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Technical Notes

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Last week a series of Technical Notices were released in a batch of twenty-five from the DExEU, just in time for the Bank Holiday weekend, purporting to set out what actions would need to be taken if there was a … Continue reading

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Setting the Scene

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September is just around the corner which, in terms of UK politics, means that conference season will shortly be upon us. Parliament returns on 4th September after the Summer recess, but goes into recess again for conferences from 13th September … Continue reading

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Austerity and Eminences – you heard it here first

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The governmental response to the suspend Article 50 petition isn’t the only ‘official’ document to land in my ‘inbox’ recently. One is an interesting academic paper, the other, by way of the Guardian, is an issue raised by an MP. ( … Continue reading

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Governmental Response… a play in one act

Dramatis personae Asif, a young, inexperienced Grade 7 who has drawn the short straw of drafting replies to governmental petitioners. Sir Peter, his boss, an older Senior Civil Servant. Scene; The Department for Exiting the European Union Asif; (knocks on … Continue reading

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The Dark Arts of Advertising

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Advertising (noun) – the activity or profession of producing marketing communications to promote or sell products, services or ideas. There is nothing new about advertising – public ads have been found in Ancient Rome and Pompeii, in Ancient Greece and … Continue reading