Opinion Battlegrounds

In this episode, Chelgate Chairman Terence Fane-Saunders discusses the winners and losers in the battle for your opinion , as the COVID-19 epidemic gives birth to its own 'disinfodemic'.

Chelgate Chairman, Terence Fane-Saunders, recognised as one of the world’s leading Crisis Management experts, talks here about the Communication battleground surrounding the Coronavirus epidemic. He disagrees with both US and UK government communications strategy, and slams the media, political opponents and other third parties seeking to profit from the virus through disinformation, fake facts, false rumours and downright lies.

The team is joined by PR legend Jackie Elliott to discuss how big budgets can give small minorities huge influence over our lives. The Me Too movement, Vegans and the American voter are all examined in this episode.

In this episode we discuss Boris and his battle with the BBC, the Calamity of Ohio and the Labour party leadership race : a one horse race . Or is it?

The team discuss madness as a negotiating tactic, touch on an odd little clash in the US Presidential elections, and give their verdicts on the PR skills of the different parties in the recent Megxit dramas.

The team’s talk ranges from the Australian fires to The UK Government’s moves to control the Parliamentary Press Lobby, while still making time, in the aftermath of the Soleimani killing, to discuss the “great debate that is Donald Trump”.

He may have been naughty. He may not have been nice. But he got the Christmas present he wanted. Here in Opinion Battlegrounds today we explain how he did it.

In this episode the team discuss Friday’s Johnson – Corbyn head-to-head debate, and then move on to the election campaign itself. Who has won? Who lost? How and why? Not stating preferences; just examining tactics and strategies. And then they break the Opinion Battlegrounds rules. They move on to the debate over the apostrophe, and the news that the Apostrophe Protection Society has admitted defeat in its battle to protect this endangered punctuation mark. Is the battle really over? On this occasion, the Chelgate team were unable to hide their personal feelings. Our wonderful introductory music is with kind permission of the London Symphony Orchestra. It’s from Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf’s Double Bass Concerto, originally written in E flat Major but performed here a semitone lower. Rinat Ibragimov, the LSO’s principal double bass of the London Symphony Orchestra, together with Catherine Edwards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNYuRbsSJYw

In this episode, Terence is joined by director of Chelgate Consulting, James Monckton (www.linkedin.com/in/james-monckton-91aa5240/) and Communications and Public Affairs consultant, Dr Drew Manns (www.linkedin.com/in/drewman/). As usual, they are looking at the interviews battled through, the arguments waged and the debates fought out, and they are not taking sides. They won’t agree or disagree. Their interest is in the art of persuasion. Who made their case best? Who did worst? How and why? This time the first Johnson/ Corbyn debate and the Prince Andrew interview are unavoidable topics for the team’s forensic examination. Our wonderful introductory music is with kind permission of the London Symphony Orchestra. It’s from Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf’s Double Bass Concerto, originally written in E flat Major but performed here a semitone lower. Rinat Ibragimov, the LSO’s principal double bass of the London Symphony Orchestra, together with Catherine Edwards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNYuRbsSJYw