Giles
            
            @gileskenningham
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              Founder of PR & Public Affairs Consultancy Trafalgar Strategy. Former Number Ten Head of Press & ITN producer. Co-host of the Hacks & Flaks podcast.
              
              Joined March 2010
            
            
           OPINION: Spending Review cuts to the BBC would erode the UK's soft power when it needs it most, writes @gileskenningham
          
          
            
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              Spending review cuts to the BBC would erode the UK's soft power when it needs it most, writes Giles Kenningham.
            
                
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             Evening from @TimesRadio: 7.05pm @MaxKendix postal votes Excl✉️ 7.15pm Anne Widdecombe 7.25pm @anthonyblair94 Dems/Biden🇺🇸 7.35pm @adamboultonTABB’s Back Half with @maxiiblanco @gileskenningham @AnthonySeldon🗳️ 8.05pm @CalumAM @robfordmancs elex night 🌙 8.20pm @marcusbeard📲 
          
                
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             🔉@KateEMcCann & @AdamBoultonTABB, 10am: 🔵@OliverDowden 🔴@PatMcFaddenMP 🟢@SianBerry 🟩@LSRPlaid 📊@Scarlett__Mag 🎭@mrJamesGraham ⚫️@PGA_Prisons @TheCriminalBar 📝@e_casalicchio @gileskenningham 🗞️Kate Fall & @LouiseEllman 🇫🇷@seb_maillard 🗳️@StraightTie @Sean_Kemp @thhamilton
          
          
                
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             No 10 advisor Giles Kenningham analyses the worst comms screw-ups of the election campaign. So what took the prize for the worst PR gaffe this week?  https://t.co/1KEpcXVY6h 
          
          
            
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              Former No 10 advisor Giles Kenningham analyses the worst comms screw-ups of the election campaign. This week, embarrassment for the Greens.
            
                
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             ✨NEW EPISODE Secrets of Westminster’s photographers. How elections can be won & lost on imagery (a la bacon butty) PA legend @StefanRousseau Ex No10 snapper @parsonsmedia Obama photographer @PeteSouza
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              As we approach the final lap of the 2024 general election, host Sascha O’Sullivan discovers what life is like for the photographers who trail hot on the heels of Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.…
            
                
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             Week three and the PR missteps are still coming thick and fast on the campaign trail, but what took the prize for the worst? Former No 10 advisor @gileskenningham gives his analysis  https://t.co/T5nmXtGPJd 
          
          
            
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              Emily Thornberry's private school screw-up may not dent Labour in the polls, but it could prove costly to the shadow attorney general.
            
                
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             Nigel Farage handled what would have been a comms nightmare for any other politician perfectly Says @gileskenningham, who used to carry round a spare suit for David Cameron in case he got egged  https://t.co/bIo85wURr1 
          
          
            
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              In this column, former No 10 advisor Giles Kenningham analyses the worst comms screw-ups of the election campaign. So what took the prize for the worst PR gaffe this week?What is it with politicians...
            
                
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             Coming up on Iain Dale in the Evening from 7pm on @LBC... 7pm Is the MoD capable of spending extra money wisely? 8pm Cross Question with @darrenpjones
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            @gileskenningham 9pm Have youy been discriminated against because of your age?
          
          
                
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             'It is still there to be won for Biden.' Giles Kenningham sheds some light on Biden's popularity ahead of the election. 
          
                
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             💅Strike a pose there's nothing to it, so said Madonna, but that was before politicians were clambering for Vogue shoots - turns out, there is very much something to it With thanks to insights from Number 10's former head of press @gileskenningham
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              Politicians may love Vogue, but mastering the 'soft-focus' feature is a delicate balancing act between relatability and authenticity.
            
                
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             'It feels like Harry and Meghan are fighting a war against themselves, because the royals aren't reacting. We're seeing this move by them to become relevant, but the way they are is by becoming shriller and shriller.' @GilesKenningham on the Harry and Meghan. 
          
                
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             📺 The recent report for the Adam Smith Institute shows that there is a groundswell of support for building the right homes in the right places. That’s why we should just get on and build - no excuses. Watch my chat with Sophie Ridge on Sky👇 
          
                
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             Dominic Cummings goes before the Covid inquiry today Here's Former No 10 Head of Press @gileskenningham on what surprises he could have up his sleeve #KayBurley
          
          
                
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             Carrie, not the PM, was the one in charge during the pandemic, the COVID inquiry has heard Here's what former No. 10 Head of Press @gileskenningham makes of that #KayBurley PO 
          
                
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             ✍️ If you thought targeted ads could influence an election, wait til you see what AI can do to WhatsApp groups @gileskenningham on the secret battlefield of the next election 
          
            
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              The speed of AI generation of deepfakes, combined with WhatsApp’s power for dissemination, could set up for a new battleground at the next election, writes Giles Kenningham
            
                
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             If you’ve got a spare few minutes (51mins), please have a listen to hear about my job, my relationship with politicians, SPADS, social media and the stories behind some of my recent pictures. (Putin & Kim Jong-un are at the end). 
          
            
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              Podcast Episode · Hacks & Flaks · 08/06/2023 · 50m
            
                
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             Grateful to the inestimable @NizaarKinsella of @standardnews for coming on ‘Hacks & Flaks’ to discuss the impact of digital media, content plays like @primevideosport and angry clubs and agents on modern day sports journalism. 🎧 wherever you get pods 👇🏻 
          
            
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             Listen to the latest episode of our podcast on political satire with the peerless @mattforde
          
          
            
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             Listen to our latest podcast episode with the editor of the @thesundaysport Nick Appleyard where we discuss amongst other things the plight of the wronged monkey postman and the missing plane on the moon! @mickbooker @PetrieHosken
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