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'Psycho' Pearce scores PR own goal by dropping Beckham from Olympic squad

‘Psycho’ Pearce scores PR own goal by dropping Beckham from Olympic squad

By Stephen Foster on June 29, 2012

In his days as a Nottingham Forest and England full back Stuart Pearce (left) was a frightening prospect for any winger, deserving his nickname ‘Psycho.’ Now Pearce’s fabled tackling foot has made devastating contact with the ego of former England captain (and Olympic ambassador) David Beckham. After naming Beckham, seeing out his playing days at [...]

Posted in News, PR | Tagged David Beckham, gb football team, Lord Coe, Ryan Giggs, Steven Gerrard, Stuart Pearce

UK coalition government relies on pomp and circumstance to avoid meltdown

UK coalition government relies on pomp and circumstance to avoid meltdown

By James Charlton on May 30, 2011

Iconic adman and three-time election-winning Thatcher adviser turned public relations oligarch Lord Bell, speaking at an IPA event in March 2010, summed up election strategy thus: if a country’s ‘feel-good factor’ stays above a certain level, governing parties win elections. If it drops below that level, they are defeated. Sadly, there is no official measurement [...]

Posted in Media, News, Politics, PR | Tagged advertising, Barack Obama, Chris Huhne, coalition government, David Cameron, feel-good factor, Kay Burley, Ken Clarke, Lord Bell, Media, politics, PR, queen, royal wedding, Ryan Giggs, sky

Footballer we couldn't name (Ryan Giggs) still subject of banning order by out of touch judges

Footballer we couldn’t name (Ryan Giggs) still subject of banning order by out of touch judges

By Stephen Foster on May 23, 2011

Mr Justice Eady, who will go down in British legal history as one of the barmiest judges even that bizarre legal system has ever produced, ruled this afternoon that the British press and other media (including your correspondent presumably) were still bound by the terms of an injunction preventing the naming of the Manchester United [...]

Posted in Media, News, Politics | Tagged barcelona, BBC, champion's league final, Imogen Thomas, injunctions, manchester united, mr justice Eady, Ryan Giggs, super injunctions, wikipedia

Man U stars take to large puddle of vodka for JWT Sydney Smirnoff ad

Man U stars take to large puddle of vodka for JWT Sydney Smirnoff ad

By Stephen Foster on December 8, 2010

Well it could be vodka or maybe it’s water but the ad, starring Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand and Ji-sun Park (it’s aimed at Asia) is definitely for Smirnoff vodka. Opinions will vary as to whether this is a load of balletic nonsense, final proof that football has made us lose our senses, or an ingenious [...]

Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged Ji-sun Park, jwt sydney, manchester united, Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs, smirnoff, tiger beer, Wayne Rooney

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