Cleveland.<br />
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Despite the Depression, Hill and Knowlton grew rapidly and the firm's business continued to expand through the 1940s attracting major corporate clients including leaders in the steel, aircraft manufacturing, petroleum and shipbuilding industries.<br />
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Hill and Knowlton was the first American public relations consultancy to establish itself in the newly formed European Economic Community. In 1952 Hill and Knowlton began to assemble a network of affiliates across Europe and by the middle of the decade had become the first American public relations firm to have wholly-owned offices in Europe. [[John Hill]] had realised that the growing multinationalism in many business sectors opened up a market for a multinational company.<br />
H&K was the original multinational PR company, an audacious business move closely followed by [[Burson-Marsteller]], and it brought huge new revenues. Throughout the 1980s and early 90s the two companies played leapfrog for the world number one spot.<br />
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The second major innovation in PR practice pioneered by H&K was to offer both PR and lobbying services. By the early 1960s lobbying had developed a very seedy reputation and John Hill had a very low opinion of the practice. This was to change however, with his appointment of President Eisenhower’s former Press Secretary, [[Robert Keith Gray]], to the Washington DC office, in 1961. During the 1950s the DC office had only three staff. Gray, a man of tremendous political experience and ambition, persuaded Hill to let him conduct lobbying operations, and soon began to pull in a great deal of new work [see below], and by the mid-70s the hugely profitable Washington office employed 30 people.<ref>Trento S, 1992, ‘The Power House: Robert Keith Gray and the Selling of Access and Influence in Washington’, pp 61-77</ref> This was the first ever fusion of lobbying and PR services, a move that other major PR companies have since followed, and one that has arguably changed the nature of politics in the USA and the rest of the world. Joseph Goulden commented in The Washingtonian in 1974, “Nothing quite like Hill and Knowlton exists anywhere else in the city’s lawyer-government-lobbyist establishments. What H&K sells… is manipulation of the governmental process – in Congress, the regulatory agencies, the executive departments”<br />
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In July 1980, [[J Walter Thompson]], the advertising agency, bought H&K. In 1987, the communications conglomerate [[WPP]] Group in turn, acquired JWT.<br />
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H&K’s acquisition by the WPP Group brought many changes to its existing culture. John Hill had a reputation for sticking to his (highly conservative and business friendly) principles and refusing jobs of which he did not approve. However, as part of the debt-laden WPP Group and under the leadership of new CEO [[Robert Dilenschneider]], profitability became the paramount concern. A string of controversial accounts such as that for the National Conference of Bishops and the [[Church of Scientology]] [see below] caused considerable internal dispute within H&K leading to resignations and a tarnishing of its image. As a result of these troubles, H&K began to lose business and revenue in the early nineties, particularly in the USA. Under new management structures it has now largely recovered from these difficulties.<ref>[http://www.holmesreport.com/holmestemp/story.cfm?edit_id=730&type_id=3 Holmes Report], date viewed 3-5-2002</ref><br />
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As a member of the WPP group [www.wpp.com], Hill and Knowlton now participates within “a comprehensive and, when appropriate, integrated range of advertising and marketing services to national, multinational and global clients.” Which is to say that H&K’s expertise in lobbying and PR can now be coordinated with that of other leading PR companies such as [[Cohn & Wolfe]] or their old rivals [[Burson-Marsteller]], and with marketing, advertising and business consultancy companies.<ref>[http://www.hillandknowlton.com/index.php?section1=company&section2=history H&K web site], date viewed 3-5-2002</ref><br />
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But as the first multinational PR company and for a long time the largest in the world, Hill and Knowlton has created and refined many of the key techniques and strategies of public relations. H&K has over the years developed extremely close relations with many branches of government in the USA and around the world.<br />
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H&K fell from the world number one spot in the early nineties when it became embroiled in a series of scandals and internal conflicts. In recent years, under the leadership of CEO, Howard Paster, it has shown strong growth and has re-emerged as one of the industry leaders.<br />
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===Market Share/Importance===<br />
