Tory leadership contender displays media naivete
HEY ho, so you want to become prime minister and you walk into the viper’s nest that is dealing with a Murdoch newspaper and then…
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Trump’s Orlando response confirms political ineptitude
AS an out gay man with Islamic friends, I find Donald Trump’s self-serving utterances after today’s slaughter in Florida highly offensive. Mr Trump’s Sunday morning…
Former publicist shows how not to handle a crisis
THE only job that UK prime minister David Cameron ever had outside politics was as media supremo for a commercial television company – Carlton Television….
English region backs campaign to protect the BBC
LITTLE doubt was left in the minds of the Love it or Lose it campaign meeting in Leeds that the BBC is under attack from…
The Tuesday that may be far from ‘super’
WHAT is it with Donald Trump? One ‘Washington insider’ told journalists that he is a creation of 24-hour television news and corporate greed. Those who,…
BBC’s London managers vulnerable to regional scepticism
BELIEFS among BBC news managers in England that their colleagues in Scotland do not have the experience or talent to produce an hour-long programme for…
Hot action over cold weekend presages busy period for US maternity services
MATERNITY services in US states affect by this weekend’s great snow storm could well find their workload reaches a consequent high in late October and…
Poor pay for writers undermines website’s legal credibility
CREDIBILITY of online information sources is being further challenged by a London-based company trying to hire writers to produce legal guidance for less per article…
Security firm learns that buying paint has political repercussions
SECURITY giant G4S has again hit a crisis of public credibility – this time over a decision by a housing contractor to paint the front…
Immigration lawyers set to benefit from Cameron’s language teaching proposal
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a £20 million project to teach English to Moslem women – backed by a threat to those on…