Public Confidence in the Media and Police Debate
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Chris Williamson
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Public Confidence in the Media and Police
Chris Williamson Excerpts(13 years, 4 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
I do. We want a free and vigorous press. Sometimes that is infuriating, but the idea of having “Ofpress” and equal coverage being given to every point of view would kill the vibrancy of the press. If we had to have equal coverage of every Neil Kinnock speech—respecting him as I do—the papers would take a lot longer to read every morning.
Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab)
When Andy Coulson stayed at Chequers after his resignation, did the Prime Minister take the opportunity to talk to him about the phone hacking allegations and whether there was any truth in them, and about his reasons for resigning?