Nuclear spin

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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.
  • Jack Cunningham
  • Ian Fells – discredited government advisor
  • Bernard Ingham
  • James Lovelock
  • Geoffrey Norris – special advisor to Tony Blair
  • Brian Wilson - ex-Energy Minister
  • Sir David King - The government's chief scientist
  • John Huttton - Work and Pensions Secretary - Nuclear champion. MP for Barrow-in-Furness where Trident submarines were built
  • Jamie Reed - the former BNFL press officer who replaced “nuclear Jackâ€? Cunningham as the MP for Copeland.
  • Lord Jenkin who is very pro nuclear
  • 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


Maybes: Grace McGlynn Greg Butler - both ex-BNFL (Butler still gets £80,000 a year from BNFL) who are on IDM - and who have both done technical papers for NNC for CORWM. Bob Church - until recently AMEC now BNFL

The media

Simon Jenkins – Guardian Columnist

Jason Nisse journalist with the IOS - on the board of NIREX........and declared in favour of nuclear dumping

Organisations

Companies

Unions