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John Tusa

Sir John Tusa (born 2 March 1936) is a BBC journalist who in the 1960s ran the London based CIA propaganda operation Forum World Features with fellow journalist Brian Crozier. According to The Guardian, Tusa was unaware of the CIA connection. cited in Richard Norton-Taylor, 'With the right on his side', The Guardian, 4 August 1993
==Forum World Features==
Forum World Features was part of a worldwide CIA propaganda operation overseen by Kermit Roosevelt, the CIA agent who had engineered the overthrow of the democratic government of Iran in 1953. Roosevelt approached wealthy American families asking for money to fund CIA propaganda operations abroad, asking: 'Are you patriotic?' Brian Freemantle, CIA: The Honourable Company (London: Michael Joseph, 1983) p.189 One man who agreed was Crozier's acquaintance John Hay Whitney. Whitney set up a CIA 'propriety' in Delaware called Kern House Enterprises which with the knowledge and co-operation of British intelligence, established a London subsidiary, Kern House Enterprises Ltd. Kern House Enterprises Ltd, which was based in London's Lincoln's Inn Fields, in turn established Forum World Features, the full title of which was Kern House Enterprises (Forum World Features) Ltd.
Forum World Features was ostensibly a small commercial news service, selling weekly packets of stories to as many as 50 newspapers around the world, including at one time about thirty in the U.S. Its purpose was chiefly to smuggle in propaganda among the well-written and generally innocuous articles that Forum sent out each week. It also published a journal called Conflict Studies and established a subsidiary company called the Current Affairs Research Services Centre.
According to The Guardian, Tusa 'resigned after an argument over editorial policy', cited in Richard Norton-Taylor, 'With the right on his side', The Guardian, 4 August 1993 and was replaced by Cecil Eprile, editor-in-chief of South Africa's Drum Publications. Brian Crozier, Free Agent, (Harper Collins, 
Tusa was one of the FWF employees who urged Crozier to stay on after he threatened to resign in March 1966 over tension with John Hunt. <ref>‘Crozier replies to Guardian’, The Guardian, 31 Dec 1976
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John Underhill

Professor John Underhill is chief scientist at Heriot-Watt University in the UK. 
==UK shale gas potential 'over-hyped'==
He heads a team of scientists who warned in August 2017 that UK shale gas is ‘overhyped’ and 'unlikely' to be economically viable. ' 
Their research found that the country's most promising shale gas reservoirs have been warped by tectonic shifts millions of years ago which could thwart efforts to tap the gas reserves trapped within layers of shale.
:'Both sides of the hydraulic fracturing debate assume that the geology is a ‘slam dunk’ and it will work if exploration drilling goes ahead… but the science shows that our country's geology is simply unsuitable for shale oil and gas production. The implication that because fracking works in the US, it must also work here is wrong,'said Underhill.
Professor Underhill said the UK’s gas-bearing sedimentary basins were tilted and buckled by tectonic movements, making them less suitable for fracking than successful US shale areas.
:There is a need to factor this considerable and fundamental geological uncertainty into the economic equation,” he said. “It would be extremely unwise to rely on shale gas to ride to the rescue of the UK’s gas needs.” Andrew Ward, Drilling begins on first UK shale well for six years, FT, 18 August 2017, accessed 22 August 2017
==Industry response==
In response to the Heriot-Watt team's findings, leading fracking firm Cuadrilla's technical director Mark Lappin said Cuadrilla was currently trying to 'better understand the reserve, reduce speculation from all sides and decide if and how to develop it'. I expect Professor Underhill would be supportive of the effort to understand the resource including geological variation,” he added.
Head of the UK’s onshore oil and gas association head Ken Cronin argued: 'It is too early to make any firm predictions – but with imported gas predicted to rise to 80pc by 2035 it is important that we get on and complete this work.' Jillian Ambrose, Fracking: UK shale gas is ‘overhyped’ and 'unlikely' to be economically viable, research indicates, The Telegraph, 17 August 2017, accessed 22 August 2017 
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John Underwood

