Adrian McMenamin - Revision history

Melissa Jones at 07:36, 19 January 2015

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Josh Leeson at 17:34, 15 January 2015

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Josh Leeson at 17:32, 15 January 2015

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Josh Leeson at 17:32, 15 January 2015

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Josh Leeson at 17:29, 15 January 2015

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Josh Leeson at 17:29, 15 January 2015

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David at 08:33, 15 August 2012

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David at 08:27, 15 August 2012

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Melissa Jones at 05:37, 15 August 2012

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-'''Adrian McMenamin''' is a director at [[Bell Pottinger]]. He has held many roles in the [[Labour Party]], and worked at public relations companies [[Centreground Political Communications]] and [[APCO Worldwide]].
+'''Adrian McMenamin''' is a director at PR and lobbying agency [[Bell Pottinger]].
 ==Career==
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 He was appointed communications consultant to the [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]], and was part of the team working on the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly elections.
-Following the Northern Irish elections, McMenamin was appointed press officer to the European Parliamentary Labour Party, where he was press secretary for the British delegation to the [[Party of European Socialists]], worked with individual MEPs and for the European Labour Party as a whole.
+Following the Northern Irish elections, McMenamin was appointed press officer to the [[European Parliamentary Labour Party]], where he was press secretary for the British delegation to the [[Party of European Socialists]], worked with individual MEPs and for the European Labour Party as a whole.
 In 2004 he worked as chief press and broadcasting officer with the [[Labour Party]] for the second time.

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 Following the Northern Irish elections, McMenamin was appointed press officer to the European Parliamentary Labour Party, where he was press secretary for the British delegation to the [[Party of European Socialists]], worked with individual MEPs and for the European Labour Party as a whole.
-In 2004 he worked as chief press and broadcasting officer with the [[Labour Party]] again.
+In 2004 he worked as chief press and broadcasting officer with the [[Labour Party]] for the second time.
 From 2005 to 2009 McMenamin worked at The [[Confederation of British Industry]] as head of campaigns, working on public service reform and then energy, transport and the environment.
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 He began work as an associate director at lobbying company [[APCO Worldwide]] in 2010.
-In 2011 he moved to [[Centreground Political Communications]] as a director.
+In 2011 he moved to [[Centreground Political Communications]] as a director and worked there until [[Bell Pottinger]]'s acquisition of the company, where he is now a partner.<ref name="LI"> [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/adrian-mcmenamin/9/b78/a25 Adrian McMenamin] ''Linkedin'', accessed 15 January 2015 </ref><ref> [http://www.bellpottinger.com/newsroom/2014/06/bell-pottinger-to-acquire-centreground-political-communications Bell Pottinger to acquire Centreground Political Communications] ''Bell Pottinger'', 12 June 2012, accessed 15 January 2015 </ref>
 ==Controversies==

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 In 1999 he was appointed special adviser to the Secretary of State for Wales, [[Paul Murphy]], holding this role until 2002.
-After leaving his role with [[Paul Murphy]], McMenamin was appointed head of campaign information at pressure group [[Britain in Europe]].
+After leaving his role with Murphy, McMenamin was appointed head of campaign information at pressure group [[Britain in Europe]].
 He was appointed communications consultant to the [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]], and was part of the team working on the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

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 In 2011 he moved to [[Centreground Political Communications]] as a director.
-In 2012 [[Bell Pottinger]] announced its acquisition of [[Centreground Political Communications]] and McMenamin became a partner at [[Bell Pottinger]].
+In 2012 [[Bell Pottinger]] announced its acquisition of [[Centreground Political Communications]] and McMenamin became a partner at [[Bell Pottinger]].<ref name="LI"> [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/adrian-mcmenamin/9/b78/a25 Adrian McMenamin] ''Linkedin'', accessed 15 January 2015 </ref>
 ==Controversies==
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 :The whole issue raises the spectre of a co-ordinated propaganda campaign over the Internet by New Labour from Millbank as the election draws near. The position in Wales makes Labour particularly sensitive to [[Plaid Cymru]]. Of the 60 elected assembly members, 28 are Labour, 17 Plaid Cymru, 9 Conservative and 6 Liberal Democrat. Despite a coalition between Labour and the Lib Dems, the nationalist Plaid Cymru poses a significant threat to Labour's power in Wales.<ref>Kieren McCarthy [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/30/new_labours_internet_dirty_tricks/ New Labour's Internet dirty tricks campaign exposed: Party employee peddles anonymous propaganda on political newsgroups] ''The Register'', 30th January 2001 14:10 GMT </ref>
 ==Notes==

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-'''Adrian McMenamin''' is a director at [[Bell Pottinger]]. He has held many roles in the [[Labour Party]], and worked at public relations companies [[Centreground Political Communications]] and [[APCO Communications]].
+'''Adrian McMenamin''' is a director at [[Bell Pottinger]]. He has held many roles in the [[Labour Party]], and worked at public relations companies [[Centreground Political Communications]] and [[APCO Worldwide]].
 ==Career==

