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  • [[File:Bell Pottinger.JPG|Right|thumb|300px|Bell Pottinger London offices, 330 High Holborn]] [[File:Bell Pottinger 1.JPG|Right|thumb|250px|Bell Pottinger Brussels offices, 40 Rue Breydel]]
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  • [[File:Hill and Knowlton London.JPG|300px|right|thumb|Hill and Knowlton Offices, 49 Clerkenwell Green]] [[File:Hill and Knowlton.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Hill and Knowlton Offices, Rue Montoyer 51, Brussels]]
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  • [[File:Edelman.JPG|right|thumb|330px|Edelman London offices, Southside, 105 Victoria Street, SW1E - the office block also houses [[NHS [[File:Edelman.png|250px|right|thumb|Edelman Brussels offices, Avenue Marnixlaan 28]]
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  • ...dscape of the post-war UK including the [[Economic League]], The [[Council on Foreign Relations]], [[Common Cause]] ...which is so familiar and depressing a part of life in the Labour Party and on the British Left in general.(1) But the view of the Labour Party as origina
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  • ...ofessional Political Consultants]] (also known as the [[APPC]]) is a lobby group for the lobbying profession. It describes itself as "the self-regulatory bo ...ions - at a price of £2,000 per question. The two MPs who asked questions on Al-fayed's behalf were [[Neil Hamilton]] and [[Tim Smith]], asking a total
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  • [[File:Luther Pendragon1.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Luther Pendragon London offices, 3 Priory Court]] [[File:Luther Pendragon.png|250px|right|thumb|Luther Pendragon Brussels offices, Rue d’Arlon 40]]According to the Nichols-Dezenhall website, Nichols-Deze
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  • For information on its lobbying work in the UK, see [[Weber Shandwick Public Affairs]]. ...umb|Weber Shandwick Worldwide Offices, Central Edinburgh. Photograph taken on the Spinwatch G8 Spinwalk, 1 July 2005]]
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  • ...and a parliamentary investigation into its blacklist. But the League sold on its blacklist to the construction industry which set up a trade association ..., the Economic League was a pro-capitalist and anti socialist propagandist group. In public it conducted a “Crusade for Capitalism” targeted at the work
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  • Described in ''PR Week'' as a “thrusting public affairs agency on the cutting edge of politics and lobbying , WSPA has absorbed many other lo ...ce-chairman of Weber Shandwick in 2003 a position he left in November 2004 on his appointment as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords. <
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  • ...nt on their side. Lobbying companies today have access to extensive files on politicians and other influential people, this way they know who best to ap ...een reported that Lord Sainsbury lobbied the government to soften its line on supermarket development. More of these examples will be discussed below.
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  • Under its finance director at the time, [[Ron Henderson]] (now group finance director at [[Network Rail]] but previously with [[Halliburton]], B ...the time of the Hatfield disaster where four people died, but he was still on the board. The ultimate cause of all three incidents was cost-cutting - som
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  • ...on of Port Ellen]], then secretary general of Nato. Its early work focused on nuclear deterrence and arms control and was by its own account "hugely infl ...20 November 1958. Its launch was announced on 27 November 1958. Reporting on it’s launch a day later ''The Guardian'' headline read, ‘Institute for
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  • ...er a political 'briefing'. These are informal sessions, and vary from tame parliamentary gossip to detailed information about government plans for a specific indust ...Government work'.[2] Fees range from £2,500 to £5,000 a month, depending on the type of service required.[3] The average annual rate is about £30,000.
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  • It has offices in London, New York, Washington DC, Nairobi, Doha and Singapore. ...n described as 'pretty secretive', and is seen as doing 'big advisory work on big brands for big bucks.'<ref>Nick Clark, [http://www.independent.co.uk/ne
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  • ...'' is a signatory of the [[Project for the New American Century]] and sits on the [[Council for a Community of Democracies]]. As of February 2007 he is a ...[Catherine McArdle Kelleher]] as Director of [[Aspen Institute Berlin]], a post which he held until March 2007. Dr. Gedmin is a resident scholar at the [[A
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  • ...at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests focus on the comparative development of the modern state and the long historical roo ...ectric Company]] (ultimately chairman of [[GEC International]]) as well as on the boards of other US and European corporations.
