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MediaHow political rivals are faring in the presscommons incheS: Miliband, Clark and Hughes rival PARLIAMENTARIANS’ press coverage – number of mentions 16 Ed Miliband 8 Mar: Sunday papers note that Miliband will warn the Scottish Labour conference that the party and the country face testing timesmedia moves DAILY MAIL: James Chapman has been promoted from deputy political editor to political editor, replacing Benedict Brogan who is joining the Daily Telegraph (PAN, Mar). Tim Shipman, currently Washington correspondent at the Sunday Telegraph, will replace Chapman as deputy political editor. See QA with James Chapman below. 29 Mar: Sunday columnists consider Milibands comment about opposing wind farms14 Number of UK national newspaper articles mentioning MPGreg Clark Simon Hughes 22 Mar: Miliband argues that opposing wind farms should be as socially unacceptable as not wearing a seat-belt12 10 8 6 4 27 Feb: Papers report that a government initiative to encourage energy suppliers to build a green power station is in disarray6 Mar: Clark criticises the government after it emerges that a CEO has not been appointed to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority since July 2008. He also expresses concern at the lack of gas-storage facilities in the UKWASHINGTON POST: London bureau chief Kevin Sullivan has been appointed foreign editor. He will relocate to Washington DC to start his new role on 4 May. ITV NEWS: Philip Gomm, Westminster correspondent for the regions, has joined the RAC Foundation as head of external communications. He was with ITV News for more than 10 years. THE TIMES: Leader writer Giles Whittell has been appointed Washington correspondent. He will take up the role this summer. TELEGRAPH: Jeremy Warner, the Independent’s longserving business and city editor who has been with the paper since it launched in 1986, is joining the Daily Telegraph as assistant editor. Warner has been in his current role for 14 years. To keep track of the latest journalist moves visit www.gorkana.com11 Mar: Miliband pledges to increase energy grants for pensioners14 Mar: Clark queries a government energy-efficiency plan after major energy companies hand out energy-efficient lightbulbs rather than insulate homes17 Mar: Hughes criticises alleged disorgansation at DECC24 Mar: Iberdrola Renewables decides to cut energy investment in the UK by 40 per cent. Clark argues that pre-payment energy customers should not be subsidising better-off customers2 0 24 Feb 25 Feb 26 Feb 27 Feb 28 Feb 1 Mar 2 Mar 3 Mar 4 Mar 5 Mar 6 Mar 7 Mar 8 Mar 9 Mar 10 Mar 11 Mar 12 Mar 13 Mar 14 Mar 15 Mar 16 Mar 17 Mar 18 Mar 19 Mar 20 Mar 21 Mar 22 Mar 23 Mar 24 Mar 25 Mar 26 Mar 27 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 MarSource: TNS Media Intelligence for Public Affairs News 90 articles 100 Articles mentioning MP from 24 Feb to 31 Mar 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 12 articles7 articlesMilibandClarkHughesSince the department’s creation six months ago, the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and energy secretary Ed Miliband, have rarely been out of the UK press as green policies are posited as good for the environment and the economy. But – intriguingly – TNS Media Intelligence’s research on UK national newspapers’ coverage of Miliband and his Commons rivals from 24 February to 31 March shows how the greatest amount of press interest during PAN’s studied period was in Miliband’s call for party unity in a speech to the Scottish Labour conference. In respect of DECC stories, TNS’s Nick Burbidge said: “Ed Miliband’s statement that opposiMilibandClarkHughesmedia mover QA James Chapman Political Editor Daily Mail When do you start your new role? Right now – the start of April. To whom do you now report? Editor-in-chief Paul Dacre. How long have you been with the Mail for? Ten years. I joined the paper at 21, having trained as a journalist on the Southern Daily Echo before university. Who else is on the Mail’s political team? I’m delighted that Tim Shipman, the Sunday Telegraph’s Washington correspondent, is joining as deputy political editor. Michael Lea, Kirsty Walker and Ian Drury make up the rest of the team, and of course Quentin Letts writes his brilliant parliamentary sketches. What do you think of political blogs? I don’t have one myself, but there’s no doubt political blogs have changed the daily rhythm at Westminster. They can act as a kind of early-warning system. I’m a big fan of websites like ConservativeHome and Iain Dale. But I think there are pros as well as cons for people who write them. An increasing number of politicians have come unstuck thanks to unguarded comments they have made on a blog. What do you think of lobbyists? There are good ones and bad ones, of course. It’s stupid to condemn an industry wholesale. But I think there’s a real problem in the ‘revolving door’ of people who move straight from government into highly paid lobbying jobs. Some of what we’ve learned about the House of Lords in recent months is very worrying.Source: TNS Media Intelligence for Public Affairs Newstion to wind turbines should be as socially