Plane stupid?

Posted by Jonathan Lomax at Wed, 23/07/2008 - 4:38am in

To Downing Street last night for the Sheila McKechnie Foundation awards, presented by Gordon Brown. The Foundation, formed a few years ago in memory of the former head of Which and the Consumers Association, does a great job supporting up and coming campaigners through training, mentoring and networking.

Mandate has worked with the Foundation on a pro bono basis for the last few years to help train the award winners in lobbying, PR and influencing skills. To be honest though, the passion and determination of the winners is something that you can't teach and can be quite humbling. We'll be working with the latest batch of winners later in the year - something the team here are genuinely looking forward to.

The highlight of the evening was when one of the winners seized the opportunity of being up cose and personal with Mr Brown and tried to superglue himself to the rather bemused-looking PM. Cue laughter from the assembled throng of campaigners - which became increasingly nervous as the chap from Plane Stupid refused to let go. The PM finally extricated himself, much to the relief of the organisers no doubt, and normal service, canapes and all, resumed.

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