Linkies - by Richard... Friday, October 08, 2010

Linkies - by Richard... Friday, October 08, 2010

The Grumpy Old Twat has some superb graphics for the No to O2 campaign. And WUWT lifts the veil on Franny's guilty pleasure.

Amid all the excitement, though, the work on the Battle of Britain narrative still goes on. I committed to writing a daily diary and that's what I'm doing. The link takes you to day 90. That apart, I'm going back over previous posts, adding to them, re-writing and changing them. This isDay 1 – 10 July 1940 - unrecognisable from the first draft.

All that makes for a very long and tiring day, so battle will have to recommence in the morning.

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O2 - false alarm - by Richard... Thursday, October 07, 2010

Having contacted the O2 press office, I am informed that the previous message does not represent the official position of O2. This remains as stated, the formal position being:

Along with 100,000 members of the public, leading businesses, schools and universities, local authorities and NHS Trusts, O2 supports the aims of the 10:10 campaign.

We acknowledge our responsibility to the environment and are committed to reducing our carbon emissions both as an organisation and in society as a whole.

10:10 is an independent organisation and we don't ask for editorial control over the content of its campaigns. 10:10's latest statement on this issue can be viewed on its website at www.1010global.org/uk

This is not exactly what we were looking for. However, it is interesting to see that 10:10 now has but one "media partner" - yesterday there were two, one of which was the National Magazine Company (cached) - which only joined up on 2 July. But look how history is being rewritten (current site - same web page). Even the press release has been "disappeared".

This is indeed progress. NatMag, as it calls itself, publishes 20 magazines in the UK, and was prepared to "use some of its heavyweight titles" to help raise awareness of the campaign and the global day of action, on 10 October 2010 (10.10.10).

There was to be editorial coverage and ad campaigns in the October issues of Cosmopolitan, Company, Country Living, Esquire, Good Housekeeping and Harper's Bazaar, which may now be in jeopardy.

O2 is now looking a tad isolated.

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Has O2 withdrawn? - by Richard...

Just received this

Hi Richard

When we joined this campaign, we were not aware of the contents of the video. But as soon as we came to know about the video, we've withdrawn our support from that campaign. I'm sorry as I know it may have hurt our customers emotionally but O2 didn't did this intentionally. As I belong to a online customer service team, I won't be able to talk much about this matter.

Thanks
Ashwani
O2 Customer Service

I am seeking confirmation. The O2 logo is still on the 10:10 site. You can, of course, leave comments with O2 on its facebook.

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Say No to O2 - by Richard...

A fully-fledged campaign is now up and running, complete with downloadable poster andfacebook page. The first entry on the website is from Nigel Farage MEP, who writes:

"O2 claims to believe in "Social Responsibility", their website proclaims "O2 is striving to be a company that matches its fresh thinking with an equally clean and ethical approach to the way we go about our business". So can it be possible that it associates itself with 10:10 whose No Pressure campaign add jokes about blowing up people who disagree with it?

When it has been questioned about its involvement with this campaign, the official response on its corporate twitter feed was as follows.

O2 supports the aims of 10:10 but we don't ask for editorial control over its campaigns.

That is not good enough. O2 must take this opportunity to disassociate itself from the people who made this video. What would 10:10 have to do for O2 to take an interest in how those they sponsor behave? It might be instructive for you to see how one of 02’s fellow sponsors has acted, in this case Sony,

Sony has supported the 10:10 climate change campaign because we share its objective to reduce carbon emissions. However, we strongly condemn the “No Pressure” video which was conceived, produced and released by 10:10 entirely without the knowledge or involvement of Sony. The company considers the video to be ill-conceived and in extremely bad taste.

We also believe the video risks undermining the work of the many thousands of members of the public, schools and universities, local authorities and many businesses, of which Sony is one, who support the long-term aims of the 10:10 movement and who are actively working towards the reduction of carbon emissions.

As a result we have taken the decision to disassociate ourselves from 10:10 at this time. O2 talks about responsibility. Isn’t it time to act responsibly? Join me in calling for O2 to drop their support for the 10:10 campaigners."

It is a start – and there's much more to do, and much more to come.

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Splattergate - O2 - by Richard...

Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough! says the poet. And guess where 02's head office is?