Alan S. Morrison
@alansmorrison.bsky.social
Helping you achieve biz/org goals with #PR, #Photography & #Copy
OUBS MBA 'poster boy'
CIPR-qualified, MCIPR Accredited w/ 30 client recommendations.
Super-connector.
Ex-photo-journo, Sub, Editor, Pic Ed, broadcaster.
https://bit.ly/m/ASMMediaAndPR
OUBS MBA 'poster boy'
CIPR-qualified, MCIPR Accredited w/ 30 client recommendations.
Super-connector.
Ex-photo-journo, Sub, Editor, Pic Ed, broadcaster.
https://bit.ly/m/ASMMediaAndPR
Why some CEOs need to have their social posts vetted by Comms, PR & Legal 🙄
Making new #reputation problems for the Professionals to sort
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#PR #Comms
Making new #reputation problems for the Professionals to sort
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#PR #Comms
ChatGPT boss ridiculed for 'tantrum' over rival's Super Bowl ad
Commenters said Altman's lengthy post shows
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Why some CEOs need to have their social posts vetted by Comms, PR & Legal 🙄
Making new #reputation problems for the Professionals to sort
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#PR #Comms
Making new #reputation problems for the Professionals to sort
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#PR #Comms
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🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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TRUMP and MELANIA memecoins not doing so well, per CoinGecko
February 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
TRUMP and MELANIA memecoins not doing so well, per CoinGecko
Because, maybe half, would have to do A LOT of Social deleting to get past Border Control.
Talk about how to limit the economic benefits of hosting a global sports event. 🙄
Not like US citizens will buy up the spare tickets.
Infantino will be under pressure when event profit is down.
#WorldCup2026
Talk about how to limit the economic benefits of hosting a global sports event. 🙄
Not like US citizens will buy up the spare tickets.
Infantino will be under pressure when event profit is down.
#WorldCup2026
"Fewer Europeans Are Heading To The U.S. This Summer—Here’s What That Could Mean For The World Cup"
@srkelleher.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@srkelleher.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Europeans May Not Be Flocking To The World Cup This Summer, New Data Suggests
Airline bookings to the U.S. in advance of the World Cup are soft, calling into question whether the high-profile tournament will deliver the boon U.S. tourism officials are expecting.
www.forbes.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Because, maybe half, would have to do A LOT of Social deleting to get past Border Control.
Talk about how to limit the economic benefits of hosting a global sports event. 🙄
Not like US citizens will buy up the spare tickets.
Infantino will be under pressure when event profit is down.
#WorldCup2026
Talk about how to limit the economic benefits of hosting a global sports event. 🙄
Not like US citizens will buy up the spare tickets.
Infantino will be under pressure when event profit is down.
#WorldCup2026
To paraphrase Meatloaf, I'd do anything for Olympic Gold.
But I wouldn't do THAT 🫨
Why I'm not sporty.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
HT @olifranklinwallis.bsky.social
#WinterOlympics
But I wouldn't do THAT 🫨
Why I'm not sporty.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
HT @olifranklinwallis.bsky.social
#WinterOlympics
‘Penis injection’ claims in Winter Olympics ski jumping investigated by Wada
Wada is to investigate claims ski jumpers are injecting acid into their penises to game the suit-measuring system
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
To paraphrase Meatloaf, I'd do anything for Olympic Gold.
But I wouldn't do THAT 🫨
Why I'm not sporty.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
HT @olifranklinwallis.bsky.social
#WinterOlympics
But I wouldn't do THAT 🫨
Why I'm not sporty.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
HT @olifranklinwallis.bsky.social
#WinterOlympics
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Please, my magic bean, it is very sick
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Please, my magic bean, it is very sick
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Boris Johnson’s Deputy Chief of Staff here, worried that secretly-funded lobby groups masquerading as ‘think tanks’ might finally be held to account. Because of course she bloody is.
Baroness Finn, stating that this would "risk a disproportionate intrusion into civil society", asks minister to confirm that the "current arrangements" will not change, but gets a strong response from Anderson:
February 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Boris Johnson’s Deputy Chief of Staff here, worried that secretly-funded lobby groups masquerading as ‘think tanks’ might finally be held to account. Because of course she bloody is.
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New YouGov polling finds 50% of Brits want Keir Starmer to stand down and be replaced by a new Labour PM, with just 24% wanting him to stay. Of people who voted Labour in 2024, 40% want him to stay, 37% to depart
February 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM
New YouGov polling finds 50% of Brits want Keir Starmer to stand down and be replaced by a new Labour PM, with just 24% wanting him to stay. Of people who voted Labour in 2024, 40% want him to stay, 37% to depart
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Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
🤦
Clearly doesn't (yet) get it's either McSweeney or him next.
