Jul 25th 2011 By Bagehot THIS week’s print column looks at the puzzle of better press regulation, and offers a tentative solution. It will be my last column until mid-August,…

Jul 21st 2011 By Bagehot GEORGE Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, has given a very important interview to the Financial Times this morning. In essence, Mr Osborne has confirmed…

Jul 19th 2011 By Bagehot „THIS is the most humble day of my life,“ Rupert Murdoch told members of the House of Commons, after the media, culture and sports select…

By Bagehot LISTENING to this morning’s Today programme on BBC Radio 4, Bagehot’s first, unworthy thought was: blimey, it’s Statler and Waldorf from the Muppet Show. Instead, the men shouting…

Jul 19th 2011 By Bagehot AUSTERITY Britain? Or a cunning Keynesian stimulus plan, imposed by stealth? If you will forgive the brief diversion from phone-hacking and other grisly matters of…

Jul 18th 2011 By Bagehot THE old rules still apply in the unprecedented scandal shaking the British press, police and political establishment, starting with the dictum: in public life, it…

By Bagehot AFTER the first fortnight or so, constant gloom and indignation loses its charm. My print column this week argues that, in fact, there are reasons to be optimistic…

Jul 14th 2011 By Bagehot THE end is nigh for self-regulation of the British press, all hail „independent regulation“. That was the message from David Cameron, the prime minister, in…

Jul 12th 2011 By Bagehot THE GROUND continues to slip under the feet of the British politico-media establishment as the scandal of tabloid misconduct and phone-hacking deepens. Reuse this content…

Jul 11th 2011 By Bagehot EARTHQUAKES are always hard to predict in advance. But all the signs point to it: the ground is about to shift again under the British…