WEBBO “DISAPPOINTED” ME AT NFRN CONFERENCE!
The honourable rogue Webbo “disappointed” me at the Torquay Conference recently, when News International Clive Milner was on the rostrum informing everyone that the only way forward in the future was to work together, and he praised Naresh Purohit the outgoing President for this on behalf of the NFRN over the past 12 months, and he was of the opinion new president Solly Khonat would follow this lead.
Questions were asked from the floor and the last delegate to speak was Webbo, and I said to my partner “this will be interesting” as I expected him to hit Milner between the eyes with a few home truths. I’m still shocked to this day, and now this Dawson business has surfaced I should imagine Brian is spitting feathers knowing an opportunity had passed.
Webbo’s questions to Milner were important to the HND agents, and if you can believe Milner is true to his word then in the not to distant future all home delivered copies will be rewarded with higher profit margins, but as so many times before newsagents will believe that when it happens!
I was expecting Webbo to launch an attack on Milner considering he without doubt is a newsagent’s best friend and with all this direct delivery coming into effect in London and the Birmingham areas I anticipated fireworks!
It was after all Webbo who stood on the same platform some six years ago and told conference that News International was the only national publisher who sends all newsagents a good morning message six days a week through its publication of the SUN newspaper.
S.U.N. to him means “Stuff You Newsagents” and remembering that I expected Webbo to say to Milner something like, Good presentation Mr Milner, you paint a pretty picture, and as I personally stood on that same spot six years ago telling Conference that you was the only newspaper to send us a good morning message I certainly don’t hear anything that you have said today to change my mind!!
Naturally, no one at the time knew this new Dawson upheaval was about to erupt, but its my belief that Webbo is now spitting feathers of a chance missed, but then again the NFRN should be doing that on behalf of the members instead of laying down somewhat gutless.