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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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Can Mr Johnson invent an acceptable fudge?

Brian LeggettAugust 27, 2019

Now that Ollie Robbins, the British civil servant and author of Mrs. May’s Brexit deal, has gone into self exile, the Boris Johnson show is well on the road. What will happen on Halloween is the biggest issue in European politics now. For sure the Brexit deal will be a fudge of some kind, but […]

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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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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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