Marcus Leroux News Today

A selection of the stories we wish we had written over the last 12 months, featuring work by the New York Times, Bloomberg, and others

Over a lengthy career in journalism Roy Greenslade has written millions of words. But a handful out of a 4,000-word article in the British Journalism Review (and The Sunday Times) explaining his support for Irish republicanism and the IRA have now cast a shadow over all that went before. In the piece, he talks about his friendship with Pat Doherty, who has been named in parliament as a former member of the Provisional IRA. He states: “From very early on in our friendship [with Doherty and his...

Index raises concerns over UK Freedom of Information We join media freedom organisations, editors and broadcasters in calling for an urgent review of right-to-know legislation 09 Feb 2021 The Right Honourable Julian Knight MP, Chair, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee CC The Right Honourable Michael Gove, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office The Right Honourable Chloe Smith, Minister for the Cabinet Office Dunja Mijatovic, Council of Europe Human Ri...

The editors of the Guardian, Financial Times, Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mirror have joined together in a rare show of unity urging the Government to look at reform to protect Freedom of Information  (FoI)  rights. A dozen current and former Fleet Street editors have joined a call for a review into the Government’s use of FoI, raising “serious concerns” their policies are contributing to a culture of declining press freedom in the UK. They have been joined by staunch...

COMMENT Taoiseach Micheal Martin says a poll on Irish unification is not on the cards within the next five years IT was a busy week in Scottish politics. One would-be opposition leader resigned. (Richard Leonard.) Another left to front the Scottish branch of a rebranded party headed by a man who was recently flogging investment tips for £199 a year. (Michelle Ballantyne and Nigel Farage, respectively.) But the event that caught my eye over the last seven days had little to do with the mach...