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Josh Leeson at 13:41, 17 October 2014

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Josh Leeson: /* Dinner with ministers */

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Dinner with ministers

Josh Leeson: /* Dinner with ministers */

2014-10-17T13:34:06Z

Dinner with ministers

Josh Leeson at 13:33, 17 October 2014

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Josh Leeson at 13:54, 14 October 2014

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Tom Griffin: /* External Resources */

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External Resources

Tom Griffin: /* Notes, further reading */

2011-03-14T23:27:27Z

Notes, further reading

Tom Griffin: /* Affiliations/Career */

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Affiliations/Career

Claire Robinson at 10:34, 28 August 2009

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 [[David Burnside|David Wilson Boyd Burnside]] MLA (born 24 August 1951) is a Northern Ireland politician, professional spin doctor and far right networker. He was Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament for South Antrim.
-In the 1970s Burnside served as Press Officer for the [[Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party]]. After the collapse of Vanguard he joined the [[Ulster Unionist Party|Ulster Unionists]], but took a back seat from politics for many years while working as a prominent public relations consultant based in London.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2051590.stm David Burnside] BBC Profile, BBC Online Monday, 21 October, 2002, 17:12 GMT 18:12 UK</ref>
+In the 1970s Burnside served as press officer for the [[Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party]]. After the collapse of Vanguard he joined the [[Ulster Unionist Party|Ulster Unionists]], but took a back seat from politics for many years while working as a prominent public relations consultant based in London.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2051590.stm David Burnside] BBC Profile, BBC Online Monday, 21 October, 2002, 17:12 GMT 18:12 UK</ref>
 He is currently the chairman of [[New Century Media]].
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 Supporters of Burnside see him as a potential future leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, however he declined to contest the 2005 leadership election.
-==PR Work==
+==PR work==
 In 1993, the same year he was fired from [[British Airways]], Burnside set up [[David Burnside Associates]] and in 1998 he set up [[New Century Media]]. [[Tim Bell|Lord Bell]], the chairman of [[Bell Pottinger Associates]], said of Burnside, "He met so many people that he realised he had an untouchable black book and he had a much better understanding of what goes on behind the headlines".<ref name="MP"> Robert Booth and Henry McDonald [http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/07/ballymoney-trail-david-burnside-troubles-loyalist-tories-pr-fixer The Ballymoney trail: David Burnside's voyage from Troubles to oligarchs' PR] ''The Guardian'', 7 July 2014, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref>
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 Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the ''Guardian''. Burnside hosted a table at the event, which included one of [[Vladimir Putin]]'s aides [[Vasily Shestakov]]<ref> Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/01/-sp-tory-summer-party-drew-super-rich-supporters-with-total-wealth-of-11bn Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn] ''The Guardian'', 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014 </ref>, [[Tim Lewin]], a consultant at [[New Century Media]] and [[John Whittingdale]] MP<ref> Melanie Newman [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/07/01/russian-front-camerons-encounter-with-putin-friend-at-tory-party/ Russian front: Cameron’s encounter with Putin friend at Tory party] ''The Bureau of Investigative Journalism'', 1 July 2014, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref>. At the ball, Burnside personally introduced Shestakov to [[David Cameron]].
-==Affiliations/Career==
+==Affiliations/career==
 *Educated at Coleraine Academical Institution, Queen’s University (Politics and Ancient History)
 *Press Officer, Vanguard Unionist Party (74-77)
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-[[Category:Northern Ireland|Burnside, David]]
+[[Category:Northern Ireland|Burnside, David]][[Category:Lobbyists|Burnside, David]]

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	In the 1970s Burnside served as Press Officer for the [[Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party]]. After the collapse of Vanguard he joined the [[Ulster Unionist Party\|Ulster Unionists]], but took a back seat from politics for many years while working as a prominent public relations consultant based in London.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2051590.stm David Burnside] BBC Profile, BBC Online Monday, 21 October, 2002, 17:12 GMT 18:12 UK</ref>		In the 1970s Burnside served as Press Officer for the [[Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party]]. After the collapse of Vanguard he joined the [[Ulster Unionist Party\|Ulster Unionists]], but took a back seat from politics for many years while working as a prominent public relations consultant based in London.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2051590.stm David Burnside] BBC Profile, BBC Online Monday, 21 October, 2002, 17:12 GMT 18:12 UK</ref>
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		+	He is currently the chairman of [[New Century Media]].

	==British Airways==		==British Airways==

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 ==Dinner with ministers==
-Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the ''Guardian''. Burnside hosted a table at the event, which included one of [[Vladimir Putin]]'s aides [[Vasily Shestakov]]<ref> Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/01/-sp-tory-summer-party-drew-super-rich-supporters-with-total-wealth-of-11bn Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn] ''The Guardian'', 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014 </ref>, [[Tim Lewin]], a consultant at [[New Century Media]] and [[John Whittingdale]] MP<ref> Melanie Newman [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/07/01/russian-front-camerons-encounter-with-putin-friend-at-tory-party/ Russian front: Cameron’s encounter with Putin friend at Tory party] ''The Bureau of Investigative Journalism'', 1 July 2014, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref>.
+Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the ''Guardian''. Burnside hosted a table at the event, which included one of [[Vladimir Putin]]'s aides [[Vasily Shestakov]]<ref> Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/01/-sp-tory-summer-party-drew-super-rich-supporters-with-total-wealth-of-11bn Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn] ''The Guardian'', 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014 </ref>, [[Tim Lewin]], a consultant at [[New Century Media]] and [[John Whittingdale]] MP<ref> Melanie Newman [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/07/01/russian-front-camerons-encounter-with-putin-friend-at-tory-party/ Russian front: Cameron’s encounter with Putin friend at Tory party] ''The Bureau of Investigative Journalism'', 1 July 2014, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref>. At the ball, Burnside personally introduced Shestakov to [[David Cameron]].
 ==Affiliations/Career==