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H&K’s 2000 revenues totalled $306m, with $177m earned in the USA, giving it the third highest revenues for 2000 behind [[Fleishman-Hillard]], and Weber-Shandwick Worldwide.<ref>[http://www.odwyerpr.com/pr_firm_rankings/council_top50.htm Council of PR Firms Top 50 Worldwide and US and Worldwide Ranking for 2000]</ref><br />
Whilst it maintains long-term relationships with many major corporate clients, H&K is also one of the first choices for companies or governments in need of crisis management.<ref>[http://www.hillandknowlton.com/index.php?section1=company&section2=history Information mostly from H&K’s web site ‘company history’ section except where referenced], date viewed 8-5-2002</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
In 2008, Hill and Knowlton Nederlands is listed as an affiliate of [[Precom]]<ref>[http://www.precom.org/ Precom, Aangesloten bureaus] Accessed 25th february 2008</ref><br />
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==Contacts==<br />
Hill & Knowlton <br />
20 Soho Square, London, W1<br><br />
www.hillandknowlton.co.uk<br />
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==Powerbase Resources==<br />
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*[[Hill and Knowlton: Who, Where and How Much]]<br />
*[[Hill and Knowlton: Influence/Lobbying]]<br />
*[[Hill and Knowlton: Corporate Crimes]]<br />
*[[Hill and Knowlton, PRCA Yearbook 2004]]<br />
*[[Hill and Knowlton UK Staff and Clients 30.11.03 - 31.05.04]]<br />
*[[Hill and Knowlton, UK Staff and clients, 1 June 2005 to 30 Nov 2005]]<br />
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==External resources==<br />
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*Jeff Masters, [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/07-1 The Manufactured Doubt Industry and the Hacked Email Controversy], CommonDreams.org, Dec 7, 2009.<br />
:Tells how Hill and Knowlton, on behalf of the tobacco industry, founded the "Manufactured Doubt" industry.<br />
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<div>'''Lord Peter Goldsmith''' (born 05 January 1950, Liverpool) is a former Attorney General of England and Wales (June 2001-June 2007).<ref>Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, [http://www.debevoise.com/attorneys/detail.aspx?id=4f6286dc-73f9-4bed-a90f-2a6923a19f77 Lord Goldsmith QC], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref><br />
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*Partner<ref>Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, [http://www.debevoise.com/attorneys/detail.aspx?id=4f6286dc-73f9-4bed-a90f-2a6923a19f77 Lord Goldsmith QC], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref>, [[Debevoise & Plimpton LLP]] (http://www.debevoise.com/Home.aspx) - US Law Firm<br />
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*Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, [http://www.debevoise.com/attorneys/detail.aspx?id=4f6286dc-73f9-4bed-a90f-2a6923a19f77 Lord Goldsmith QC], accessed 25 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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[[Category:UK|Goldsmith, Peter]]<br />
[[Category:UK Ministers|Goldsmith, Peter]]<br />
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[[Category:House of Lords|Goldsmith, Peter]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Geoffrey_Filkin&diff=182649Geoffrey Filkin2013-03-30T10:41:55Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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<div>'''Lord David Geoffrey Nigel Filkin''' (born 1944) was created ''Baron Filkin'' in July 1999 and has been a minister at the Home Office, the Department for Education & Skills and the Department for Constitutional Affairs, and a government whip in the House of Lords.<br />
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Prior to that he was a policy analyst and writer, contributing to the development of Labour’s policies for local and regional government.<br />
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*Adviser<ref>UK Parliament, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/reg09.htm Register of Lords' Interests], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref>, [[National Car Parks plc]] (http://www.ncp.co.uk/) - Private car park operator<br />
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*Non-executive Director, [[Accord plc]]<br />
*Non-executive Director (Home Affairs)<ref>Serco, "[http://www.serco.com/markets/homeaffairs/Copy_of_Copy_2_of_duncan.asp Lord Geoffrey Filkin, non-executive director]," accessed 25 November 2008.</ref>, [[Serco]] (http://www.serco.com/) - Service company<br />
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*Adviser, [[Capgemini]]<br />
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*Chairman,<ref>UK Parliament, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/reg09.htm Register of Lords' Interests], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref> <br />
*[[St Albans Cathedral Music Trust]]<br />
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*Serco, "[http://www.serco.com/markets/homeaffairs/Copy_of_Copy_2_of_duncan.asp Lord Geoffrey Filkin, non-executive director]," accessed 25 November 2008.<br />