John Underwood - former director of communications for the Labour Party, founder of Clear Communications and Business Development Director of Freshwater UKFreshwater UK Directors Accessed 4th April2008
Underwood was also the former head of public relations for Neil Kinnock and in 2008 was described as 'a controversial lobbyist, who was recently paid GBP 100,000 by the Government for writing a report that endorsed Labour plans for a hospital closure in a Tory area'McKinstry, L. (2008) 'How can hypocritical, conceited Hain remain in high public office?' The Express 14 January 2008. Patricia Hewitt was involved with the Health Secretary's department (who commissioned the report) whom Underwood knew from his time working for Kinnock nearly 20 years previouslyWalters, S. (2008) 'EVERY LITTLE HELPS; A PLUG IN STORE: Peter Hain at Maesteg's new Tesco, a company linked to his campaign manager Steve Morgan' Mail on Sunday. 13th January 2008. 
Underwood is also connected to the Progressive Policies Forum.
According to The Independent on Sunday, Underwood is a 'former television journalist'The Independent on Sunday 'The PR man, the diamond broker and the drugs boss'. 13 January 2008 
The Observer describes Underwood as priding 'himself on being a political firefighter with an acute sensitivity as to how the media works', and who 'specialises in helping companies, public bodies and high-fliers in minimising the damage to their reputations when a public relations disaster looms'Doward, J. & Quinn, B. (2008) 'Think tank' that fuelled Hain's bid: Westminster's sharks scent blood amid fresh revelations of donations to a minister's election campaign' The Observer 13 January 2008.
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John Vaizey

John Ernest Vaizey, Baron Vaizey (1 October 1929 – 19 July 1984), was a British economist. Vaizey was an alumnus of Queen's College, Cambridge.
Vaizey was a former member of the Fabian Society and the Labour Party who became friends with Margaret Thatcher in the early 1970s. In December 1980 he publicly declared support for the Conservative Party.Richard Cockett, (1994)Thinking the Unthinkable, p. 229-230.
On 23 June 1970, he was created a life peer with the title Baron Vaizey, of Greenwich in Greater London.
He was married to the author Marina Vaizey; their son is the Conservative politician Edward Vaizey.
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John Van Der Wielen

John Van Der Wielen has worked in the insurance and financial services industry for 20 years and was appointed to the position of Managing Director, St Andrew's Insurance (Australia) in 1998. He is an executive member of the HBOS Australia management board and Chief Executive of the HBOS Australia Insurance & Investment Division (IID), comprising St Andrew's Australia, St Andrew's Life Insurance, St Andrew's Insurance (Australia) and BWA Financial Services.
He has an MBA from UWA and completed a major in international business in Malaysia with the Asian Intensive School of Advanced Management. He has also completed an international secondment studying Bancassurance in the USA and Europe. He is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management .
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# HBOS Australia Website Executive Profiles, accessed 23/03/07
John Vassallo

On 01 July 2008, John Vassallo was appointed as Associate General Counsel for Microsoft, as well as leading the company‘s EU Corporate Affairs and Regulatory team. As described by Agenda Weekly, "[t]he creation of this role reflects the increasing importance of Microsoft‘s engagement with the European Union across a wide range of policy areas. Since February 2007, Mr Vassallo is Chair of AmCham EU, the lobbying organization in Brussels that represents 140 companies of US parentage at the European Institutions and EU governments."European Agenda, Agenda Weekly, 16 June 2008, accessed 11 January 2010.
==Background==
After his post as General Electric's Director of European Affairs, he was elected as the new Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union on 27 February 2007. Before joining GE in 1997, he was the Ambassador of Malta to the European Union and NATO.European Agenda, Agenda Weekly, 19 March 2007, accessed 11 January 2010.
==Resources==
*European Agenda, Agenda Weekly, 19 March 2007, accessed 11 January 2010.
*European Agenda, Agenda Weekly, 16 June 2008, accessed 11 January 2010.
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John Vereker

Sir John Vereker is a non-executive director at XL Capital Ltd, independent director of MWH Global and a trustee of the Ditchley Foundation and the former governor of Bermuda.
==Career==
After graduating from university, in 1967, Vereker joined the Ministry of Overseas Development, he then joined the World Bank in 1970, before going back to the Ministry of Overseas Development in 1972. Whilst at the Ministry of Overseas Development he was private secretary to Reg Prentice, Frank Judd and Judith Hart. Between 1980 and 1983 he was in the Policy Unit in the Prime Minister's Office in 10 Downing Street, working on public sector issues. In 1983 he was appointed under secretary for Asia in what was then called the Overseas Development Administration, in 1986 he was under secretary for development policy and Principal Finance Officer and he was appointed deputy secretary of the Department of Education and Science in 1988. Sir John Vereker World Bank, accessed 13 November 2014 
In 1989 he was chairman of the Students Loans Company, in 1992 he was appointed deputy secretary in the Department of Education, in 1994 he was appointed permanent secretary of the Department for International Development, the new name for the Overseas Development Administration and finally appointed governor and commander-in-chief of Bermuda in April 2002 until October 2007. Whilst in Bermuda Tony Blair was a regular visitor to his house. Paradise is lost for Tony's pal The Daily Mail, 20 November 2007, accessed 13 November 2014 
He has been a board member for the British Council, the Institute of Development Studies and the Institute of Manpower Studies and Voluntary Service Overseas, served on the advisory councils for the Centre for Global Ethics and for the British Consultancy and Construction Bureau, been an adviser to the UN secretary-general's Millennium Development Project and a member of the Volcker panel, investigating the World Bank's institutional integrity. John Vereker Forbes, accessed 13 November 2014 
After leaving governmental duty he was appointed non-executive director at XL Capital Ltd. ACOBA noted "that XL does not conduct any business in the Bermuda market" and so it was "approved subject to the conditions that, for six months from his last day in post as Governor, he should not give advice on other companies there or revisit Bermuda for business purposes other than to attend Board meetings there with the approval of the Secretary of State, and that, for 12 months from that same date, he should not be personally involved in lobbying Bermuda Government Ministers or officials on behalf of the company or its clients." Ninth Report Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 13 November 2014 
He is currently an independent director of MWH Global and a trustee of the Ditchley Foundation.
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John Vickers

