I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
A friend phoned me up about an organisation they wanted to donate to. They wanted to support bringing about policy change in an area the EU were active in. Below is a summary of my advice. How political decisions are made, and how to influence those decisions, varies between political capitals. How Washington D.C. and … Read more
The reading and viewing of politicians and officials the world over is similar. They’ll turn to newspapers and journals of record to inform them. Many will flick through the FT, and a national paper of record like Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Their reading will be influenced by their political preferences. Many will have trusted … Read more
Book Review Jonah Berger The Catalyst, ‘How to Change Anyone’s Mind’. Pages: 258 As a lobbyist, you are in the business of persuading people. It is a narrow group of people. Politicians, civil servants, policy wonks and journalists. As a campaigner, you are looking to get the public to intervene to help bring about … Read more
It may seem obvious, but lawmaking is a political process., driven by and decided by politicians. It is not a technocratic, technical, process, even in the EU. The Commission is becoming far less technocratic. The desire to push forward with proposals, whatever the evidence says, in record drafting time, is something I regret. It is … Read more