Apr 17, 2018
Sorry for the long break. We'll really try our best to get out this last few podcasts and then we'll probably take an even longer break... who knows. Here's a full talk and interview from last year's Edinburgh Fringe run.
Tamasin Cave will talk about the UK’s £2bn lobbying industry and
the tactics they use to bend government to their will: how
lobbyists build relationships with government; their manipulation
of the media; the way that they use academics, scientists,
think-tanks, front groups and others to spread their messages; and
their attacks on opposition groups. She will talk about how the
private healthcare industry has lobbied to open up the NHS to more
private operators – and how schools are going the same way; how
energy companies have hired a small army of lobbyists to persuade
government and local communities to support fracking; how the
‘revolving door’ works to support the arms industry; and more.
Tamasin is a writer and campaigner with Spinwatch, which
investigates corporate PR and lobbying. She is co-author of A Quiet
Word: Lobbying, Crony Capitalism and Broken Politics in Britain,
which shines a light into one of the darkest and least-understood
corners of our political culture: the UK’s £2 billion commercial
lobbying industry.
http://www.spinwatch.org
Twitter - @Spinwatch