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It’s Brexit, once again!

Brian LeggettJune 7, 2020

There is a new man on the Brexit block, as they say, and his name is David Frost. But few have heard of this elusive bureaucrat. No, he is not the famous TV interviewer of the Nixon interviews or ‘That Was the Week that Was’ (he died seven years ago), but another David Frost. This […]

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Rhetoric makes the news!

Brian LeggettFebruary 10, 2020

“Rhetoric makes the news” or so it seems from reading the headlines of the British press last week. Looking at the headlines of many of the major British newspapers, you wouldn’t be faulted if you concluded that EU-UK are locked into embattled positions. However, these headlines are misleading and leave the reader with a completely […]

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The new Cumming’s Government

Brian LeggettJanuary 20, 2020

The Brexit debate, Part 1, is over, and the inevitable will happen on the 31st January next when the UK formally leaves the European Union. The UK will probably seek a Canada Style deal with differences. The clever Mr Olly Robbins, the UK civil servant who negotiated Mrs May’s deal, has left the civil service […]

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Brian Leggett is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Managing People in Organizations. His areas of interest include the use of persuasion (rhetoric) and dialectic in the management process; the practical application of persuasion and dialectic in management situations; and the connection between leadership and communication.

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