Gary Gibbon
‘Robust’ Jeremy Hunt expected in the Commons shortly
Jeremy Hunt intends to be “robust” in his Commons appearance today which should get under way around 1.30 or so.
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Gary Gibbon
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Labour motion on Jeremy Hunt defeated in Commons
A Labour motion accusing Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt of breaching the ministerial code during the proposed BSkyB takeover is defeated.
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Gary Gibbon
Brown swings at Tory deal and ‘on oath’ testimony
Gordon Brown tells Leveson how he keeps calm in a crisis – even when facing News International executives.
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Gary Gibbon
Leveson: Don’t judge or pre-judge me
Lord Justice Leveson sends his own message to the media before Gordon Brown gets a chance to exact his own revenge.
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LIVE BLOG: George Osborne at the Leveson inquiry
This morning former prime minister Gordon Brown gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media standards, followed by Chancellor George Osborne this afternoon. Add your voice to the live blog.
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Osborne and Brown set to face Leveson inquiry
Chancellor George Osborne and ex-prime minister Gordon Brown are set to appear before the Leveson inquiry as the investigation into media standards enters its most politically charged week.
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LIVE BLOG: Jeremy Hunt gives evidence at the Leveson inquiry
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives evidence at the Leveson inquiry into media standards. Add your voice to the live blog.
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Hunt’s sympathy for ‘pushy’ News Corp
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives the Leveson inquiry into media ethics an insight into the level of pressure exerted on his department by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.
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Cable tells of ‘veiled threats’ over BSkyB takeover
Business secretary Vince Cable tells the Leveson Inquiry of ‘veiled threats’ against his party if he made the ‘wrong decision’ over News Corporation’s bid to takeover BSkyB.
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Gary Gibbon
Blair at Leveson – armed to the smiling white teeth
Mr Blair gave off the aura of a wise consultant giving pro-bono advice with Olympian detachment and objectivity. He’d waived his normal fee and was happy to help.
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LIVE BLOG: Tony Blair gives evidence at the Leveson inquiry
Former prime minister Tony Blair gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media ethics. Follow the live blog and add your voice.
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Protester confronts Tony Blair during Leveson inquiry
As former prime minister Tony Blair gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry, a protester bursts in and accuses him of being a war criminal, while he denies ever agreeing a deal with Rupert Murdoch.
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Adam Smith, Jeremy Hunt, and the fall of the ‘spad’
As Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s former special adviser Adam Smith prepares to give evidence at the Leveson inquiry, we look at the rise and public fall of the “spad”.
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Matt Frei
Facebook: A kind of flash democracy
Even Marc Zuckerberg knows that his journey from Harvard dorm to global domination in less than a decade is based on the fickleness of “friends”.
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Brooks charge a ‘witchhunt’ and ‘waste of money’
Former News of the World chief Rebekah Brooks and her husband have hit back at the decision to charge them and four others with peverting the course of justice during the phone hacking scandal.
