Archive of articles from 2011

The Iron Lady: The first full-length trailer

Meryl Streep is playing Maggie Thatcher in next year's The Iron Lady

See the first full-length trailer of the upcoming Iron Lady, a biopic of Margaret Thatcher, on politics.co.uk.

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Profile: Mario Monti

What can the UK expect from the incoming Italian prime minister?

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NUJ: Leveson should consider conscience clause

The National Union of Journalists has said it will use its core participant status at the Leveson inquiry into press ethics to call for a conscience clause that would prevent journalists who expose unethical practices from losing their jobs.

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Patten: Self-regulation still has future

Lord Patten has defended the self-regulation of the press, arguing it still has a future despite the events of the phone hacking scandal.

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Leveson: Who guards the guardians?

Lord Justice Leveson has said his inquiry into press practices in light of the phone hacking scandal will aim to determine "who guards the guardians" in media regulation.

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Trevor Kavanagh: Newspapers operate within the law

Trevor Kavanagh, associate editor at the Sun, has defended the newspaper industry on the day that the Leveson inquiry into press ethics and practices begun.

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Roy Greenslade: Press must be galvanised by inquiry

Professor Roy Greenslade has claimed the Leveson inquiry, which began today in London, will force the press to re-examine its practices in light of the phone hacking scandal.

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