Lobbying / Public Affairs – The Risk-Monger

Wish List for the next European Commission

The reform of the EU regulatory process needs to be reformed

The Farmers are Fighting this One Alone

The real threat to the farmers’ future prosperity lies in the very food chain they form the basis of.

A European Industrial Deal vs Deplorable, Rabid Activism

Industry has offered a positive strategy. Activists reply with the same biased vitriol.

Righteous Risks Part 4: Vaporising e-cigarettes

To put it lightly, the tobacco industry is unloved. The WHO has led a decades-long campaign to denormalise “Big Tobacco” – ostracising these companies and working with activist allies to exclude them from participating in policy, public discourse and societal institutions. There are an army of institutions and NGOs who have one goal and only…

What the Farmers (Should) Want

European leaders have received a symphony of protests over the last couple weeks as their capitals and offices have literally been shat on by angry farmers. It has made for entertaining (and horrifying) footage and wonderfully vague claims from European leaders on how to address the agricultural issues (which for them amounts to throwing more…

Righteous Risks: Introduction

A righteous risk is a threat of harm to societal well-being that arises when decisions are based solely on widely-shared moral perceptions, social virtues and ethical ideals. This value-based policy approach does not consider facts or data in a consistent manner with certain actors, reinforced by social media tribes, imposing their ideals upon others. Righteous…