unacceptable as not wearing seat belts was criticised.” Shadow energy secretary Greg Clark has had a low media profile. Burbidge added: “While the Lib Dems’ Simon Hughes is a well-known politician, he was quoted in the nationals just once on energy issues, when he criticised apparent disorganisation within Labour and DECC towards energy policy”. Hughes’ other appearances, such as comments as MP for Bermondsey following Jade Goody’s death, were unconnected with his role as the Lib Dems’ man on the energy brief.ON THE BLOGS Atfield and Miller exchange fire Interesting reading posted on the SpinWatch website on 24 March – the reproduction of an email exchange between the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency’s David Miller (pictured right) and Ben Atfield (left) of recruitment firm Ellwood Atfield. The email exchange was first published as a feature in Communicate Magazine, and the subject of their debate is, inevitably, potential regulation of lobbyists. After Miller has started the debate rolling by arguing why a mandatory lobbying register is needed, Atfield doesn’t mince his words, opening his first email with: “Hello David, If you’re not careful, your approach will end up contributing to the prevailing climate of cynicism and lack of trust in politics.” Emails duly flow with arguments over ‘transparency’ and so on, with Atfield concluding the debate with the following barb: “You are dangerously naïve if you think the state is a value-free, disinterested body. You want every campaigning body with a ‘vested interest’ registered and policed. Sounds totalitarian to me and I’ll lobby to stop that any day. Very best, Ben.” To read the exchange in full head to either www.spinwatch.org or its original source, www.communicatemagazineApril 2009 | PublicAffairsNews | 9 APRIL 2009www.publicaffairsnews.cinside this issueCelic departs HSBC for Prudential role By IAN HALLPreparing for power How would the Tories tackle their first 100 days? page 18 ‘The register does not work’ View from Brussels PAGE 13 A picture of health? Helen Bradburn pagES 20-21 Ed Vaizey Kevin newsRail regulator bags external affairs supremo Ken Young joins from the Pensions Regulator, which replaces him with former aide to pensions minister Rosie Winterton The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has recruited the Pensions Regulator’s head of communications to head its newly created 18-strong newsAlstom brief for Bell Pottinger Public Affairs Alstom has brought in Bell Pottinger Public Affairs to provide UK lobbying advice. The agency appointment, believed to be the first time the company has handed out a major retained UK PA contract, follows the appointment of a new UK comms director a newsCentrica lures Defra aide Novozymes plans by ian hallFTSE 100 energy giant Centrica has lured Justin Johnson from Defra, where he was specialist adviser to environment secretary Hilary Benn MP. Johnson has taken the role of public affairs manager, reporting to director of public affairs and Euro New-biz round-up Your essential monthly digest of organisations appointing or changing consultanciesSMARTA.COM • G4S • ASSOCIATION OF LICENSED MULTIPLE RETAILERS • AMGEN • LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY • UCAS Kaup. Singer Fried. depositors’ action group – Bell Pottinger An ‘action group’ of deposito newsEx-Brunswick partner claims HSBC role Banking giant HSBC has made a brace Her role with HSBC marks a a senior appointments to bolster return to an in-house banking job: its international public affairs. before Brunswick she was interim The group has appointed Joanna director of corporate affairs newspeople moves www.publicaffairsnews.cONLINE 20MAREustice joins Allan’s Portland Portland PR last month recruited one of www.publicaffairsnews.c clients, splitting his time between the ONLINE 26MAR the best-known and longest-serving agency and his duties in Cornwall. names in the Conservatives’ PR MediaHow political rivals are faring in the presscommons incheS: Miliband, Clark and Hughes rival PARLIAMENTARIANS’ press coverage – number of mentions 16 Ed Miliband 8 Mar: Sunday papers note that Miliband will warn the Scottish Labour conference that the party and the country face testing timesmed Consultation tracker Your essential monthly digest of new consultations of interest to the public affairs communityON-DEMAND TV • ECO-TOWNS • TICKET TOUTING • GAMING TABLES • ‘CARBON NEUTRALITY’ • MEDICAL DEVICES • APPRENTICESHIPS CONSULTATIONS LAUNCHED IN THE PAST month BBC Trust – ‘Project Canvas’ european news‘EU quarter’ revamp hailed PA pros welcome news that Rue de la Loi area is set to be given makeover BRUSSELS: Lobbyists have given the values they defend and promote on the thumbs-up to news that Brussels’ international stage”. generally ugly ‘European quarter’ is Edelman’s London-based european newseuropean News in brief – EXTRA B-M PREPARES EP ELECTIONS PREDICTOR: Burson-Marsteller (B-M)’s Brussels office is this month launching a website – www. predict09.eu – that will offer updated weekly predictions, based on polling data, of the result of European Parliament elections. 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