tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post8455551740498368033..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Golden Arrow Public Affairs: Instalment 6Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54655775287060145332007-03-26T23:58:00.000+01:002007-03-26T23:58:00.000+01:00LOL. And the funny thing is, you think I don't kno...LOL. And the funny thing is, you think I don't know who you are...<BR/><BR/>And for the convenience of everyone else, the answer is noIain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62452039233247177162007-03-26T23:51:00.000+01:002007-03-26T23:51:00.000+01:00so iain did you go to waterfront the lobby co. and...so iain did you go to waterfront the lobby co. and ask them to donate to the campaign david davis was setting up to try and become conservative leader?frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08500551018743493419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52460651265165171142007-03-26T11:47:00.000+01:002007-03-26T11:47:00.000+01:00complete waste of time Iain. by listing the employ...complete waste of time Iain. by listing the employees of GA you have failed to prove that they do not have political expertise. <BR/><BR/>Iain, we all know that most lobbyists have political affiliations. it isnt against the APPC code or the law. <BR/><BR/>The only scandal that the ST hinted at with GA was cash for access, and you have so fair failed to prove this happened. <BR/><BR/>who seiriously expects public affairs professionals not to have a background in politics. and if they didnt, who the hell would hire them for strategic political advice. a PA consultant has to know politics inside out. the only was to know something is to have practical experience. <BR/><BR/>you really havent got a case here Iain, and you're making a bit of a fool of yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9676626438822410702007-03-26T01:07:00.000+01:002007-03-26T01:07:00.000+01:00Iain - please bear in mind, as you pursue this, th...Iain - please bear in mind, as you pursue this, that with any 'cash for access' allegation, what you need to prove is not that a company paid a lobbyist and then met a minister, but that the same company would not have seen the minister had it not paid the lobbyist. That's much harder to prove, and so far you've come nowhere near. <BR/><BR/>The hypothesis you're trying to prove can be falsified instantly with - say - evidence that rival companies have met the minister without going through the lobbyist. So tell us - have rival companies been denied such access? If they have not, you're just wasting your time.<BR/><BR/>RichardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-17835256557157230632007-03-25T14:12:00.000+01:002007-03-25T14:12:00.000+01:00Iain, I think i recall seeing you on the telly say...Iain, I think i recall seeing you on the telly saying 'If I wanted to be a journalist, I'd be a journalist'.<BR/><BR/>Er...six posts on this topic and it's still as clear as mud. <BR/><BR/>I think with yourself and Guido's successes on Cash for Honours etc you appear to think you are the new Woodward and Bernstein - stick to the snippets of gossip and your eloquent posts of your own opinions.<BR/><BR/>Because one thing these recent posts prove is that you ain't an investigative journalist!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74776027784533187162007-03-25T00:24:00.000+00:002007-03-25T00:24:00.000+00:00What a non story, still. A franchise with five seq...What a non story, still. A franchise with five sequels? One more and it'll be a veritable Harry Potter of a series. <BR/><BR/>Please could you blog about some ex-Tory MPs, researchers, CF activists and the like who also run lobbying firms and have address books.<BR/><BR/>Missing from the first Times piece was any word of the CASH as in "cash for access" or any market appraisal on other outfits or the access and friendliness shown by the MPs to other lobbyists, professional or otherwise.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18519235767281804522007-03-24T23:21:00.000+00:002007-03-24T23:21:00.000+00:00Iain, Good post - I have started to get the thread...Iain, Good post - I have started to get the thread of this somewhat convoluted plot now. <BR/><BR/>However I am still unclear as to Tony Wright. There appear to be TWO Tony Wright's that have been MP's [they may well not both be there now]. <BR/><BR/>Is this DR Tony Wright, MP for Cannock Chase ? I would be surprised if it was, because he seems a good sort - too good to be getting mixed up with this crowd..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78273869411272601272007-03-24T23:00:00.000+00:002007-03-24T23:00:00.000+00:00Iain, sorry to be thick here, but why would minist...Iain, sorry to be thick here, but why would ministers be associating with a company which wasn't part of the APPC ? <BR/><BR/>More to the point, why would a company wanting to deal with ministers not be willing to be part of the APPC professional society ? <BR/><BR/>Surely it couldn't have been their AIM to have a situation where they didn't need to disclose their client list ? No, probably just an 'unintended consequence'...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89608172471154958202007-03-24T18:15:00.000+00:002007-03-24T18:15:00.000+00:00CROOKS! Crooked crooks from crooked land, which i...CROOKS! Crooked crooks from crooked land, which is just off the coast of Crookitania.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-68797351353446961442007-03-24T14:12:00.000+00:002007-03-24T14:12:00.000+00:00Some consolation in the client list; GNER have bee...Some consolation in the client list; GNER have been booted off the East Coast Main Line franchise.<BR/><BR/>Bit less then stellar advice, then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22590653388057576972007-03-24T13:38:00.000+00:002007-03-24T13:38:00.000+00:00Andrew Pakes is also the Labour candidate for Milt...Andrew Pakes is also the Labour candidate for Milton Keynes North.<BR/>I remember having a heated late-night argument with him just before the 1997 election, when he insisted that a Labour Government would never introduce university tuition fees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com