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Posts Tagged: Press Regulation

The Moggcast. The Foreign Secretary’s “personal attacks” on Johnson “make it harder” for him to continue serve in top Cabinet roles.

He also dismisses “this lunatic policeman” who threatened press freedom, and says “if necessary I will read out every word of [Darroch’s cables] in the House of Commons.”

16 July 2019 | 90 comments

Be cautious when a watchdog bites its rivals

Fleet Street, normally a justified sceptic of men from the ministry controlling what people publish, is an enthusiast of regulating social media giants.

By Mark Wallace | 8 April 2019 | 56 comments

The best way to protect the freedom of the press would be to repeal Section 40 for good

Watson et al lost today, but they will inevitably return. The Government should honour its pledge to delete the preferred weapon against free expression.

By Mark Wallace | 9 May 2018 | 39 comments

Bill Wiggin: Self regulation by the newspapers is not good enough – Section 40 must stay

Independent, fair, and low cost arbitration is the way to ensure ordinary people are protected from abuses. Parliament overwhelmingly voted for that in 2013.

By Bill Wiggin MP | 10 March 2018 | 25 comments

Seven essential points to note in the Conservative manifesto

Pleasingly, it includes several policies that this site has proposed.

By Mark Wallace | 18 May 2017 | 66 comments

Interview: Damian Collins on how the Government can remove the sword of Damocles dangling over the press

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee Chairman says that the key is for IPSO to adopt a Leveson-compliant system of low-cost arbitration.

By Andrew Gimson | 18 January 2017 | 6 comments

WATCH: Andrew Neil interrogates Max Mosley on press regulation

He asks Mosley whether he has a ‘vendetta’.

15 January 2017 | 7 comments

Oliver Norgrove: May must not be allowed to use Brexit as cover to infringe on our liberties

Few noticed the Investigatory Powers Bill becoming law because all eyes are on the process of leaving the EU.

By Oliver Norgrove | 12 January 2017 | 33 comments

The Guardian’s opposition to Section 40 is a humiliating blow for Mosley’s anti-press campaign

Bradley should make clear that this misguided campaign to muzzle the media will not succeed.

By Mark Wallace | 11 January 2017 | 17 comments

Experts have their place, but politicians must reclaim theirs

Expert input is essential to good government, but the abdication of political decisions to ‘impartial’ authorities is not. Let’s take back control.

By Henry Hill | 7 January 2017 | 149 comments

Bradley must face down the foes of the free press

The abuses at the heart of the hacking scandal were already illegal. A state regulator would only allow those running it to pursue punitive agendas against legal activity.

By Henry Hill | 22 December 2016

WATCH: Howard and Moore discuss criticism of the judiciary

They are joined by Lord Hope, former Deputy President of the Supreme Court, and Joshua Rozenberg.

29 November 2016

Have the police, the CPS and anti-press crusaders learned anything from the failure of Operation Elveden?

Millions of pounds were wasted, and dozens of lives disrupted, to no end.

By Mark Wallace | 28 October 2016 | 7 comments

May backs off a fight with the media over free expression

The Government has wisely decided not to put into effect a process that would end with newspapers having to pay costs for failed actions against them.

By Paul Goodman | 25 October 2016 | 42 comments

The Culture Secretary should not give opponents of the free press a stick with which to beat the media

Leveson’s legacy includes a rule which contradicts basic principles of British justice.

By Mark Wallace | 21 October 2016 | 17 comments

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