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  • ..., and EI Salvador. As then National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger said on June 27, 1970, speaking in support of secret efforts to block Salvador Alle ...plots to assassinate foreign leaders. Amid calls for placing limitations on the CIA or even abolishing it, George Bush was appointed CIA director, serv
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  • [[All-Party Parliamentary Groups]] are unofficial groups of MPs who are interested in specific subjec ...lications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/contents.htm Register Of All-Party Groups] [as at 22nd March 2012], accessed 23 April 2012</ref>
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  • ...2011 </ref> The EPC is one of the most prominent EU think tanks it relies on both corporate funding and public money. EPC spokespeople often appear in t ...website www.Tech CentralStation.be is full of the kind of furious attacks on environmental and social legislation that are more commonly associated with
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  • .... Hall had been elected for a Liverpool constituency in the hastily called post-war election. {{ref|1}} ...rton in Staffordshire) who was presumably already a regular visitor to the offices. The leading industrialists at the meeting included: [[Evan Williams]] (pre
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  • ...ans to scapegoat and abolish the SDA when Hughes opportunistically knocked on her door. We cannot fully reconstruct their conversation, but perhaps Hugh ...rink, McFarlane's interests are well served. Politically we can locate him on the Authoritarian Right, he funds [[British United Industrialists]] (a some
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  • ===Offices outside UK=== *[[All Party Parliamentary Group on Homeless & Housing]]
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  • ...the largest farmers' organisation in England and Wales and an active lobby group in the UK. ...al Affairs, [[Lesley Griffiths]] on farming’s 'Ingredients for Success', post-Brexit. The discussion was chaired by [[George Pascoe-Watson]], partner at
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  • ...r White]], the veteran anti-communist and anti-socialist activist who died on December 10th 1988 {{ref|1}}. From leaving Malvern College in 1920 (when he =="Sir George McGill" and the Group With No Name==
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  • ...sure groups like the Economic League, which relied for most of its support on Conservatives who were unhappy with the direction of the Conservative Party ...er this country with people in ever-increasing numbers realising where the post-war drift and in the last few years, the rush to bureaucratic socialism is
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  • ...orders welcome – phone or e-mail for details. Order 10 copies for £30, post free ...d have begun to be taken quite seriously by many as an authoritative voice on rural issues, even those with which they have little connection, for exampl
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  • Research by ActionAid on company use of tax havens has shown that Pearson’s group structure includes 90 subsidiaries in recognised tax havens.<ref>James Ball It is focused on four main areas of growth: virtual schools; online universities; private la
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  • [[Image:PwC_London_CCSA_DaveThomas3.jpg|thumb|right|320px|PwC's London offices. <br> ''Source: Dave Thomas''‎]]'''PricewaterhouseCoopers''' (PwC) is a m ...account], Guardian, 14 December 2008</ref> and 99 per cent of the FTSE 100 on the London Stock Exchange. <ref> Prem Sikka, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/com
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  • ...t disturbed. When the much derided list of 'People's Peers' was proclaimed on April 26 Sir John Browne, Chief Executive of BP, was one of the unsurprisin ...Green Alliance, arguably the most influential and well connected pressure group in Britain {{ref|6}}
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  • His elder brother [[Roy Godson]] is an expert on covert action and disinformation<ref> Dirty Tricks or Trump Cards: US Cover ...Survey of Parliamentary Knowledge and Opinion], By Philip Towle, available on Google Books</ref>
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  • ...other major financial centers around the world."<ref>CLS, [http://www.cls-group.com/ABOUT/COMMUNITY/Pages/CLSMembers.aspx CLS Members], accessed 04 January ...ul Dodgers: How a Dozen Multinational Corporations Spent a Billion Dollars on Lobbying and Campaign Contributions and Avoided Paying Taxes], p9 accessed
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  • ...mber of Parliament (MP) for Shoreham & East Worthing. He was appointed the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Children in May 2010. He left the Government in Septemb ...Constituency Association. From May 1990 to April 1992 he was Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Sheffield Brightside; Vice Chairman Battersea Conservative As
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  • ...Gives her 'industry' as 'government relations' on Linkedin and her current post as 'Deputy Head of the EU Affairs Department at GDF SUEZ'. Previously she ...is the Director of Corporate Government and Public Affairs for the Solvay Group<ref>[http://neu.agenda-summit.eu/speakers/Alexis-Brouhns/461/ Alexis Brouhn
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  • ...ology, his main area of expertise is in internet security. Hay has worked on projects with smartcards and electronic purses, and has also worked in mark ...was [[Josslyn Hay]], the 22nd Earl of Erroll, who was murdered in Nairobi on 24 January 1941. No one was ever convicted of the murder, although Sir Joc
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  • ...n targets' to stimulate investment in alternatives. However their emphasis on emissions trading and other market based solutions tend to favour large sca ...dialogue between the UK energy industry, government and other stakeholders on the key issues shaping the deployment of sustainable energy;
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  • [[Image:London_Clutha_m.jpg|upright|thumb|200px|Policy Exchange's former offices at [[Clutha House]], [[10 Storey's Gate]]|text-bottom]] ...k Tank details], Stockholm Network, accessed 7 April 2009.</ref> a working group of European market-oriented think-tanks.
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  • ...archives. Moss is archivist at Glasgow University. Moss’s specific focus on the company has been augmented by general historical detail whose inclusion ...d stood to lose far more in terms of potential business than in paying out on policies. Luckily, the directors shelved the proposal in favor of a donatio
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  • ...was launched in Cambridge on 11 March 2005 and in the Houses of Parliament on 22 November 2005. <ref> "[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0, ...ring the Bosnian War. [[Alan Mendoza|Mendoza]] had written his PhD thesis on British policy during the conflict.
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  • ...iduals who worked directly or indirectly for the mayor, four of the people on the list were Livingstone's closest mayoral advisory they have also been me ...existence and its members will not confirm they have ever belonged to the group. When I interviewed [[Ken Livingstone]] about Socialist Action for this boo
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  • ...laire Fox to coordinate these events.” He also stated that “As for the post-LM future of magazine publishing, watch this space”. Mick Hume was the f IoI operates out of LM's old offices in Smithfield in London, as does Spiked.<ref>David Pallister, John Vidal an
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  • ...ams did not stand for re-election in the 2010 election and left Parliament on 12 April 2010.<ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/betty_williams/conwy B .../cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref>
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  • ...le of Ideas speakers listing 2015], Battle of Ideas website, last accessed on 30 November 2016.</ref> ...ronovitch]] - columnist, The Times; author, Voodoo Histories; chair, Index on Censorship
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  • Richards is now a crossbench peer in the [[House of Lords]], having joined on 24 February 2014.<ref name="parl"> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lo ...national Defence Exhibition and Conference]] in October 2017. His talk was on 'Regional alliances: Their role in security, challenges and opportunities'.
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  • ...ulting UK''' (formerly [[Politics International]]) is a lobbying firm with offices in Manchester and London. ...7 Northern Ireland minister.He retired from Interel in 2010 to concentrate on his political work.
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  • ...filtrated anarchist groups (including West Ham Anarchists). He later spied on the Independent Labour Party (ILP). Through the ILP he monitored campaignin HN326 gave live evidence to the Undercover Policing Inquiry on 13 November 2020. The majority of the following derives from his written<re
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  • Its main focus in on reforms to public services, particularly through the use of technology, inc ...executive non-departmental public body and become a charity, which it did on 1 April 2012.
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  • This page lists the history of debates on [[Lobbying]] regulation, in Scotland, the UK, the EU and the US. ...nterest. Transparency is needed if we're to have government accountability on these issues.</blockquote>
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  • Bruce trained as a lawyer and qualified as a solicitor in 1981 before going on to set up [[Fiona Bruce LLP]], a successful law firm. ...agement and future of the firm through her weekly presence at the firm’s offices in Stockton Heath. <ref> [http://www.fionabruce.co.uk/fiona-bruce Fiona Bru
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  • This page lists the history of debates on [[Lobbying]] regulation, in Scotland, the UK, the EU and the US. '''UK:''' At the Commons [[Select Committee on Members’ Interests]], [[Ian Greer]] admits making payments to MPs in retu
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  • ...d Chairman of the [[International Financial Services Ltd]] (IFSL) Pensions Group.<ref name="WebsiteBio">[http://richardgraham.org/about/who-is-richard-graha ==Parliamentary Career==
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  • ...ion of Pinsent Masons, providing 'tailored strategic public affairs advice on the business implications of legislation and regulation from Westminster an ...ys, of 'an increase in client demand for advice on government relations’ post-Brexit.
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  • ...ttp://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/10/ukcrime.terrorism Blunders in war on terror (part two): Culture of muddle hinders fight], ''The Guardian'' 10 No ....uk/news/local-news/bell-gets-top-terror-post-3835483 Bell gets top terror post], ''Evening Gazette'', 26 February 2004 (accessed 8 March 2015).</ref>
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  • ...us section: [[Rogue Agents - 1945-1963 - Post-War Paneuropeans|1945-1963 - Post-War Paneuropeans]] ...usted with the destruction of the voluminous files De Lorenzo had built up on prominent Italian public figures, but it
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  • ...way to a position of prestige in the journalism world". A handwritten note on the document also indicated that FWF was "run with the knowledge and cooper ...ly the first setback; no doubt due to the Press revelations about FWF, the offices of the ISC were burgled in June 1975, and some 300 documents amounting to 1
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  • ...s concentrated on two main projects: setting up Shield, the advisory group on subversion which personally counselled Margaret Thatcher, and the creation ...iott and Young who defended him and, without telling the CIA, put him back on the MI6 payroll, sending him to Beirut as a journalist for the Observer and
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  • Whilst the Cercle had been focusing in 1979-80 on its three campaigns to elect representation within the Cercle which came increasingly to depend on its British,
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  • ...for the previous year.<ref name="untouchables"/> His early retirement was on the grounds of ill-health, having sustained an injury while responding to a ===On police corruption===
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  • ...officer’]. [http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rter20/7/1 ''Critical Studies on Terrorism''] Volume 7 Number 1, pp165-181 (2014)).</ref> until 1988|Targets ...career as a progressive academic. Much of his research builds on his work on de-radicalisation of potential jihadis, and cooperation with mosques to ban
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  • ...officer’]. [http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rter20/7/1 ''Critical Studies on Terrorism''] Volume 7 Number 1, pp165-181 (2014)).</ref> until 1988|Targets ...rned-academic specialising in Islamophobia and de-radicalisation, building on his work with the Met's [[Muslim Contact Unit]]. The other half of this pag
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  • ===Views on Islam=== ...tance of protecting human life, and marriage. [...] Imposing death penalty on the unborn [i.e. abortions] should be banned, except for rare exceptions'.<
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  • ...n MP [[Nick Boles]] and has been extensively retained to advise government on matters to do with British Muslims and Islamophobia. **Parliamentary & Communications Advisor Jul 2015 – Jul 2019
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