LDV Caption Competition: Lumley & Clegg “Ab Fab” Edition
by Stephen Tall on July 22, 2012
There’s no prize at stake – just the opportunity to prove you’re wittier than any other LDV reader… (Picture by PaperMaven.) Here’s Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg with star of Absolutely Fabulous Joanna Lumley. What do you think might be being said or thought by or about them? And the winner of our last caption […]
The crisis of trust facing the news media
by Stephen Tall on July 22, 2012
The Hansard Society this week published part two of its annual Audit of Political Engagement, focusing on the media and politics. Three graphs in particular stood out for me… 63% of public say tabloids “look for any excuse” to tarnish politicians … tabloid newspapers are consistently identified by two-thirds of the public as displaying negative […]