The power of the rightwing press has corroded public debate. But we can do more than just complain about itIn February 2016, a few months before the referendum, Donald Tusk published the European Council’s draft plans for renegotiating Britain’s relationship with the EU. David Cameron was prepared for the possibility that Tusk’s response would be less than he hoped for – it was a negotiation, after all. But what really shocked the then prime minister were the front pages the next day. “Cameron’s EU deal is a joke”, said the Daily Express; “The great delusion”, barked the Daily Mail; “Ministers defy PM on Europe”, claimed the Telegraph; while the Sun went with “Who do EU think EU are kidding, Mr Cameron?”, which compared the offer to a “steaming pile of manure”.“The Tories [in the leadership of the remain camp] were about to run a referendum campaign based on a playbook … for winning elections in an environment where the print media was sympathetic,” writes Tim Shipman in his book All Out War. “But this time their natural allies were hostile.” Senior Tories were not used to having their arguments distorted, the facts so hideously disfigured in their opponent’s favour that they were unrecognisable, or blatant falsehoods by the opposition taken seriously. These were not only rules of engagement to which they were unaccustomed – they were rules under which they could not compete. “It pains me to say it,” a member of Cameron’s team told Shipman, “but if the Mail, Sun and the... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2019-11-15 06:00:01 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#prime minister
#front pages
#daily express
#winning elections
#print media
The Cult of the Leader (Wiley), written by Christopher Bones, has been named as the CMI... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
France is claiming a world first with its imminent adoption of a new law that lays down the rules... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Buoyed by a strong finish to 2011, indie booksellers celebrated their independence at this year’s seventh annual American Booksellers Association Winter Institute held at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, January 18–20. Some who recently opened second stores, like Peter Makin at Brilliant... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#strong finish
#recently opened
#brilliant books
#simply happy
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has repeated his assertion that secretary of state Jeremy Hunt will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#library closures
Blackwell has won a £2.5m tender from the Ministry of Defence to supply books to 19... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Gareth Brookes' The Black Project has won Myriad Editions' first competition for a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Hutchinson has bought Lamb by Bonnie Nazdam, a début novel which won the 2011 Flaherty-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#prize-winning debut
John Burnside's Black Cat Bone (Jonathan Cape) has won the 2011 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#eliot prize
#john burnside
The Bodley Head has secured the rights to academic Lewis Dartnell’s new title after an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#bodley head
Journalist Caitlin Moran's take on modern feminism How to Be A Woman, published by Ebury, has... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#modern feminism
Arts and crafts specialist Search Press has reported a turnover of £6.4m in its financial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The offices of the American University in Cairo Press and its Tahrir Bookstore, both situated on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#american university
#cairo press
The first annual literary prize of prizes has been awarded to Emmanuel Carrè... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Cambridge University Press has reported a ninth successive year of growth in the 12 months to end... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Three Twin Cities literary presses already renowned for collaborating in unconventional ways to promote books and authors are partnering with a Wisconsin literacy group and a Minneapolis museum to promote literacy, publicize the mission of each of the nonprofit organizations involved, and sell... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#promote books
#promote literacy
The History Press is in consultation with a "small number" of staff over redundancies,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#history press
#small number
In August 2009, Jim Joseph was named president and COO of Globe Pequot Press. At the time the Guilford, Conn., press was going through something of an identity crisis. In the three years before Josephs appointment, Globe Pequot had been trying to remake itself along the lines of a New York City... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#named president
#identity crisis
#globe pequot
Faber is to publish Winter Journal, a second work of memoir by American writer Paul Auster, in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The £2,000 Educational Writers' Award 2011 has gone to Moon: Apollo 11 and Beyond... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |