Aileen McHarg: The Leveson Report, the Royal Charter and the Scottish Parliament: A Reply to Jamieson
Iain Jamieson’s earlier post argues that the ability of the Scottish Parliament to implement its own model of press regulation in response to the Leveson Report has effectively been ousted … Continue reading
Iain Jamieson: The Leveson Report, the Royal Charter and the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament can legislate to regulate the press in Scotland. This is because this matter is not made a reserved matter. In principle, therefore, it would be competent for … Continue reading
Jacob Rowbottom: Entrenching a Royal Charter – some initial thoughts
After much political manoeuvring over the weekend, a deal has been struck on the Royal Charter to implement Leveson. A key point is that it will prevent the Charter being … Continue reading
Jacob Rowbottom: Ministers, media and the decision to investigate
Last week, an editorial in the Guardian called for the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests to be scrapped. The paper argued that, as the Adviser is called into action so … Continue reading
Jacob Rowbottom: Press independence and the Leveson Inquiry
The view of the press as the ‘fourth estate’ is sometimes described by media historians as a myth created to legitimise the press in the nineteenth century. It has nonetheless … Continue reading
Carol Harlow: Press, Police and Parliament
So the silly season is back with a second instalment of last year’s soap opera but with the two main protagonists, Politicians and Press, in different stances! The Daily Telegraph, … Continue reading