*UK Parliament, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/reg09.htm Register of Lords' Interests], accessed 25 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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[[Category:UK|Filkin, Geoffrey]]<br />
[[Category:UK Ministers|Filkin, Geoffrey]]<br />
[[Category:Revolving Door|Filkin, Geoffrey]]<br />
[[Category:House of Lords|Filkin, Geoffrey]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Andrew_Wilson_(Scottish_economist)&diff=182648Andrew Wilson (Scottish economist)2013-03-30T10:36:33Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>Andrew Wilson was Deputy Chief Economist of the [[Royal Bank of Scotland Group]] (RBS).<br />
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Educated at St Andrews and Strathclyde Universities he was born and brought up in Lanarkshire.<br />
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*1993 to 1995, Andrew worked as an economist with the Government Economic Service, <br />
*the [[Scottish National Party]] (1995-1997), <br />
*[[Royal Bank of Scotland]] (1997-1999). <br />
*From 1999 to 2003 he was a Member of the Scottish Parliament and the Shadow Minister on first Finance, then Economy and Transport and finally Economy and Lifelong Learning. During this period he also wrote a weekly column in the [[Sunday Mail]] (Scotland’s largest selling newspaper) and contributed to a variety of other newspapers. <br />
*From October 2003 to October 2005 he was Head of Group Media Relations with RBS.<br />
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He is a Trustee and Honorary Treasurer of The [[John Smith Memorial Trust]], a Fellow of the [[Chartered Institute of Bankers]], and Member of the [[Institute of Fiscal Studies]].<br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Wilson, Andrew]][[Category:Scottish PR people|Wilson, Andrew]][[Category:MSP|Wilson, Andrew]][[Category:Scottish Politician|Wilson, Andrew]][[Category:Civil Servants|Wilson, Andrew]][[Category:Politician|Wilson, Andrew]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Falconer&diff=182647Charles Falconer2013-03-30T10:35:38Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>'''Lord Charles Leslie Falconer''', '''Baron Falconer of Thoroton''' (born 19 November 1951) is a former Lord Chancellor (June 2003-June 2007). He served as Minister of State at the Cabinet Office from July 1998 to June 2001. In June 2001 he joined the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, where he was appointed Minister for Housing, Planning and Regeneration. He moved to the Home Office in May 2002 as Minister of State for Criminal Justice, Sentencing and Law Reform. He was appointed as Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor in June 2003.<ref>Department for Constitutional Affairs, [http://www.dca.gov.uk/dept/changprog/member_falconer.htm Lord Falconer of Thoroton], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref><br />
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*Chair<ref>AmicusHorizon Group, [http://www.amicushorizon.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=3681 AmicusHorizon Group Board], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref>, [[AmicusHorizon Group]] (http://www.amicushorizon.org.uk/) - Housing association<ref>Gibb, Frances, "[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article4292134.ece Falconer to join US firm]," ''Times'', 08 July 2008, accessed 25 November 2008.</ref><br />
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*AmicusHorizon Group, [http://www.amicushorizon.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=3681 AmicusHorizon Group Board], accessed 25 November 2008.<br />
*Department for Constitutional Affairs, [http://www.dca.gov.uk/dept/changprog/member_falconer.htm Lord Falconer of Thoroton], accessed 25 November 2008.<br />
*Gibb, Frances, "[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article4292134.ece Falconer to join US firm]," ''Times'', 08 July 2008, accessed 25 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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[[Category:UK Ministers|Falconer, Charles]]<br />
[[Category:UK|Falconer, Charles]]<br />
[[Category:Revolving Door|Falconer, Charles]]<br />
[[Category:House of Lords|Falconer, Charles]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Francesco_Falco&diff=182646Francesco Falco2013-03-30T10:34:53Z<p>John Cross: changing "door" to "Door"</p>
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<div>On November 2, 2006 Francesco Falco was appointed Communication Officer for the [[European Union Road Federation]]. Before joining ERF, Falco worked as Media Relations Officer at [[Hill & Knowlton]]. Previously he was an economist for the Radical Party Group at the [[European Parliament]]. He gained experience at the [[European Commission]], DG Enterprise.<ref>Source: [http://www.europeanagenda.eu/] PR News section of EU Agenda website.</ref><br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Falco, Francesco]][[Category:Europe|Falco, Francesco]][[Category:Euro Lobbyists|Falco, Francesco]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Matthew_Evans&diff=182645Matthew Evans2013-03-30T10:32:50Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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<div>'''Lord Evans of Temple Guiting''', '''Matthew Evans''' (born 1941) is a life peer from Labour Party. He was a government whip from 2002 until he left the government in 2007.<ref>EFG, [http://www.efgl.com/site/docs/Lord%20Evans%20Appt%20Oct%2007.pdf Press Release, 09 October 2007], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref><br />