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-'''Adrian McMenamin''' is one of the key people at the political comms and campaigns consultancy [[Centreground Political Communications]]. He:
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-:played senior roles in all three of [[Tony Blair]]'s UK general election victories including running New Labour’s ground-breaking opposition research effort in 1997 and as Chief Press and Broadcasting Officer in 2005. He has been a consultant to numerous campaigns ranging from the SDLP 2003 assembly election campaign, as press secretary to the UK’s socialist delegation to the European Parliament, as an adviser to European accession referendum campaigns and as an adviser to the opposition in former-Soviet Georgia in the run-up to 2010 regional polls. <ref> [http://thecentreground.com/principals/ Principals], Centreground Political Communications website, acc 15 August 2012</ref>
+==Career==
-==Background==
+In 1993 McMenamin started the first of his many roles with the [[Labour Party]] when he was appointed press office, before being appointed taskforce leader for the attack and rebuttal team in 1996 and chief press and broadcasting officer in 1998.
 In 2001 the ''Register'' reported McMenamin's involvement in an apparent Labour online [[sock puppet]] campaign against [[Plaid Cymru]]:
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 ==Background==
-In 2001 the Register reported:
+In 2001 the ''Register'' reported McMenamin's involvement in an apparent Labour online [[sock puppet]] campaign against [[Plaid Cymru]]:
-:Adrian McMenamin, a "special adviser" to Welsh secretary [[Paul Murphy]]. McMenamin - a protege of fallen Labour spin supremo [[Peter Mandelson]] - has been heavily implicated in ongoing investigations.
+:The Labour Party has been heavily implicated in a political dirty tricks campaign carried out over the Internet. Thousands of anti-Plaid Cymru messages posted to various political newsgroups have been traced back to the Labour Party's communications headquarters in Millbank, London.
-:McMenamin also posted heavily to the same political newsgroups under his own name. His first posting came within days of David Currie's and since then he has written 358 messages on Deja newsgroups. Since November, McMenamin and [[David Currie]] have frequently supported one another's views. One posting, titled "English immigrants must be controlled - Plaid Cymru", was started by one Hairy Melon Jones and of the 51 responses, 22 were from David Currie and 2 from Adrian McMenamin - all critical of Plaid Cymru. Wales on Sunday is currently investigating whether Adrian has breached any political rules by posting his political views at all. The newsgroup itself bans party representatives from entering the discussion.
+:The messages, which attack Plaid Cymru (the Welsh nationalist party) councils and policies, were posted mainly on the wales.politics.assembly newsgroup and purported to be from members of the public. However, users of the newsgroup grew suspicious of "David Currie" and "Hairy Melon Jones" - a reference to Plaid Cymru assembly member [[Helen Mary Jones]] - and accused them of working for the Labour party, a charge that was denied online.
-:The whole issue raises the spectre of a co-ordinated propaganda campaign over the Internet by New Labour from Millbank as the election draws near. The position in Wales makes Labour particularly sensitive to [[Plaid Cymru]]. Of the 60 elected assembly members, 28 are Labour, 17 Plaid Cymru, 9 Conservative and 6 Liberal Democrat. Despite a coalition between Labour and the Lib Dems, the nationalist Plaid Cymru poses a significant threat to Labour's power in Wales.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/30/new_labours_internet_dirty_tricks/</ref>
+:However, newsgroup members traced the messages over the Internet and found they had come from Millbank. Welsh national paper Wales on Sunday, ran its own investigation into the claims and came to the same conclusion. Confronted by evidence, Labour admitted the postings had come from its machines but said it was the work of a "volunteer" working in his own time.
 ==Notes==

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−	'''Adrian McMenamin''' is one of the key people at the ~~lobbying~~ and campaigns consultancy [[Centreground Political Communications]]. He	+	'''Adrian McMenamin''' is one of the key people at the political comms and campaigns consultancy [[Centreground Political Communications]]. He:

	:played senior roles in all three of [[Tony Blair]]'s UK general election victories including running New Labour’s ground-breaking opposition research effort in 1997 and as Chief Press and Broadcasting Officer in 2005. He has been a consultant to numerous campaigns ranging from the SDLP 2003 assembly election campaign, as press secretary to the UK’s socialist delegation to the European Parliament, as an adviser to European accession referendum campaigns and as an adviser to the opposition in former-Soviet Georgia in the run-up to 2010 regional polls. <ref> [http://thecentreground.com/principals/ Principals], Centreground Political Communications website, acc 15 August 2012</ref>		:played senior roles in all three of [[Tony Blair]]'s UK general election victories including running New Labour’s ground-breaking opposition research effort in 1997 and as Chief Press and Broadcasting Officer in 2005. He has been a consultant to numerous campaigns ranging from the SDLP 2003 assembly election campaign, as press secretary to the UK’s socialist delegation to the European Parliament, as an adviser to European accession referendum campaigns and as an adviser to the opposition in former-Soviet Georgia in the run-up to 2010 regional polls. <ref> [http://thecentreground.com/principals/ Principals], Centreground Political Communications website, acc 15 August 2012</ref>