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Duff arguments to ignore over Leveson (UPDATED)
Here is a safe prediction: whatever the Leveson report recommends for British journalism, there will be an awful lot of duff arguments rolled out. Despite much of the debate being couched in how important it is for the press to tell the truth and how many difficult judgements there are to make, we’ll hear plenty [...]
Letter from the Leader: Leveson
Not sent on a Sunday. Includes a prompt to join the list. You’d have thought someone involved is reading my posts… So what would be my tip for next time? The linked to video is on The Guardian website, but is available to embed elsewhere, so I would have put it on a party website [...]
The most interesting sentence I’ve read about the Leveson report
It’s from Nick Clegg’s statement to Parliament after the publication of the Leveson report: Let us not forget that of the five Press Complaints Commission chairs, three were serving parliamentarians who took a party whip. Curious that a newspaper industry so busy telling us how politicians must not be let anywhere near their regulation is [...]
If nothing else, Leveson should herald a new approach to coalition government
A very sensible twist on the long-running differentiation debate.
Politicians are not mere pawns in the hands of journalists
Understandably the Leveson Inquiry has concentrated on the misdeeds of journalists and the behaviour of newspaper owners. However, the appearance of a series of figures this week at Leveson could – indeed should – have highlighted how often the power lies with politicians, not the media. We had three figures appear who all, in their [...]
Can someone explain yesterday at Leveson to me?
Gordon Brown’s appearance at Leveson yesterday included being questioned about what his staff got up to with undermining other Labour figures, which garnered a response from him that – most charitably – can be described as not widely believed. It also contradicts many other accounts given of his time in office. So – if this [...]
Leveson: it’s a good thing Nick Clegg was there
Today’s latest revelations from the Leveson Inquiry are a reminder of how wise it was to create a judge-led inquiry with wide terms of reference and powers. And who was it who did that when the Coalition Government was drawing up the plans, rejecting the talk of a lesser inquiry? Step forward, Nick Clegg. * [...]
Six thoughts on the results so far
1. It looks as if the party will keep control of all the councils it ran before Thursday. Cambridge is a technical loss, but the party will keep control on the Mayor’s casting vote. Each of those Lib Dem council leaders and their teams deserve heavy praise for that impressive verdict on their council and [...]