But who's advising him? 🤔
And if the Labour Left get Starmer out and install one of the Old Labour ones - Rayner, Burnham, Streeting - it'll be Corbyn/Foot all over again.
MF
Clearly doesn't (yet) get it's either McSweeney or him next.
But who's advising him? 🤔
And if the Labour Left get Starmer out and install one of the Old Labour ones - Rayner, Burnham, Streeting - it'll be Corbyn/Foot all over again.
MF
LATEST: Keir Starmer has full confidence in his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney, Downing Street has said
Keir Starmer has full confidence in Morgan McSweeney, Number 10 says amid MP fury
www.thenational.scot
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
🤦
Clearly doesn't (yet) get it's either McSweeney or him next.
But who's advising him? 🤔
And if the Labour Left get Starmer out and install one of the Old Labour ones - Rayner, Burnham, Streeting - it'll be Corbyn/Foot all over again.
MF
Clearly doesn't (yet) get it's either McSweeney or him next.
But who's advising him? 🤔
And if the Labour Left get Starmer out and install one of the Old Labour ones - Rayner, Burnham, Streeting - it'll be Corbyn/Foot all over again.
MF
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Really big story breaking on Democracy for Sale later.
Involves a few political names dominate the news right now.... 🫣
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February 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Really big story breaking on Democracy for Sale later.
Involves a few political names dominate the news right now.... 🫣
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I must interrupt your day with an urgent report from the Winter Olympics: ski jumpers are allegedly injecting their own penises with candlewax to fly further www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
February 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I must interrupt your day with an urgent report from the Winter Olympics: ski jumpers are allegedly injecting their own penises with candlewax to fly further www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Random positive post: Lionesses should have Gala play this at half-time at their next friendly and have both teams rocking out to it
music.youtube.com/watch?v=p3l7...
Not a footy guy, but I always watch them play because they're great, play for the team, the fans + the country & 0 egos.
#Lionesses
music.youtube.com/watch?v=p3l7...
Not a footy guy, but I always watch them play because they're great, play for the team, the fans + the country & 0 egos.
#Lionesses
GALA - Freed from desire [Official Video]
YouTube video by DO IT YOURSELF
music.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Random positive post: Lionesses should have Gala play this at half-time at their next friendly and have both teams rocking out to it
music.youtube.com/watch?v=p3l7...
Not a footy guy, but I always watch them play because they're great, play for the team, the fans + the country & 0 egos.
#Lionesses
music.youtube.com/watch?v=p3l7...
Not a footy guy, but I always watch them play because they're great, play for the team, the fans + the country & 0 egos.
#Lionesses
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That would be Will Lewis. Knighted, inevitably, by Boris Johnson.
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
That would be Will Lewis. Knighted, inevitably, by Boris Johnson.
February 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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The @washingtonpost, where I started in the mailroom, is the place that made me everything I am now. Skinflint billionaire and failed fashion model Jeff Bezos has decimated it. Well, fuck that guy and give to the people he screwed. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t... www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The @washingtonpost, where I started in the mailroom, is the place that made me everything I am now. Skinflint billionaire and failed fashion model Jeff Bezos has decimated it. Well, fuck that guy and give to the people he screwed. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t... www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
How to look like you're dragging your heels at every opportunity, even if you're not trying.
Terrible optics which hurt the #reputation of Starmer government, regardless of whatever their genuine intentions are.
They need to be thinking & ACTING steps ahead of the new calls for X, Y, Z
#PR #CrisisPR
Terrible optics which hurt the #reputation of Starmer government, regardless of whatever their genuine intentions are.
They need to be thinking & ACTING steps ahead of the new calls for X, Y, Z
#PR #CrisisPR
NEW: Govt has updated own amendment to allow ISC to vet Mandelson docs after Labour MPs warned they would vote down attempts to limit disclosures about appointment as ambassador.
Tories will back a/ment taking some immediate peril away from Starmer.
Tories will back a/ment taking some immediate peril away from Starmer.
February 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM
How to look like you're dragging your heels at every opportunity, even if you're not trying.
Terrible optics which hurt the #reputation of Starmer government, regardless of whatever their genuine intentions are.
They need to be thinking & ACTING steps ahead of the new calls for X, Y, Z
#PR #CrisisPR
Terrible optics which hurt the #reputation of Starmer government, regardless of whatever their genuine intentions are.
