John Macgill - Revision history

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-[[Category:Lobbying|Macgill, John]][[category:Lobbyists|Macgill, John]][[Category:Scottish Lobbyists|Macgill, John]]
+[[Category:Lobbying|Macgill, John]][[category:Lobbyists|Macgill, John]][[Category:Scottish lobbyists|Macgill, John]]

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-John Macgill is a former journalist who bcame a lobbyist in 2002 when he joined [[Grayling Political Strategy]] to manage its Scottish office in Edinburgh.  In January 2004 Macgill left to become editor of [[Holyrood Magazine]] and subsequently set up his own lobby shop called [[John Macgill Communications]]. Macgill is a past chairman of the [[Association of Professional Political Consultants Scotland]], the regulatory body for the public affairs industry, current convener of the [[Association for Scottish Public Affairs]] and an Associate of the [[Chartered Institute of Public Relations]].[http://www.2collaborate.co.uk/partners.php]
+John Macgill is a former journalist who bcame a lobbyist in 2002 when he joined [[Grayling Political Strategy]] to manage its Scottish office in Edinburgh.  In January 2004 Macgill left to become editor of [[Holyrood Magazine]] and subsequently set up his own lobby shop called [[John Macgill Communications]]. Macgill is a past chairman of the [[Association of Professional Political Consultants Scotland]], the regulatory body for the public affairs industry, current convener of the [[Association for Scottish Public Affairs]] and an Associate of the [[Chartered Institute of Public Relations]].<ref>[http://www.2collaborate.co.uk/partners.php]</ref>
-Macgill is listed as a 'partner' on the website of [[2Collaborate]] the organisations which was formerly a part of [[Holyrood Communications]].[http://www.2collaborate.co.uk/partners.php]
+Macgill is listed as a 'partner' on the website of [[2Collaborate]] the organisations which was formerly a part of [[Holyrood Communications]].<ref>[http://www.2collaborate.co.uk/partners.php]</ref>
 ==Journalist==
-According to a biographical note on the Physiology Online website:
+According to a biographical note on the ''Physiology Online'' website:
 :John Macgill is the Director of a Scottish firm of political consultants, a role he moved to at the beginning of 2002 after seventeen years as a journalist.
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 :John has worked across radio and television including posts as a reporter and correspondent, and later as a magazine editor before being lured away to political consultancy.
-:"I suspect my time in the Physiology Department at Dundee is to blame for the many arguments over science and medicine stories that I had with editors while I was a reporter. It certainly influenced my approach, as an editor, to consumer scares and apparent medical breakthroughs. Even in my present job, which is all about research and the presentation of facts on behalf of clients, the skills and disciplines acquired as a science undergraduate continue to play an important part."{{ref|Mac}}
+:"I suspect my time in the Physiology Department at Dundee is to blame for the many arguments over science and medicine stories that I had with editors while I was a reporter. It certainly influenced my approach, as an editor, to consumer scares and apparent medical breakthroughs. Even in my present job, which is all about research and the presentation of facts on behalf of clients, the skills and disciplines acquired as a science undergraduate continue to play an important part."<ref>Physiology Online [http://www.physoc.org/careers/ulifecase3.asp John Macgill]  Careers Information: Real stories of real physiologists, accessed January 2007.</ref>
 ==Holyrood==
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 :[[Malcolm Dickson]], editor of the Holyrood political magazine parted company with his employers last week after only six months in charge. It came only days after former editor John Macgill returned to [[Holyrood Communications]] to become chief executive, and you don't have to be a master conspiracy theorist to conclude the two events were linked.
-:Dickson may be a distinguished political scientist, but six months of soporific Holyroods without much mischief are a reminder that skills don't always transfer between professions. Days earlier Macgill, who is resuming control until he finds a replacement, said in the press release trumpeting his arrival that "Holyrood has come a long way since I was editor". Now it makes sense.<ref></ref>
+:Dickson may be a distinguished political scientist, but six months of soporific Holyroods without much mischief are a reminder that skills don't always transfer between professions. Days earlier Macgill, who is resuming control until he finds a replacement, said in the press release trumpeting his arrival that "Holyrood has come a long way since I was editor". Now it makes sense.<ref>Media Watch, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20050116/ai_n9628263 Missing mischief proves Dickson's downfall] Sunday Herald, The,  Jan 16, 2005</ref>
 ==Psychology lobbyist==
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 In January 2006 Macgill was appointed as a lobbyist by the [[British Psychological Society]]:
-:John Macgill Policy Officer for Scotland, was appointed at the beginning of 2006. The main aims are to help take forwards the charter commitment of the Society to "promote the advancement and diffusion of a knowledge of psychology pure and applied".[http://www.bps.org.uk/scottish/scottish_office/john-macgill.cfm]
+:John Macgill Policy Officer for Scotland, was appointed at the beginning of 2006. The main aims are to help take forwards the charter commitment of the Society to "promote the advancement and diffusion of a knowledge of psychology pure and applied".<ref>[http://www.bps.org.uk/scottish/scottish_office/john-macgill.cfm John Macgill]</ref>
 Macgill's contact details given out by the BPS site are identical to those he uses in his lobbying business [[John Macgill Communications]]

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
−	~~#{{note\|Mac}} Physiology Online [http:~~/~~/www.physoc.org/careers/ulifecase3.asp John Macgill] Careers Information: Real stories of real physiologists, accessed January 2007.~~	+	<references/>
−	~~#{{note\|SH}} Media Watch, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20050116/ai_n9628263 Missing mischief proves Dickson's downfall] Sunday Herald, The, Jan 16, 2005~~

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 ==Holyrood==
-Macgill statyed as editopr for less than an year and then took the job of Chief Executive at the end of 2004, apparently opusting the incumbent within two weeks:
+Macgill stayed as editpr for less than an year and then took the job of Chief Executive at the end of 2004, apparently ousting the incumbent within two weeks:
 :[[Malcolm Dickson]], editor of the Holyrood political magazine parted company with his employers last week after only six months in charge. It came only days after former editor John Macgill returned to [[Holyrood Communications]] to become chief executive, and you don't have to be a master conspiracy theorist to conclude the two events were linked.
-:Dickson may be a distinguished political scientist, but six months of soporific Holyroods without much mischief are a reminder that skills don't always transfer between professions. Days earlier Macgill, who is resuming control until he finds a replacement, said in the press release trumpeting his arrival that "Holyrood has come a long way since I was editor". Now it makes sense.{{ref|SH}}
+:Dickson may be a distinguished political scientist, but six months of soporific Holyroods without much mischief are a reminder that skills don't always transfer between professions. Days earlier Macgill, who is resuming control until he finds a replacement, said in the press release trumpeting his arrival that "Holyrood has come a long way since I was editor". Now it makes sense.<ref></ref>
 ==Psychology lobbyist==

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	:Dickson may be a distinguished political scientist, but six months of soporific Holyroods without much mischief are a reminder that skills don't always transfer between professions. Days earlier Macgill, who is resuming control until he finds a replacement, said in the press release trumpeting his arrival that "Holyrood has come a long way since I was editor". Now it makes sense.{{ref\|SH}}		:Dickson may be a distinguished political scientist, but six months of soporific Holyroods without much mischief are a reminder that skills don't always transfer between professions. Days earlier Macgill, who is resuming control until he finds a replacement, said in the press release trumpeting his arrival that "Holyrood has come a long way since I was editor". Now it makes sense.{{ref\|SH}}

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		+	==Psychology lobbyist==
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		+	In January 2006 Macgill was appointed as a lobbyist by the [[British Psychological Society]]:
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		+	:John Macgill Policy Officer for Scotland, was appointed at the beginning of 2006. The main aims are to help take forwards the charter commitment of the Society to "promote the advancement and diffusion of a knowledge of psychology pure and applied".[http://www.bps.org.uk/scottish/scottish_office/john-macgill.cfm]
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		+	Macgill's contact details given out by the BPS site are identical to those he uses in his lobbying business [[John Macgill Communications]]
	==Affiliations==		==Affiliations==

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 :"I suspect my time in the Physiology Department at Dundee is to blame for the many arguments over science and medicine stories that I had with editors while I was a reporter. It certainly influenced my approach, as an editor, to consumer scares and apparent medical breakthroughs. Even in my present job, which is all about research and the presentation of facts on behalf of clients, the skills and disciplines acquired as a science undergraduate continue to play an important part."{{ref|Mac}}
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 ==Notes==
 #{{note|Mac}} Physiology Online [http://www.physoc.org/careers/ulifecase3.asp John Macgill]  Careers Information: Real stories of real physiologists, accessed January 2007.