Gordon Brown has been almost universally condemned for his silence over the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. So it is left to me to speak up for the prime minister’s right to remain silent in the heat of battle. Read on ›

I recently left a comment on Neville Hobson’s blog saying that so called social media do not change the rules of old world business. He responded by challenging me to a proper debate. Let’s begin. Read on ›

Are we biologically wired to behave in a particular way? Well, PR blogger Heather Yaxley reports that CIPR Marcomms Group’s forthcoming evening event is entitled, Unlocking the secrets of the brain: the nascent world of neuro PR (London on 23 September). So here’s some thoughts on why this meeting might be discussing nonsense. Read on ›

Before I head off to Montreux for a few days’ rest, here’s a quick response to today’s FT report on Edelman’s trust survey’s mid-year update. Once again the survey’s findings are topsy turvy, particularly when it comes to how Edelman interprets its own data. Read on ›

I’ve been discussing corporate blogging, authenticity and trust with Neville Hobson, one of the UK’s leading “social media” commentators. I do hope you will click through to Neville’s blog and follow it in more detail, but first, here’s a brief summary of the issues at stake. Read on ›

The Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) recently adopted a modern definition of PR. It throws up a whole host of issues about what PR is about. Here’s my take on the business PR professionals are in.

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Some of the remarks about PR’s need to reform in McKinsey Quarterly journal (Rebuilding corporate reputations) are OK if hackneyed. But the wider thesis is very shaky. Here’s why. Read on ›

I’m thinking of pitching for the PR business of restoring trust in British politics, its MPs and its Parliament. Somebody’s got to do it. In the spirit of transparency, here’s my first draft of a pitch. Read on ›

The details of British MPs’ expenses reads like a plot from a Carry On Film: Gordon Brown played by Sidney James, Hazel Blears by Barbara Windsor, Peter Mandelson by Kenneth Williams and John Prescott by Hattie Jacques. Still, the most important thing is to pay MPs more, and then move on. Read on ›

There’s no doubt that Joanna Lumley is a great PR campaigner for the Gurkhas. However last week’s farcical impromptu negotiations with Phil Woolas, the Immigration Minister, outside a TV studio turned me against her almost as vehemently as I’m against New Labour.  Read on ›