When it emerged that the News of the World had engaged in widespread hacking of mobile phones, including the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, there was widespread public anger. This anger led to a mass withdrawal of advertisers from the publication, and in turn to the decision by News...

Last week was pretty rough for Nick Clegg. Victory in Eastleigh must have provided a touch of comfort, but his integrity and competence was repeatedly called into question as the Rennard scandal gained momentum, and worsened as his story unravelled day after day.

To cap it off, the chief executive...

My attention was drawn yesterday to an article written by Alex Andreou at New Statesman. The article, entitled "Dear Journalists, grow up" is a furious response to some of the admittedly not-very-good arguments offered up by many opposed to Lord Justice Leveson's suggestions on regulation of the...

Here's a question. Since the invention of Gutenberg's infernal machine, who has ruined more lives, "the press" or government?

This week I've found myself at odds with a number of friends and colleagues on the subject of press regulation, with the majority of my lefty acquaintances being in favour of...

The dust will settle. In a few weeks the BBC will have a new director general, Newsnight will have a new editor, and everything will be back to normal. Maybe we'll even have learned something.

Or perhaps not.

On Monday afternoon, ITV News sent a genuinely shocking tweet out about...

I shall not be attending an election night party. I've been invited to a couple. The University I work at is even opening their bar late - until 6am if they have to - to let students watch the results come in on the big screen. It's a great idea,...

"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." Dostoyevsky

David Cameron has a strong and visible distaste for being told what to do by extranational organisations. Particularly irritating is the European Court of Human Rights, which just won't let this votes for...

In their Braveheart tinged defence of their decision to publish naked pictures taken of Prince Harry in a Vegas hotel room, the Sun, and their parent company, are once again trying to reshape the public’s idea of what the public interest means - and sell a lot of papers...