Lucy James - Revision history

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 ==Contact==
-:Email: lucy.james@westbournecoms.com <ref> Remains listed on Westbourne website as of 5 August 2015
+:Email: lucy.james@westbournecoms.com <ref> Remains listed on Westbourne website as of 5 August 2015 </ref>
 :Twitter: [https://twitter.com/lucyjames01 @lucyjames01]

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 *[[The Spittoon]]
-==Social media==
+==Contact==
-* Twitter: [https://twitter.com/lucyjames01 @lucyjames01]
+:Email: lucy.james@westbournecoms.com <ref> Remains listed on Westbourne website as of 5 August 2015
 ==Publications==

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 [[Image:Lucy.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Lucy James]]
-'''Lucy James''' is an account manager and part of the 'infrastructure team' at lobbying and PR firm [[Westbourne Communications]].
+'''Lucy James''' is an associate partner and head of 'stakeholder engagement' at lobbying and PR firm [[Westbourne Communications]]. She was previously an account manager and part of its 'infrastructure team'.
-She was previously a research fellow and events manager at the [[Quilliam Foundation]] think tank, and also posted under her own name at [[The Spittoon]]. According to her current biog on the Westbourne website:
+Before working for Westbourne James was a research fellow and events manager at the [[Quilliam Foundation]] think tank, and also posted under her own name at [[The Spittoon]]. According to her current biog on the Westbourne website:
 :her work covered the threat of far-right extremism, particularly the BNP and the [[English Defence League]]; the threat of Islamist radicalisation on British university campuses; and the role that Muslim women can play in counter-extremism.

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 *[[Quilliam Foundation]]
 *[[The Spittoon]]
 ==Publications==

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 :her work covered the threat of far-right extremism, particularly the BNP and the [[English Defence League]]; the threat of Islamist radicalisation on British university campuses; and the role that Muslim women can play in counter-extremism.
-:Alongside a continued interest in counter-extremism she is also actively involved in issues around gender equality, helping to coordinate a feminist organisation that works in Westminster. She has an MA in South Asian Islam from the [[University of Manchester]], and is an adjunct fellow at Quilliam. <ref> Westbourne Communications, [http://changeopinion.com/meet-the-team/ ], company website acc 7 April 2013 </ref>
+:Alongside a continued interest in counter-extremism she is also actively involved in issues around gender equality, helping to coordinate a feminist organisation that works in Westminster. She has an MA in South Asian Islam from the [[University of Manchester]], and is an adjunct fellow at Quilliam. <ref> Westbourne Communications, [http://changeopinion.com/meet-the-team/ Meet the Team], company website acc 7 April 2013 </ref>
 ==Quilliam's "response to the BNP" paper==
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 ==References==
 <references/>
-[[Category:Lobbyists|James, Lucy]][[Category:Think tanker|James, Lucy]]
+[[Category:Lobbyists|James, Lucy]][[Category:Think Tanker|James, Lucy]]

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 :her work covered the threat of far-right extremism, particularly the BNP and the [[English Defence League]]; the threat of Islamist radicalisation on British university campuses; and the role that Muslim women can play in counter-extremism.
-:Alongside a continued interest in counter-extremism she is also actively involved in issues around gender equality, helping to coordinate a feminist organisation that works in Westminster. <ref> [http://changeopinion.com/meet-the-team/ ], </ref>
+:Alongside a continued interest in counter-extremism she is also actively involved in issues around gender equality, helping to coordinate a feminist organisation that works in Westminster. She has an MA in South Asian Islam from the [[University of Manchester]], and is an adjunct fellow at Quilliam. <ref> Westbourne Communications, [http://changeopinion.com/meet-the-team/ ], company website acc 7 April 2013 </ref>
-==Quilliam "response to the BNP" paper==
+==Quilliam's "response to the BNP" paper==
 In August 2009 James wrote a paper for the Quilliam Foundation responding to [[BNP]] claims about Muslims. She announced the publication of the paper in an article for the Labour Party's [[Progress]] magazine on 18 August 2009 in which she offered her approach as a preferable alternative to the 'violence' of anti-Fascist protesters. She wrote:
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 After Islamophobia-Watch.com drew attention to these accusations<ref>Martin Sullivan, [http://www.islamophobia-watch.com/islamophobia-watch/2009/8/18/quilliam-accuses-anti-bnp-protestors-of-thuggery-and-hooliga.html Quilliam accuses anti-BNP protestors of 'thuggery and hooliganism'], ''Islamophobia Watch'', 18 August 2009</ref> [[The Spittoon]] published two posts attacking the website.<ref>'Yossarian', [http://www.spittoon.org/archives/2289 Bob and Bungle – Forget the BNP, let’s attack Quilliam], ''The Spittoon'', 20 August 2009</ref><ref>'Yossarian', [http://www.spittoon.org/archives/2321 A Question of Priorities], ''The Spittoon'', 23 August 2009</ref> James followed the article with another for the Guardian's Comment is Free. However she qualified some of the claims to say that 'some' of the anti-Fascists  'soon became violent', and the words 'thuggery and hooliganism' were replaced with 'heavy-handed violence'.<ref>Lucy James, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/20/bnp-far-right-racist-argument The BNP will lose the argument], ''The Guardian'', 20 August 2009</ref>
 ==Affiliations==

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 ==Publications==
-*Lucy James, [http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/images/stories/pdfs/in_defence_of_british_muslims_09.pdf In Defence of British Muslims: A response to BNP racist propaganda], Quilliam Foundation, 2009 (The paper features introductions by Jon Cruddas [Labour], Patrick Mercer [Conservative], and Fiyaz Mughal [Liberal Democrat])
+*Lucy James, [http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/images/stories/pdfs/in_defence_of_british_muslims_09.pdf In Defence of British Muslims: A response to BNP racist propaganda], Quilliam Foundation, 2009 (The paper features introductions by [[Jon Cruddas]] [Labour], [[Patrick Mercer]] [Conservative], and [[Fiyaz Mughal]] [Liberal Democrat])
 ===Spittoon articles===