Businesses struggling with the ethics of engaging with the party currently leading in the polls are in luck. The ‘Leading on the Line’ strategy course is now available, for the small sum of £150 per person, to coach anyone afraid of losing their integrity by ‘engaging’ with Reform UK. Apparently Reform’s plan isn’t just about winning an election and governing, it’s about “shifting culture, normalising exclusionary ideas, and changing what feels acceptable“. A threat so serious it can only be countered with a two-hour Zoom call and a company card…
“Many organisations are facing growing pressure about whether and how to engage Reform UK.
Too often, these conversations are treated as if there is no real choice. But engagement is never neutral. Reform’s strategy is not only about winning votes. It is also about shifting culture, normalising exclusionary ideas, and changing what feels acceptable in public life.
[…]
That’s why Jo Atkins-Potts and I have created Leading on the Line: Engaging power without losing your integrity.
This 2-hour online strategy clinic is particularly relevant for people responsible for navigating external relationships, public positioning, and engagement with power – including those working in policy, public affairs, campaigns, communications, and governance – along with senior leaders and trustees holding organisational risk and accountability.
We’ll look at:
• How to make clearer engagement decisions
• Where your red lines are
• How to assess risk beyond reputation
• What practical safeguards look like”
Retain your ‘integrity’ for just £150. Bargain…
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has voted to hold interest rates at 3.75%. A unanimous vote…
Eventually Cleverly just ushered Badenoch onstage. Maybe next time…
“We’ve lost all the drama queens…”
Subscribe to Guido’s YouTube channel by clicking here…
Oil has surged 11% to $119 a barrel and gas prices have leapt by 35% after Iranian missile strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan facility and an Israeli attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field. Ras Laffan is the world’s biggest LNG export plant…
Qatar said the plant suffered “extensive damage“, with no indication of when it might restart. Saudi Arabia’s Samref refinery was also hit by a drone strike.
The FTSE 100 fell 1.9%, with warnings UK inflation could hit 4% by November and household energy bills could rise by £300. The Bank of England is expected to hold rates at 3.75% at midday. Trump has now threatened to “massively blow up” the South Pars gas field if Iran hits the Gulf again…
Kemi Badenoch at the 1922-ConHome bash last night:
“I did praise [Burnham] for his stamina, it was amazing. All I had to do was sit back and lie there. I didn’t have to do anything at all…”