Politics
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Time for Johnson’s UK government to cut the PR games and level with people over Covid-19
Sometimes it’s better just to give people the news straight. Here’s Ministry of Defence Spokesman Ian McDonald in 1982 on…
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UK premier Boris Johnson fluffs his lines over COVID-19
I caught up belatedly with Boris Johnson revealing the outcome of his (somewhat delayed) Cobra emergency cabinet committee meeting, when…
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UK gears up for international ads drive in Export Month
Advertising is one of the UK’s most successful exports so it’s likely to be needed in Boris Johnson’s brave new…
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BETC hacks Instagram to track down missing people
There are some booming activities in these straightened times, unfortunately people trafficking is one of them. According to UN data…
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Nick Bailey of futurefactor: why Pride still needs rebels for a risky cause
The days are at last getting longer, birds are singing in the trees, the first buds of spring are nosing…
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US spooks target Brighton ad agency Designate
Running an ad agency can be a pretty precarious business – and now you might have to contend with the…
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Whoops – Yorkshire Tea becomes Tory Tea
All publicity is good publicity? Not in the social media age it isn’t. Boris Johnson’s new chancellor Rishi Sunak, an…
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‘Advertising pays’ is core message of Bloomberg bid
Michael Bloomberg is up from four per cent to 19 per cent among Democratic voters and, despite getting a pasting…
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RBS becomes NatWest Group – time to ditch the baggage?
What difference does a name change make? RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland as was and still majority owned by the…
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