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Revision as of 10:17, 24 January 2006
Contents
Individuals
- Lord John Birt – Until he resigned as Blair's "Blue Skies" advisor in December 2005, Birt was said to have the close ear of the Prime Minister. He was also pro-nuclear. His influence is now on the wane as he has left Downing Street to join Terra Firma, the private equity firm founded by City financier Guy Hands.
- Tony Blair and Number 10
- Yvette Cooper - wife of Ed Balls - whose father is Tony Cooper - chair of the Nuclear Industry Association until Dec 2004 and now 'represents the interests of west cumbria' on the NDA
- Philip Dewhurst
- Ian Fells – discredited government advisor
- John Hutton - Work and Pensions Secretary - Nuclear champion. MP for Barrow-in-Furness where Trident submarines were built
- Bernard Ingham
- Lord Jenkin who is very pro nuclear
- Alan Johnson
- David King - The government's chief scientist
- James Lovelock
- Jack McConnell
- Geoffrey Norris – special advisor to Tony Blair
- Jamie Reed - the former BNFL press officer who replaced “nuclear Jack� Cunningham as the MP for Copeland.
- Brian Wilson - ex-Energy Minister
Maybes:
- Grace McGlynn
- Gregg Butler
- Bob Church - until recently AMEC now BNFL
- Lord Sainsbury
- Jack Cunningham
The Media
How the Different Newspapers Stack Up
- For
- The Times - Argues that "nuclear energy is necessary to bridge Britain’s energy gap" [1]
- Against
Individual Columnists
- Simon Jenkins – Guardian Columnist
- Jason Nisse journalist with the IOS - on the board of Nirex........and declared in favour of nuclear dumping
Organisations
Companies
- British Nuclear Fuels Limited and its US subsidiary:
- British Energy has appointed Craig Stevenson, formerly Monsanto's top UK spin doctor, as head of government affairs. Also hired Financial Dynamics
PR, Lobbying and Consultancy firms
- Bell Pottinger
- Connect
- ERM
- Facilitating Change Limited
- Financial Dynamics
- Fleishman Hillard - need to add scottish Nirex stuff to their profile although it is not linking back to nirex
- ForthRoad Limited
- The Future Foundation
- Good Relations
- Grayling Political Strategy
- Integrated Decision Management
- International Futures Forum - Praxis
- Kingsmead Communications Limited
- Luther Pendragon
- MORI
- PR21 now known as Zeno
- Promise PR
- Weber Shandwick
- Women's Insitute
Web Companies
- Sticky New Media - Web Design Company working for both the Nuclear Industry Association and XXXX
- Activate Media - Web design company that runs the pro-nuclear Energy Choices website [2] run by the Nuclear Industry Association
