Month: June 2016
Why fuck you is never a great lobby strategy
I like Lilly Allen’s music. There is a refreshing honesty to the lyrics of Fuck You. Much though I like the song, I would not adopt the sentiment of “Fuck you (fuck you).Fuck you very, very much” as a lobbying strategy. But, I realize I am an exception, and the “Fuck you (fuck you), Fuck … Read more
What is your blueprint for delivering your policy goals?
In every piece of law I have worked as a political adviser, regulator, campaigner or lobbyist you ask yourself how to get from where you are to where you want to be in a given time period. For example, in air pollution, what amounts to air quality that is ultra safe, means the total industrialisation … Read more
Will 1st Vice-President Timmermans Apply Law Making Agreement to EU Chemical Bans?
DG GROW is about to propose 13 new chemical substances to be phased out and banned. If you are a customer of these substances you will likely have no idea that it is happening. And, unless Directorate General (DG) GROW and Environment make some unforeseen procedural error or scientific error, you are only going to … Read more