Vote Leave is gaining ground on Fleet Street
The focus of the big four centre right newspapers has switched to immigration – binding them closer to a Brexit position.
The focus of the big four centre right newspapers has switched to immigration – binding them closer to a Brexit position.
Plus: The reshuffle – who may be in, who may be out. I am a wet lettuce liberal on prison reform. And: Lightning strikes twice in Camden.
The media landscape is evolving very quickly, and the Government has done the Corporation no favours by shielding it from the need to adapt.
Above all, Ministers must put their proposals to Parliamentary debate and vote.
Trust in politicians rises and falls. Trust in newspapers sadly stays the same.
Will Corbyn represent In? Could we have Ozza v Bozza? What happens to Farage?
The flaws that journalists see in politicians are sometimes ones that, if they looked, they could see in themselves.
Plus: The ludicrous Evan Harris. My broken mobile. The menace of TTIP. The smears of Yvette Cooper. And: why Polly Toynbee swiftly changed the subject.
The group which once claimed to support privacy now demands the publication of a story about the private life of an opponent.
The sector is good for the economy, as well as for the soul.
Fleet Street now has first-hand experience of police officers using ‘anti-terror’ powers against journalists and their sources.
If he decides for Brexit, he could frame the debate.
A modernised internal structure, increased transparency, and oversight by Ofcom will help keep ‘Auntie’ fit for the coming decade.
The Government is right to dismiss 38 Degrees’ attempt to spam it with BBC feedback, but better rules could sideline such efforts permanently.
His Monday initiatives and the lack of opposition are allowing him to dominate the first three days of the seven – before moving to PMQs on the fourth.