A mole tells us that the unveiling of the report into the Mathew Street fiasco last week brought two old sparring partners back into the ring together. The surprising thing being which corners they ended up fighting for…
The pugilists in question were Matthew Finnegan, ex communications supremo of Liverpool City Council and now freelance PR, and Jon Brown, ex-deputy editor of the Echo and now co-founder of Liverpool PR agency Factory Communications.
Apparently he was at last Friday’s Mathew Street news conference to show support for/advise events manager Lee Forde – one of the two individuals who were singled out for criticism in a report that has been described in many corners as a council manipulated ‘whitewash’.
Brown, on the other hand, is believed to have been drafted in by the council at the last minute to give advice on crisis PR fire fighting.
In doing so he made the poacher/gamekeeper (read bothersome journo to pr) shift complete and ended up fighting for the side that originally brought him into ‘good-natured’ conflict with Finnegan in the first place.
Our insider informed us that there was no hand on holster standoff between the two (relations are apparently cordial these days) and that both emerged unmolested from the briefing.
Unlike, some would argue, the report itself, following Cllr Bradley’s correction of its ‘inaccuracies’.
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