They need to be thinking & ACTING steps ahead of the new calls for X, Y, Z
#PR #CrisisPR
New note to The Dictator/Autocrat's Guide to Controlling the Media - Get your rich cronies to buy non-state media and starve them of resources so they're profitable but unable to be effective in holding you to account
#InformationWars #BlackHatPR
#InformationWars #BlackHatPR
He installed an incompetent and flaccid exec, made a series of dumb and venal decisions & sucked up to Trump to make yet another filthy dollar. He’s so poor, all he has is money and, let’s stop pretending, bad facial surgery that makes him look like he is in some bad remake of The Santa Clause.
February 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
New note to The Dictator/Autocrat's Guide to Controlling the Media - Get your rich cronies to buy non-state media and starve them of resources so they're profitable but unable to be effective in holding you to account
#InformationWars #BlackHatPR
#InformationWars #BlackHatPR
The biggest reason to appoint him was his existing relationships with Trump and his associates, partly through having been in JE's circle of business chums.
So the question totally misdirected just to claim damage.
So the question totally misdirected just to claim damage.
Kemi Badenoch is trying to argue the appointment of Mandelson as US ambassador harmed international relations between the US and UK, in the light of his Epstein connections.
Which…given the US President was Epstein's "best friend" for a decade or more, feels like a swing and a miss.
Which…given the US President was Epstein's "best friend" for a decade or more, feels like a swing and a miss.
February 4, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The biggest reason to appoint him was his existing relationships with Trump and his associates, partly through having been in JE's circle of business chums.
So the question totally misdirected just to claim damage.
So the question totally misdirected just to claim damage.
Ranking of Scottish fabrics - Maslow's Hierarchy of Tweeds
List of easiest bread recipes - Maslow's Hierarchy of Kneads
An award for media scoops - Maslow's Hierarchy of Leads*
*=I hate the tabloid term 'splash' being used for p1 stories outside that part of the market.
*=I hate the tabloid term 'splash' being used for p1 stories outside that part of the market.
February 4, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Ranking of Scottish fabrics - Maslow's Hierarchy of Tweeds
List of easiest bread recipes - Maslow's Hierarchy of Kneads
An award for media scoops - Maslow's Hierarchy of Leads*
*=I hate the tabloid term 'splash' being used for p1 stories outside that part of the market.
*=I hate the tabloid term 'splash' being used for p1 stories outside that part of the market.
A new guide to horseracing, called Maslow's Hierarchy of Steeds
February 4, 2026 at 10:13 AM
List of easiest bread recipes - Maslow's Hierarchy of Kneads
An award for media scoops - Maslow's Hierarchy of Leads*
*=I hate the tabloid term 'splash' being used for p1 stories outside that part of the market.
*=I hate the tabloid term 'splash' being used for p1 stories outside that part of the market.
A new guide to horseracing, called Maslow's Hierarchy of Steeds
A property solicitor called Maslaw's Hierarchy of Deeds.
February 4, 2026 at 10:07 AM
An award for media scoops - Maslow's Hierarchy of Leads*
*=I hate the tabloid term 'splash' being used for p1 stories outside that part of the market.
*=I hate the tabloid term 'splash' being used for p1 stories outside that part of the market.
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Random observation: using Claude Code is like the Guy Pearce character from Memento with no short term memory is your eager assistant.
"Please write this down somewhere so you'll remember tomorrow."
"Please write this down somewhere so you'll remember tomorrow."
February 4, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Random observation: using Claude Code is like the Guy Pearce character from Memento with no short term memory is your eager assistant.
"Please write this down somewhere so you'll remember tomorrow."
"Please write this down somewhere so you'll remember tomorrow."
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A few people asking about fascinating story by @rowenamason.bsky.social (which others have followed up/ expanded on) so sharing here 👇
She & @guardianheather.bsky.social revealed that Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos was hosted and paid for by the $10bn family trust of an Iranian-born billionaire.
She & @guardianheather.bsky.social revealed that Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos was hosted and paid for by the $10bn family trust of an Iranian-born billionaire.
February 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
A few people asking about fascinating story by @rowenamason.bsky.social (which others have followed up/ expanded on) so sharing here 👇
She & @guardianheather.bsky.social revealed that Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos was hosted and paid for by the $10bn family trust of an Iranian-born billionaire.
She & @guardianheather.bsky.social revealed that Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos was hosted and paid for by the $10bn family trust of an Iranian-born billionaire.
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NEW: Reform UK says it would re-impose the two-child benefit cap - scrapped by Labour - for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs.
February 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
NEW: Reform UK says it would re-impose the two-child benefit cap - scrapped by Labour - for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs.