Last but not least: British lobbyist brags about influence on government
British investigative reporters have published secret recordings of employees of a PR agency. In them, the employees boast about their influence on the British government.
Tim Collins from the communications firm Bell Pottinger, for example, explains that he developed close ties with Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne during their time together in the Conservative Tory party's research department. Collins says this in the notes published by The Independent newspaper, according to SDA. He says: "It's not a problem to get the message across". Accordingly, Cameron raised a copyright dispute involving engineering firm Dyson with Chinese leader Wen Jiabao "because we asked him to". The opposition Labor Party spoke of "very serious allegations" that shed light on the problems of the lobbying system. Has Tom Collins confused reality with his own PR dreams? In any case, a spokesman for Cameron denied the accuracy of Collins' comments. According to SDA, he described the comments as "outrageous" and "a load of garbage". "Neither Bell Pottinger nor any other lobbying firm has any influence on government policy," the spokesman said.