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*Advisor,<ref>EFG, [http://www.efgl.com/site/docs/Lord%20Evans%20Appt%20Oct%2007.pdf Press Release, 09 October 2007], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref> [[EFG Private Bank Limited]] (http://www.efgl.com/) - London-based private bank<br />
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*EFG, [http://www.efgl.com/site/docs/Lord%20Evans%20Appt%20Oct%2007.pdf Press Release, 09 October 2007], accessed 25 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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[[Category:UK Ministers|Evans, Matthew]]<br />
[[Category:Revolving Door|Evans, Matthew]]<br />
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[[Category:House of Lords|Evans, Matthew]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Michael_Casey&diff=182644Michael Casey2013-03-30T10:31:20Z<p>John Cross: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/advice/our-planning-role/advice-for-government-historic-estate/biennial-conservation-reports/</p>
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<div>'''Michael Casey''' 'spent 20 years in the Civil Service, leaving in 1976 as Under Secretary at the [[Department of Trade and Industry]] to become Chief Executive of [[British Shipbuilders]].'<ref>Biographical note from Michael Casey ''The Power of the Lobbyist: Regulation and Vested Interest'', Hume Occasional Paper No. 32, Edinburgh: David Hume Institute, 1991</ref> <br />
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Casey went on to found lobbying firm [[Sallingbury Casey]]. PR Week reported its merger with [[Rowland Public Affairs]] in January 1991:<br />
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:Saatchi and Saatchi has merged lobby firms Sallingbury Casey and Rowland Public Affairs to form one of Europe's largest public affairs operations. The firms claimed the merger will create a single company with 57 staff and annual fee income of more than 2.5 million Pounds (pds). Initially the combined entity will operate under the title of [[Rowland Public Affairs incorporating Sallingbury Casey]], as the latter has objected to dropping its name altogether.<br />
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:The two firms say the merger will cause no redundancies because it is such a comfortable fit. Both claim Rowland's strength in European affairs complements Sallingbury Casey's regional experience in Britain. 'We have recognised strength in Wales and Scotland,' said Sallingbury Casey managing director [[Leighton Andrews]], who becomes deputy chairman.<br />
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:More importantly, 80 per cent of Rowland's business is on an annual retainer basis, while the bulk of Sallingbury Casey's work is project-based, said Rowland Public Affairs managing director [[David Wiseman]], who becomes managing director. 'One likes a 50/50 split of retainer and project work if possible,' said Wiseman. Sallingbury Casey founder and chairman [[Michael Casey]] becomes chairman of the new company. Both Casey and Andrews will join [[The Rowland Company]] UK board. The merger of the firms has come at a convenient time for the parent group, as the earnout period from the sale of Sallingbury Casey to Saatchis in 1986 finished at the end of last year. But Casey denies he will be taking a less prominent role. 'I want to take this business forward to the next stage - the public affairs business in this country is at an early stage of development,' he said. Casey will also be responsible for developing [[Rowland Worldwide]]'s public affairs skills. [[Peter Cunard]], chief executive of The Rowland Company, said the group wanted to develop its public affairs strength in the US.<ref>PR Week January 31, 1991 Saatchis creates major lobbying force in merger BYLINE: By MARIA SLADE</ref><br />
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By 1991 he was 'Chairman of [[Rowland Public Affairs]], a large public affairs company with offices in London and Brussels'<ref>Biographical note from Michael Casey ''The Power of the Lobbyist: Regulation and Vested Interest'', Hume Occasional Paper No. 32, Edinburgh: David Hume Institute, 1991</ref> Casey retired in December 1992, according to ''Campaign'':<br />
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:Former Treasury Minister [[John Maples]] has been appointed chairman of [[Rowland Sallingbury Casey]], the public affairs division of the [[Rowland Company]]. He succeeds the founding chairman Michael Casey who retired in December.<ref>Campaign May 28, 1993 Moves: Movers</ref><br />
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*[[David Hume Institute]]<ref>Michael Casey ''The Power of the Lobbyist: Regulation and Vested Interest'', Hume Occasional Paper No. 32, Edinburgh: David Hume Institute, 1991</ref><br />
*[[Rowland Sallingbury Casey]]<br />
