The Political Week Online: Affair trial

Against the looming backdrop of proposed press regulation, the hacking trial of Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson continues. Labour make a video – but Richard Littlejohn is unimpressed. And Karl Marx makes a comeback.

Ed outraged after Mail on Sunday infiltrates Miliband family memorial

Ed Miliband has won a grovelling apology from the Mail on Sunday’s editor Geordie Greig, after a letter to the newspaper’s owner Lord Rothermere saying its behaviour “crosses a line of common decency”.

Comment: What does the Royal Charter mean for online media?

Online organisations should be included in the Royal Charter’s proposed regulatory body, but steps need to be taken to ensure smaller sites are protected by Fleet Street.

Guido Fawkes takes aim at ‘complicit’ lobby system

Guido Fawkes criticised the parliamentary lobby system today for its “unhealthy” political culture, in a robust performance at the Leveson inquiry.

Comment: Should we regulate the blogosphere?

The idea that a regulator could be set up to watch over bloggers has caused a storm online.