The courtroom drama of the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics has featured journalists, editors and victims of press intrusion in the lead roles – but the relationship between politicians and the press is also at the centre of events. A former national political editor, a campaigner for the public inquiry and historian of spin, and former spin doctor and journalist consider what the next act might be for politics and the press. 

Gaby Hinsliff is the former political editor of The Observer. She is the author of Half A Wife: The Working Family’s Guide to Getting a Life Back. Martin Moore is director of the Media Standards Trust and one of the founders of the Hacked Off campaign. He is also the author of The Origins of Modern Spin. Lance Price is a former journalist and former director of communications for the Labour Party. He is now a writer and broadcaster, and author of The Spin Doctor’s Diary and Where Power Lies: Prime Ministers v the Media. David Smith is economics editor of The Sunday Times and regularly appears as a commentator on radio and television. Discussions will be chaired by Jean Seaton, director of the Orwell Prize.

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