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Now it’s SIR Ollie!

Brian LeggettSeptember 13, 2019

The Times of London told us on Friday, 13 September that Ollie Robbins, now Sir Oliver Robbins, who led the official talks on Mrs May’s deal, is alive and well in his Whitehall office. Indeed, it seems that Boris Johnson wants him included in his current team negotiating with the EU. Strange, you think, why […]

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Is it a new adventure in film or merely propaganda?

Brian LeggettJune 7, 2019

Political communication was once the domain of deliberate (another word for political) rhetoric and public speeches, and then in the 20th century developed to include radio, television and film.  Now film as a medium has taken one more step with the emergence of the Obamas and the Clintons producing what may be construed as their […]

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The question is how will Mrs. May leave Downing Street?

Brian LeggettMay 14, 2019

 “Theresa May’s political career has been written off many times but she has now surely run out of road. This week she will meet with the executive of the Conservative Party’s backbench 1922 Committee who will press her for a date for her departure as prime minister” wrote the London Times last Monday. Her party […]

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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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