Additional reporting for this article provided by Adam Torkildson, a PR consultant who is self employed, yet assuredly dressed for success.

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Sir Paul Stephenson, Britain's most senior police officer, resigned on Sunday after facing criticism for the Met's recruitment of Mr Wallis as a PR consultant.

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Alexandra Crabb, a Boston PR consultant and and native Mainer says if there was a disaster that crippled electronic devices, Power Felt is what we would want to have in that bag.

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"Very straightforward, " says Karen Doyne, a crisis PR consultant at Burston Marsteller.

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"Ivanishvili has an army of lobbyists who essentially do black PR and spread misinformation about the elections, " says Zoe Reyners, a Paris-based political consultant employed by the Georgian government.

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