I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
The next time someone staggers up to you and insists victory is imminent, here are some simple things you can ask, to test if the political fairies are at work or not: 8 Questions They Need to Be Able to Yes To Do you know the procedure Is what you want legal Do you have … Read more
Something is in the air. I’ve heard some wanting to raise ideas that I’d thought had been consigned to the footnotes of history be taken up by the new Commission. Ideas that a year ago the same people swore that they had disavowed. I’m not sure if this is the side effect of too much … Read more
I’ve tried to put down in one simple checklist why Public Affairs/lobbying is hard. You can’t get just one thing right, you have to get a lot of core things right (see below), and usually at the same time. If you get one thing wrong, you are likely going to fail. And, at the end … Read more
I can’t find the best way of finding out where someone stands on an issue than by either listening to or reading what they say. I prefer to do this unfiltered. Sure you can get a summary sent to you or read someone’s point of view, but I find that I miss something. There are … Read more