Difference between revisions of "Jamie Reed"
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| − | Jamieson (Jamie) Reed MP was appointed MP for the Copeland Constituency in 2005, after the retirement of the vehemently pro- | + | ==History== |
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| + | Jamieson (Jamie) Reed MP was appointed MP for the Copeland Constituency in 2005, after the retirement of the vehemently pro-nuclear incumbent Jack Cunningham. Copeland is the local constituency for the controversial Sellafield plant so it is hardly surprising that its MPs are the strongest pro-nuclear proponents there are. | ||
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He is also a local to the area. Born in Whitrehaven, he was educated at Whitehaven School before studying at Manchester Metropolitan University and then Leicester University where he completed an MA in Mass Communications. [http://www.copelandbc.gov.uk/main.asp?page=936] | He is also a local to the area. Born in Whitrehaven, he was educated at Whitehaven School before studying at Manchester Metropolitan University and then Leicester University where he completed an MA in Mass Communications. [http://www.copelandbc.gov.uk/main.asp?page=936] | ||
| − | Reed then put his spin doctors skills to good use by becoming [[BNFL's]] press-officer. During his time | + | Reed then put his spin doctors skills to good use by becoming [[BNFL's]] press-officer for four years. During his time there he defended the company's radiactive discharges into the sea, and BNFL's "terrifying loopholes in security" at the Sellafield site exposed by the media just weeeks after the September 11th terrorist attacks in America. |
| + | [''Nucleonics Week'', 2003, "Progress in Reducing Discharges under Debate at Ospar Meeting", 26 June, Vol 25, p12] | ||
| − | [ | + | [P.McMullan (2001) "Our Reporter Exposes A Scandalous Lack Of Security Checks At The Nuclear Plant Classed As A Prime Target For Sabotage; Terror Risk At Sellafield", ''Sunday Express'', 2 December, p17] |
| − | After his election, the public relations in-house magazine''PR Week'' wrote a story on the Labour selection process to replace Cunningham for the Copeland seat: "Stuart Bruce of Bruce Marshall Associates informs us he was one of four people on an all-PR shortlist alongside Bell Pottinger board director and former special adviser to Cunningham, Tim Walker, and Thomas Docherty, another BNFL PR man. What this can mean for the re-elected Labour government's commitment to pump billions into a raft of new nuclear power stations, we couldn't possibly say". [PR Week (2005) Labour Candidate Emerges And Wins, 20 May, p48] | + | After his election as an MP, the public relations in-house magazine''PR Week'' wrote a story on the Labour selection process to replace Cunningham for the Copeland seat: "Stuart Bruce of Bruce Marshall Associates informs us he was one of four people on an all-PR shortlist alongside Bell Pottinger board director and former special adviser to Cunningham, Tim Walker, and Thomas Docherty, another BNFL PR man. What this can mean for the re-elected Labour government's commitment to pump billions into a raft of new nuclear power stations, we couldn't possibly say". [PR Week (2005) Labour Candidate Emerges And Wins, 20 May, p48] |
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| + | ==A Nuclear MP== | ||
| + | On election Reed said that one of his major tasks was to fight for a new generation of nuclear plants in the UK. | ||
| + | [''Nuclear News'', 2005, A Sellafield Press Officer was Elected Member of Parliament, July, p46. | ||
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He says: “The evidence in support of a UK nuclear renaissance is growing week by week.� [http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=304919] | He says: “The evidence in support of a UK nuclear renaissance is growing week by week.� [http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=304919] | ||
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Revision as of 11:44, 6 January 2006
History
Jamieson (Jamie) Reed MP was appointed MP for the Copeland Constituency in 2005, after the retirement of the vehemently pro-nuclear incumbent Jack Cunningham. Copeland is the local constituency for the controversial Sellafield plant so it is hardly surprising that its MPs are the strongest pro-nuclear proponents there are.
He is also a local to the area. Born in Whitrehaven, he was educated at Whitehaven School before studying at Manchester Metropolitan University and then Leicester University where he completed an MA in Mass Communications. [1]
Reed then put his spin doctors skills to good use by becoming BNFL's press-officer for four years. During his time there he defended the company's radiactive discharges into the sea, and BNFL's "terrifying loopholes in security" at the Sellafield site exposed by the media just weeeks after the September 11th terrorist attacks in America. [Nucleonics Week, 2003, "Progress in Reducing Discharges under Debate at Ospar Meeting", 26 June, Vol 25, p12]
[P.McMullan (2001) "Our Reporter Exposes A Scandalous Lack Of Security Checks At The Nuclear Plant Classed As A Prime Target For Sabotage; Terror Risk At Sellafield", Sunday Express, 2 December, p17]
After his election as an MP, the public relations in-house magazinePR Week wrote a story on the Labour selection process to replace Cunningham for the Copeland seat: "Stuart Bruce of Bruce Marshall Associates informs us he was one of four people on an all-PR shortlist alongside Bell Pottinger board director and former special adviser to Cunningham, Tim Walker, and Thomas Docherty, another BNFL PR man. What this can mean for the re-elected Labour government's commitment to pump billions into a raft of new nuclear power stations, we couldn't possibly say". [PR Week (2005) Labour Candidate Emerges And Wins, 20 May, p48]
A Nuclear MP
On election Reed said that one of his major tasks was to fight for a new generation of nuclear plants in the UK. [Nuclear News, 2005, A Sellafield Press Officer was Elected Member of Parliament, July, p46.
Copeland's Labour MP, Jamie Reed, has joined the lobbying in Whitehall over what he calls the “compelling case for nuclear�.
He says: “The evidence in support of a UK nuclear renaissance is growing week by week.� [2]
