Comments on: Some days I just wonder about the world http://oconallstreet.com/2008/05/13/some-days-i-just-wonder-about-the-world/ Borderless thoughts on Public Relations, Public Affairs and anything else that matters from Conall McDevitt, MD of Weber Shandwick in Northern Ireland Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:32:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Terry http://oconallstreet.com/2008/05/13/some-days-i-just-wonder-about-the-world/#comment-2537 Terry Wed, 14 May 2008 11:14:44 +0000 http://oconallstreet.com/2008/05/13/some-days-i-just-wonder-about-the-world/#comment-2537 Hey Since you are in such a happy mood. (According to the Devenport Diaries) Our DFM took seven business flights at a cost of £13,540 that's about £1,934 per flight. Wish I could afford it. Oh that's right they are using our money for them! Bet he didnt fly with easyJet! Hey

Since you are in such a happy mood. (According to the Devenport Diaries) Our DFM took seven business flights at a cost of £13,540 that’s about £1,934 per flight. Wish I could afford it. Oh that’s right they are using our money for them! Bet he didnt fly with easyJet!

]]> By: Tomaltach http://oconallstreet.com/2008/05/13/some-days-i-just-wonder-about-the-world/#comment-2507 Tomaltach Tue, 13 May 2008 15:22:43 +0000 http://oconallstreet.com/2008/05/13/some-days-i-just-wonder-about-the-world/#comment-2507 It seems to me that on the ground here the No camp has established a momentum. True, the Yes leads marginally in a recent poll and enjoyed a Cowen-bounce it seems. But from talking to people who are against, a lot of negative (and often untruthful) assertions made by the No camp, in the absence of repost from a sluggish Yes side, are embedded like seeds in people's minds. Many people genuinely think the Treaty is self-amending without any recourse to the nations. Others are firm in their belief that Lisbon brings us straight up to the doors of a Federal Europe. And so on. I wonder if the slow start by the Yes campaign has allowed a certain stickiness in the No arguments. What I mean is, if certain opinions are not challenged quickly they seem to be harder to dislodge later. As if people go through a period when they are taking in the arguments, and then decide, after which point they are harder to shift back. I wonder if you have any opinion on this and how the late start by the Yes camp is seem from a PR perpective. It seems to me that on the ground here the No camp has established a momentum. True, the Yes leads marginally in a recent poll and enjoyed a Cowen-bounce it seems. But from talking to people who are against, a lot of negative (and often untruthful) assertions made by the No camp, in the absence of repost from a sluggish Yes side, are embedded like seeds in people’s minds. Many people genuinely think the Treaty is self-amending without any recourse to the nations. Others are firm in their belief that Lisbon brings us straight up to the doors of a Federal Europe. And so on.

I wonder if the slow start by the Yes campaign has allowed a certain stickiness in the No arguments. What I mean is, if certain opinions are not challenged quickly they seem to be harder to dislodge later. As if people go through a period when they are taking in the arguments, and then decide, after which point they are harder to shift back.

I wonder if you have any opinion on this and how the late start by the Yes camp is seem from a PR perpective.

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