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 ==Dinner with ministers==
-Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the ''Guardian''. Burnside hosted a table at the event, which included one of [[Vladimir Putin]]'s aides [[Vasily Shestakov]]<ref> Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/01/-sp-tory-summer-party-drew-super-rich-supporters-with-total-wealth-of-11bn Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn] ''The Guardian'', 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014 </ref>, [[Tim Lewin]], a consultant at [[New Century Media]]and [[John Whittingdale]] MP<ref> Melanie Newman [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/07/01/russian-front-camerons-encounter-with-putin-friend-at-tory-party/ Russian front: Cameron’s encounter with Putin friend at Tory party] ''The Bureau of Investigative Journalism'', 1 July 2014, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref>.
+Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the ''Guardian''. Burnside hosted a table at the event, which included one of [[Vladimir Putin]]'s aides [[Vasily Shestakov]]<ref> Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/01/-sp-tory-summer-party-drew-super-rich-supporters-with-total-wealth-of-11bn Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn] ''The Guardian'', 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014 </ref>, [[Tim Lewin]], a consultant at [[New Century Media]] and [[John Whittingdale]] MP<ref> Melanie Newman [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/07/01/russian-front-camerons-encounter-with-putin-friend-at-tory-party/ Russian front: Cameron’s encounter with Putin friend at Tory party] ''The Bureau of Investigative Journalism'', 1 July 2014, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref>.
 ==Affiliations/Career==

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 Supporters of Burnside see him as a potential future leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, however he declined to contest the 2005 leadership election.
 ==Dinner with ministers==
-Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the ''Guardian''. Burnside hosted a table at the event, which included  one of [[Vladimir Putin]]'s aides [[Vasily Shestakov]]. <ref> Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/01/-sp-tory-summer-party-drew-super-rich-supporters-with-total-wealth-of-11bn Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn] ''The Guardian'', 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014 </ref>
+Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the ''Guardian''. Burnside hosted a table at the event, which included one of [[Vladimir Putin]]'s aides [[Vasily Shestakov]]<ref> Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/01/-sp-tory-summer-party-drew-super-rich-supporters-with-total-wealth-of-11bn Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn] ''The Guardian'', 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014 </ref>, [[Tim Lewin]], a consultant at [[New Century Media]]and [[John Whittingdale]] MP<ref> Melanie Newman [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/07/01/russian-front-camerons-encounter-with-putin-friend-at-tory-party/ Russian front: Cameron’s encounter with Putin friend at Tory party] ''The Bureau of Investigative Journalism'', 1 July 2014, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref>.
 ==Affiliations/Career==

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	Supporters of Burnside see him as a potential future leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, however he declined to contest the 2005 leadership election.		Supporters of Burnside see him as a potential future leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, however he declined to contest the 2005 leadership election.
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		+	==Dinner with ministers==
		+	Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the ''Guardian''. Burnside hosted a table at the event, which included one of [[Vladimir Putin]]'s aides [[Vasily Shestakov]]. <ref> Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/01/-sp-tory-summer-party-drew-super-rich-supporters-with-total-wealth-of-11bn Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn] ''The Guardian'', 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014 </ref>

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 *Henry McDonald, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/29/david-burnside-rbs-public-relations Ulster Unionist Burnside stays silent about PR role with banker 'Fred the Shred'], Observer, 29 March 2009.
 *David Singleton, [http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/1043506/Lobbying-firms-donate-70000-Tories-general-election Lobbying Firms Donate £70,000 To Tories Since General Election], PR Week, 26 November 2010.
 ===Notes===

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 *[[New Century Media]] - cofounded with [[Charlie Methven]] in 2007.<ref>[http://www.newcenturymedia.co.uk/about/ About], New Century, accessed 13 March 2011.</ref>
-==Notes, further reading==
+==External Resources==
 *Sourcewatch [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Burnside David Burnside]
 *Gone fishing, the cold-eyed Union man who trusts in nobody; (1) PEACE IN PERIL (1) ULSTERMAN IS PRIME SUSPECT OVER LEAK WHICH MAY DERAIL MAJOR, by Gordon Greig, Daily Mail, 2 February 1995.
 *PROFILE: FROM SECRET TAPING IN THE TICKLED TROUT TO TYING UP TRIMBLE, Sunday Business Post, 2 April 2000.
 ===Notes===
 <references/>
 [[Category:Northern Ireland|Burnside, David]]

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 *Member of [[Commons Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]] 2001-<ref>http://www.uup.org/peoplefinder_left_david_burnside.htm</ref>
 *[[Pinay Circle]] from 1997<ref>http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_lecercle02.htm</ref>
 ==Notes, further reading==

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		+	[[David Burnside\|David Wilson Boyd Burnside]] MLA (born 24 August 1951) is a Northern Ireland politician, professional spin doctor and far right networker. He was Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament for South Antrim.

	In the 1970s Burnside served as Press Officer for the [[Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party]]. After the collapse of Vanguard he joined the [[Ulster Unionist Party\|Ulster Unionists]], but took a back seat from politics for many years while working as a prominent public relations consultant based in London.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2051590.stm David Burnside] BBC Profile, BBC Online Monday, 21 October, 2002, 17:12 GMT 18:12 UK</ref>		In the 1970s Burnside served as Press Officer for the [[Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party]]. After the collapse of Vanguard he joined the [[Ulster Unionist Party\|Ulster Unionists]], but took a back seat from politics for many years while working as a prominent public relations consultant based in London.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2051590.stm David Burnside] BBC Profile, BBC Online Monday, 21 October, 2002, 17:12 GMT 18:12 UK</ref>