Politicians have not abandoned their interest in attracting mainstream media attention – and ideally, approval.
- Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University
It wasn’t the ‘Sun wot won it’, but the partisanship of the UK press made the Conservatives’ task a great deal easier.
In 2017 Labour did better than expected because it moved debate away from Brexit. It will need to do the same in 2019.
Analysis of the first week of the campaign shows that not all publicity is good publicity.
It was the press that swayed opinion towards joining the common market in 1975. Since then though, the editorial mood has been rather different.
When you take into account the weight of circulation, most readers are getting the Brexit message.
Media coverage of the debate has so far been dominated by Conservative men
The tabloids aren’t the force they used to be.
UKIP are getting a lot of negative press, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
The debate over the debates rages on, and the broadcasters’ decision to widen the field could have unexpected consequences.
There is now serious doubt as to whether the campaign for the 2015 general election will witness the kind of leader debate that dominated the 2010 contest. Prime minister David Cameron is reluctant to…
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