Sir John Vickers is the former chief economist at the Bank of England and director general of the Office of Fair Trading.
==Career==
After leaving university, Vickers was chief economist and executive director of the Bank of England and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee between 1998 and 2000. He was then appointed chairman and director general of the Office of Fair Trading between 2000 and 2005. John Vickers All Souls, Oxford, accessed 13 November 2014 
After leaving the Office of Fair Trading he was given "unconditional approval" to lecture at Royal Economic Society’s Easter School and to be an 'Expert Speaker' with various public and private bodies. He was also had an application to be an economic consultant with various public and private bodies approved "subject to the conditions that he should not: (i) on a rolling basis for a period of 12 months following his retirement from the OFT, advise on any competition, consumer or market investigation cases involving companies which had had dealings with the OFT in the preceding 12 months (e.g. on 1 August 2006, he should not advise any company which has had any dealings with the OFT since 1 August 2005); and (ii) for two years following his retirement from the OFT, be involved personally in lobbying officials of the OFT on behalf of any client or employer, including making written submissions". Ninth Report 2006-2008 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 13 November 2014 
==Affiliations==
*Lecturer, University of Oxford
*Fellow, Econometric Society, 1998-
*Delegate and chairman of finance committee, Oxford University Press
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*Chair, Independent Commission on Banking, June 2010-September 2011 Sir John Vickers to Chair the Independent Commission on Banking Gov.UK, 16 June 2010, accessed 13 November 2014 
*President, Royal Economic Society, 2007-2010
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*Oriel College, University of Oxford, 1976-1979
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John Vyse

John Vyse is an Executive Director for Interserve Plc.
Vyse joined Interserve (then Tilbury Douglas plc) in 1993 as Chairman of the division responsible for all UK regional construction and major civil engineering work. In 1996 he was appointed Managing Director for the whole of Tilbury Douglas Construction, with a turnover of over £300 million in major projects, regional building and civil engineering. A year later he also became Chairman of both Westpile and Whittle Contracts, two subsidiary companies of Tilbury Douglas plc. He began his career as a civil engineer and manager, working on a variety of projects from the Thames tidal flood defences to the widening of the M1 motorway. In 1983 he joined Laing Civil Engineering as a contracts manager and by 1987 had been appointed General Manager. John became a director of John Laing Construction and Managing Director of Laing Civil Engineering in 1988, responsible for a business turning over £190 million and working on complex projects such as Sizewell B Power Station, the Pen-y-Clip tunnel, the M5 widening and the second Severn Crossing. Born in April 1948 in the Middle East but was brought up and educated in Kent. 
He holds a B.Eng from Liverpool University and is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a Fellow of the Institute of Highways and Transportation and a Fellow of the British Institute of Management .
==References==
# Interserve Plc. 'Interserve Ltd. Board of Directors - John Vyse', Accessed 24 July 2007.
John Walker

John Walker is the national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses
==Career==
Walker worked at a high street bank for 16 years before becoming self employed in 1987. He purchased a local off licence and food shop which he sold years later and is currently involved in property investments.
In 1997 Walker joined the Federation of Small Businesses in England and subsequently joined the policy committee in May 1999. He was elected national policy chairman in September 2001, retired from the post in May 2010 and was elected national chairman in March 2010. Federation of Small Businesses Speakers, accessed 14 April 2015.
==Affiliations==
*European Small Business Alliance, founding board member
===Former affiliations===
*Prime Minister's Business Advisory Council
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John Walton

