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Messages from the archive of Rutherford Corridor, essential communications strategist
WhatsApp to Stephen: Joyful days. New Labour, new alternatives. Purchasers are on the lookout for a information by the thickets. Additionally Labour misplaced a few good individuals on election night time so we must always attempt to snap them up. We must be fast. Strand Companions has already snaffled that bloke who wrote the Starmer biography.
WhatsApp to Stephen: That’s very attention-grabbing. One of many issues I like about defence companies is that they aren’t penny-pinching, although I feel that’s one of many points the federal government has with them. Let’s organise a sit down with Clive ASAP. Labour’s new defence overview is a giant alternative but additionally a fear for that sector.
Thoughts you, in the case of lobbying, there’s few higher. The defence industrial foyer, the armed forces foyer; these persons are my heroes. They’ve ex-generals on faucet and each editor on velocity dial. And they’re simply nearly as good at working up the unions to foyer Labour on their behalf. Have you ever seen that big BAE advert that appears to be completely above the escalators at Westminster tube station? These guys don’t miss a trick.
WhatsApp to Stephen: What time is Clive coming in tomorrow? I’ve received a few morning conferences with shoppers who fancy board roles on Labour’s new quangos.
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To Clive@SummaBellisystems.com
Clive, nice to talk earlier. The general public stress for extra defence spending is an actual alternative. As I at all times say, if you happen to can’t earn cash from conflict, what’s the purpose of it?
We simply must cease this changing into a requirement for one thing you don’t make, like extra troopers. The military boys are already on the market speaking about troop numbers so we have to guarantee this overview is extra ahead wanting and focuses on superior programs. Drones, anti-missile programs, generative AI and so forth. We’re working to get outdoors organisations and unbiased specialists who share our imaginative and prescient feeding into the overview. If we will help form the risk will probably be far simpler to form the answer.
Additionally we actually don’t need this to grow to be a protracted have a look at all the cash wasted on defence tasks. It’s important to nationwide safety that we go on losing cash on defence tasks as a result of from time to time one in all them works out and it’s exhausting to know prematurely which will probably be.
One factor that does concern me is that I’m listening to the brand new defence secretary, John Healey, is planning a significant shake-up of MoD paperwork and procurement so we want to ensure we aren’t losing time on the flawed individuals and assist shore up our individuals within the MoD.
Finest, Rutherford.
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WhatsApp to Jim Greene: Hello Jim, I haven’t heard a reputation to chair GB Power so it’d nonetheless be in play. However I’d fear that for one thing as central as that to their plans they’d have somebody in thoughts. And sure, that was Clive you noticed me with. I agree he’s first rank, better of the brand new breed. I’d be pleased to rearrange lunch. I do know he’s an admirer of yours.
WhatsApp to Stephen: We’ll do our greatest for Jim and he’s a really huge identify however in truth he’s left it far too late. Different candidates can have been manoeuvring for months now.
WhatsApp to Jim Greene: Hello Jim, Along with your background within the sector you’ve received excessive credibility. What we have to do is put you on the market, get you into some minds. How about making an attempt to jot down an opinion piece for the FT on the clear vitality technique Britain wants or the way you’d run GB Power?
WhatsApp to Jim Greene: Don’t fear, I don’t suppose anybody actually is aware of how it’ll work so that you aren’t prone to make the flawed recommendations. I don’t need to get your hopes up. It’s essential marketing campaign early for these plum roles. Except you’re a human rights lawyer that’s.
WhatsApp to Stephen: I’ve had a brainwave.
WhatsApp to John Healey: John, many congratulations. I do know you’ll be sensible. On which topic I wished to say a dialog I had with Jim Greene, whose time at Huge Power made him nearly our most revered enterprise chief. He’s received some v attention-grabbing views on defence procurement, luggage of expertise operating long-term tasks and I’m certain can be value involving ultimately in your overview. He has no defence pursuits of his personal and I do know he’s eager to assist the federal government.
WhatsApp to Clive: Glad you and Jim hit it off. He’s nice. However possibly maintain off placing him in your board simply but. Belief me on this.