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[[Category:Lobbyists|Casey, Michael]][[Category:Revolving Door|Casey, Michael]]</div>John Crosshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ivor_Caplin&diff=182643Ivor Caplin2013-03-30T10:30:51Z<p>John Cross: </p>
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<div>'''Ivor Caplin''' (born 08 November 1958, Brighton) is a former UK defence minister and the former Labour MP for Hove. <br />
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After the 2001 election he joined the government payroll as an assistant whip and was appointed junior defence minister in June 2003. He kept his ministerial position until April 2005.<ref>BBC, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/224.stm Ivor Caplin], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref><br />
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He now runs his own company, [[Ivor Caplin Consultancy]], which he set up in August 2005. <ref> [http://companycheck.co.uk/company/05527531 Ivor Caplin Consultancy], CompanyCheck, accessed 22 February 2012 </ref><br />
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Caplin is a senior consultant to lobbying firm [[Foresight Communications]]. His biography on its website states that he is 'able to offer Foresight's clients genuine insights into the workings of the Government'. <ref> [http://www.foresight-consulting.co.uk/team/ivor_chaplin.html Ivor Caplin, Senior Consultant], accessed 22 February 2012 </ref><br />
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Foresight’s clients include aerospace and defence company [[EADS]], which holds a stake in missiles business [[MBDA]] (alongside [[BAE Systems]] and [[Finmeccanica]]). Foresight also conducts lobbying and PR for the consortium (EADS, BAE Systems, Finmeccanica, etc) that is building the £20 billion Eurofighter jet. <br />
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According to SpinWatch:<br />
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:When it was announced in 2006 that Foresight was employing former Defence Minister, Ivor Caplin, [[Mark Adams]] was at pains to point out that Caplin “would not be assigned to any client or project where he would be required to make inappropriate use of knowledge gained as a Minister.” Six months after taking the job, Caplin was criticised by a Whitehall vetting committee for accepting the job as a defence industry lobbyist without seeking official permission. Caplin had not only taken a lobbying job with Foresight but also MBDA Missile Systems. The committee ordered Caplin to not “become personally involved in lobbying ministers or officials for 12 months”. <ref> Spinning the Wheels, SpinWatch. See also Robert Winnet, [http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2770 Ex-minister ignored rule and took job as lobbyist] The Sunday Times, 4 June 2006.</ref><br />
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*[[Mayfair Capital Management]] -from July 2009 was CEO as part of a two-year contract which ended at the end of 2010. Remains a senior business adviser. Describes it as a 'private group of companies covering construction/energy and acquisition mainly but not exclusively in the Middle East and Africa.' <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/ivor-caplin/7/603/772 Ivor Caplin], LinkedIn, accessed 22 February 2012 </ref> <br />
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*Consultant to [[MBDA]] (http://www.mbda-systems.com), the European missile company<ref>Campaign Against Arms Trade, [http://www.caat.org.uk/campaigns/calltheshots/revolving.php Call the shots. The Revolving Door], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref> part-owned by [[BAE Systems]], [[EADS]] and [[Finmeccanica]] <br />
*[[Foresight Consulting]], lobbyist. <ref>[http://www.foresight-consulting.co.uk/team/ivor_chaplin.html Foresight Consulting website], accessed Feb 2009</ref><br />
*[[Mandate]], lobbyist<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/index.cfm/pcms/site.ourclients.register_home/ APPC register], to Nov 2008</ref><br />
*[[Four Communications]], lobbyist<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/index.cfm/pcms/site.ourclients.register_home/ APPC register], to Nov 2008</ref><br />
*[[OSTBLUT]] - film production company<br />
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Address: Ivor Caplin Consultancy<br />
:1/15 William Road, London NW1 3ER <br />
:PO BOX 1295 20 STATION ROAD, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 8EL /SL9 8GB<br />
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*BBC, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/224.stm Ivor Caplin], accessed 25 November 2008.<br />
*Campaign Against Arms Trade, [http://www.caat.org.uk/campaigns/calltheshots/revolving.php Call the shots. The Revolving Door], accessed 25 November 2008.<br />
*Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5213604.ece Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts]," ''The Sunday Times'', 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.<br />
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[[Category:MP|Caplin, Ivor]]<br />
[[Category:UK|Caplin, Ivor]]<br />
[[Category:UK Ministers|Caplin, Ivor]]<br />
[[Category:Revolving Door|Caplin, Ivor]]<br />
[[Category:Lobbyists|Caplin, Ivor]]</div>John Cross