The fate of the BBC in Scotland
A previous blogpost reported on the Scottish government’s plans for independence, set out in its White Paper, Scotland’s Future. The fate of the BBC, noted briefly in the previous post, is …
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Local government pause for thought
It has long been a contention of this website that democracy should be thought of not merely as a set of rules but as a culture. While elections and elected …
Proved right on press regulation
This blog has not expected to be proved right so quickly on press regulation, but that’s what happened today. At the end of last year, when the Leveson commission published …
Can the press be controlled?
The proposals from the Leveson inquiry into the behaviour of the British press, which reported last month, include the call for a legal backstop to independent regulation. The Press Complaints …
The case against Rupert Murdoch
Passing judgement on Rupert Murdoch appears to be today’s fashion, and this blog is not one to shirk a challenge. His dislike of the EU is well-known, as are the …