by Chris Rogers | 19 Apr 2017 | Politics, Whitehouse News
Just after 11am yesterday, Theresa May stepped out of Number 10 and up to the lectern on Downing Street. Five minutes later, political hacks and policy wonks were picking their jaws up off the floor. Those responsible for polling stations were thinking about moving...
by Chris Rogers | 6 Jan 2017 | Politics
With the politically turbulent, celebrity-taking year that was 2016 behind us, and the Christmas festivities past, we can look forward clear eyed to the next 12 months. It certainly won’t be dull. Brexit negotiations will start, and there will be all manner of...
by Chris Rogers | 24 Mar 2016 | Politics, PR and Media Relations
In the run-up to the General Election last year, much was made of Tory strategist Lynton Crosby’s insistence of ‘scraping off the barnacles’. The Conservative electoral campaign was a ship, and anything outside of the core messaging to voters was a barnacle on the...
by Chris Rogers | 12 Feb 2016 | Politics
Could we about to see both major parties fractured at the same time? It’s not as outlandish idea as you might think. Historically the British political system has seen one major party in the ascendency and one in at least partial decline. And the one with the whip...
by Chris Rogers | 27 Jan 2016 | Politics
The Chinese general Sun Tzu once wrote that “the good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.” The Conservatives might be about to put such advice into practice. The Times reported...