A biographical note states:
:Sir John Walton, now Lord Walton of Detchant, grew up in County Durham and followed his early interests in science and medicine with entry to medical school in wartime. He specialised in neurology and studied muscular dystrophy, discovering a new classification based on genetic information. He was Professor of Neurology and Dean of Medicine at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, having previously worked at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University. At various times he has held the presidencies of the General Medical Council of Great Britain, the British Medical Association, the Royal Society of Medicine and other medical bodies. From 1983 to 1989 he was Warden of Green College, Oxford - the sister College of St Edmund's College, Cambridge. He was created a life peer in 1989, and has contributed as a cross-bencher to debates in the House of Lords, particularly the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. He has chaired and been member of various Select Committees in the House of Lords, was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Neurological Sciences, been honoured as Freeman, City of London, Hon Freeman of the City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, elected member of academies of numerous medical academies, and received many honorary degress from universities worldwide. He has written several specialist books and research papers, published an autobiography and jointly edited the Oxford Companion to Medicine. He was President of the World Federation of Neurology and Chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain.Sir John Walton, accessed 7 January 2008
==Affiliations==
*Westminster Diet and Health Forum | TOAST Parliamentary Patron | HealthWatch, patronHealthWatch HealthWatch, accessed 7 March 2011 | Research Defence Society Honorary Vice-President circa 2007-8Research defence Society Structure, retrieved from the Internet Archive of 28 September 2007, on 27 August 2013
*Associate Parliamentary Health Group
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John Ward

SIR JOHN WARD CBE Chairman, Scottish Enterprise 
Sir John Ward was appointed by the First Minister for Scotland as Chairman of Scottish Enterprise in February, 2004. Educated at Edinburgh Academy and Fettes College, Sir John is a Chartered Accountant who gained significant business experience with a number of appointments during his long career with IBM UK. 
He has since held a number of public appointments including the Chairmanship of CBI Scotland, Quality Scotland Foundation and Scottish Homes. Current appointments include Chairmanship of Dunfermline Building Society, the SQA and European Assets Trust NV – a listed company based in Holland. 
Sir John was awarded the CBE in 1995 Birthday Honours and received a Knighthood in 2002 New Years Honours for Services to Public Life in Scotland. 
==Affiliations==
*Scottish Development International | David Hume Institute, Advisory board circa 1996Nick Kuenssberg and Gillian Lomas (Eds) The David Hume Institute: The First Decade, Edinburgh: The David Hume Institute, 1996. |
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John Ware

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John Waters

Sir John Waters was General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland from 1988 to 1990.Roles of Prominent People Listed by Position Held, CAIN Web Service, University of Ulster, accessed 22 November 2009.
According to BBC journalist John Ware, RUC Chief Constable Sir Hugh Annesley instructed Waters to withhold army intelligence and details of army intelligence units from the inquiry led by Sir John Stevens into security force leaks to loyalists.John Ware, What will the Stevens report bring?, Panorama, BBC, 2003.
This claim was raised in the House of Commons in May 2003:
::Mr. McNamara To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what instructions were received by Sir John Waters from Sir Hugh Annesley concerning co-operation with the Stevens Inquiry; and if he will place a copy of the instructions in the Library. [111853]
::Mr. Ingram The Police investigation under Sir John Stevens is continuing. I am therefore withholding the information requested under section 4a of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.Stevens Inquiry, Written Answers, House of Commons, Stevens Inquiry, 12 May 2003.
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John Watson (former MP)

John Watson is a former Conservative MP.
He was MP for Skipton from 1979 to 1983, and for Skipton and Ripon from 1983 to 1987.John Watson, Esq, OBE, Debretts, accessed 20 July 2010.
Simon Matthews gives the following profile Watson in a Lobster article on Green Alliance:
::Assistant to Edward Heath 1970; Conservative MP Skipton 1979; President British Youth Council 1980; Chairman British Atlantic Group of Young Political Leaders 1982; lost seat 1987; Leeds Development Corporation 1988; Bradford City Challenge 1992; Bradford Community NHS Trust 1996.Simon Matthews, Pissing in or pissing out? The 'big tent' of Green Alliance, Lobster 42, Winter 2001/2.
Between 1996 and 2004 he was a Director of the Yorkshire Building Society, becoming the Society’s Vice Chairman in 2000.Profile : John Watson (Chair), Heritage Lottery Fund, 20 July 2010.
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John Watts

Lieutenant-General Sir John Watts (1930-2003) was the Chief of the Defence Staff, Sultan's Armed Forces in Oman from 1984 to 1987.Lieutenant-General Sir John Watts, The Times, 15 December 2003.
==External Resources==
*Lieutenant-General Sir John Watts, telegraph.co.uk, 15 December 2003.
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