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1 Q. Yes, I know, but I am just going to ask you a question
2 about that. I thought, though, the environment/index.html">litter pickers were
3 meant to pick up all the environment/index.html">litter and not just McDonald's
4 environment/index.html">litter?
5 A. That is correct.
6
7 Q. When you had your party attended by Linda Wells and
8 Dr. Taylor, yes?
9 A. Yes.
10
11 Q. And others and they came away very happy, yes, established
12 a good relationship with you?
13 A. Yes.
14
15 Q. I think in Linda Wells' letter, if we just look at 797?
16 A. Yes.
17
18 Q. At the bottom of her letter to Mr. Preston from the Smith
19 Street Residents Association -- actually if we just look at
20 the second paragraph first, "A few weeks ago the 84
21 residents of Smith and Woodfall Street noticed an
22 increasing amount of street environment/index.html">litter obviously from
23 McDonald's customers." Then at the bottom of the letter:
24 "As secretary for Smith Street Residents Association,
25 I wrote to Mr. Siddique to protest and ask for some
26 positive action." This is what she is saying to
27 Mr. Preston. Then you got on the phone, said that you
28 would increase the frequency of the environment/index.html">litter patrol. Then
29 you had the invitation to the party. Then, lastly, it
30 says: "Thanks to Mr. Siddique's efforts the group has gone
31 from an attitude of an open hostility to one of acceptance,
32 if not enthusiasm. In my 25 years of advertising
33 experience I have never seen a harder working, more
34 efficient, more effective public relations man." Would
35 you call yourself an effective public relations man?
36 A. No. That is her perception.
37
38 Q. Despite this marvellous base from which to build on, if you
39 like, of goodwill with the Smith Street Residents
40 Association, if we look at page 790, we have the letter
41 from the Smith Street Residents Association which the
42 chairman, chairperson, is Linda Wells at the top left-hand
43 corner.
44
45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think you can really ask ----
46
47 MR. MORRIS: I am not sure if I can ask -----
48
49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Look at the first paragraph, for instance,
50 particularly the third line in the first paragraph, bearing
51 in mind that Mr. Siddique left in May six months before.
52
53 MR. MORRIS: Yes. It is difficult to ask questions about these
54 really.
55
56 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, we went through all this with Mr. Stump
57 and he said, if I may use a pun, that it is all rubbish.
58
59 MR. JUSTICE BELL: On the face of that letter you are relying
60 on, that is directed at Mr. Stump ----
