THERE are a thousand ways to bury bad news and it's by way of a backhanded compliment that I suggest the Scottish Government press office knows all of them.
THERE are a thousand ways to bury bad news and it's by way of a backhanded compliment that I suggest the Scottish Government press office knows all of them.
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Magnus Gardham
But what if you have something rather controversial and actually want to announce it?
Oddly this can be a tougher nut to crack as Derek Mackay, Scotland's energetic Local Government Minister, and his press team discovered this week. He has been keen to drum up interest in the Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill which, it's fair to say, has hardly set the heather alight since it was unveiled a year ago. So, with a largely unnoticed consultation drifting quietly towards a closing date at the end of the month, he decided to float some new ideas. The rhetoric was cranked up, the parliamentary debate secured and the (very thorough) press release issued. Most papers paid not the blindest bit of notice.
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It's not easy giving power to the people
THERE are a thousand ways to bury bad news and it's by way of a backhanded compliment that I suggest the Scottish Government press office knows all of them.
But what if you have something rather controversial and actually want to announce it?
Oddly this can be a tougher nut to crack as Derek Mackay, Scotland's energetic Local Government Minister, and his press team discovered this week. He has been keen to drum up interest in the Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill which, it's fair to say, has hardly set the heather alight since it was unveiled a year ago. So, with a largely unnoticed consultation drifting quietly towards a closing date at the end of the month, he decided to float some new ideas. The rhetoric was cranked up, the parliamentary debate secured and the (very thorough) press release issued. Most papers paid not the blindest bit of notice.
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