APPENDICES
The Right Honourable Dr Vincent Cable MP: • 25/9-25/22, on the political influence of News Corporation, and the leaders of the major political parties having got too close to them, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2012/05/Transcript-of-Morning-Hearing-30-May-2012.pdf
1959The Right Honourable David Cameron MP: • meetings with media figures as Prime Minister, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2012/06/Exhibit-DC-1.pdf • 70/22-72/24, on text contact with Aidan Barclay, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2012/06/Transcript-of-Morning-Hearing-14-June-2012.pdf • note on meetings with media figures as Leader of the Opposition, http://www. levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Exhibit-DC-2.pdf • register of member's interests entries referring to media related hospitality, http://www. levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Exhibit-DC-3.pdf • paras 184-185, Jeremy Hunt's notes referring to speculation about a "deal" and that there was general suspicion when politicians met media barons; 188-191, publication since 15 July 2011, of lists of meetings with media proprietors, senior executives and editors (to be contrasted with the position in the past); 206-207, post 2010 election meeting with Rupert Murdoch, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ Witness-Statement-of-David-Cameron-MP.pdf • on his personal friendships with journalists and the circumstances in which he came to meet Rupert Murdoch in Santorini, para 79, 195, 199, 209-210, 212-214, http://www. levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Witness-Statement-of-David- Cameron-MP.pdf • 47, 218, acceptance that the relationship between politicians and the media has become too close, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Witness- Statement-of-David-Cameron-MP.pdf • 12/5-12/7, 14/21-15/5, relationship between press and politicians has been too close, has unhealthy aspects and has not been right for the last 20 years, http://www.levesoninquiry. org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Transcript-of-Morning-Hearing-14-June-2012.pdf • 33/5-33/10, 42/3-43/2, 57/12-59/17, 74/13-86/20, friendships with journalists and others, and dealings and friendships with Matthew Freud, Charlie and Rebekah Brooks, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Transcript-of-Morning- Hearing-14-June-2012.pdf • text messages, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Copy- of-R-Brooks-text-message-to-D-Cameron-7.10.09.pdf • 13/4-14/4, 50/15-50/24, 52/20-53/11, 53/12-54/8, 97/20-98/4, on the effort required to deal with the news agenda and the risk of being distracted from policy by the news agenda; on the need to govern whilst fighting media battles; on the time spent dealing with the media; the risk of media engagement intruding on policy formation, leadership and government, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ Transcript-of-Morning-Hearing-14-June-2012.pdf
¶Appendix 5 | Evidence Relevant to the Generic Conclusions on the Relationship Between Politicians and the Press: Part I Chapter 8
¶Mr Alastair Campbell: • pp33-34, on his contacts with proprietors and journalists, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.
¶uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Second-Witness-Statement-of-Alastair-Campbell.pdf • 53/13-56/10, on Rebekah Brooks as a constant presence, the frequency of his contact with her, and access to the then Prime Minister, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2012/05/Transcript-of-Afternoon-Hearing-14-May-2012.pdf • 50/5-55/9, on his and New Labour's relations with Rebekah Brooks, http://www.
¶levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Transcript-of-Afternoon-Hearing14-May-2012.pdf • pp20,23 p13, lines 12-22, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/leveson-inquiry- transcript-060911.pdf pp4-5, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Witness-Statement-of-Professor-Susan- Mendus.pdf p12-13, ibid p1, para 1.1, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Witness-Statement-of-Thomas- Mockridge.pdf pp103-104, lines 24-3, Lord Patten, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Transcript-of- Morning-Hearing-23-January-2012.pdf pp8-9, paras 20-23, ibid ibid, pp63-65 p206, para 272, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Witness-Statement-of-Stephen- Abell.pdf No records of these approaches were kept before May 2010 p41, lines 4-7, Alexander Owens, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Transcript-of- Afternoon-Hearing-30-November-2011.pdf p17, para 22, ibid http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Witness-Statement-of-Ian-Hurst.pdf pp57-58, lines 18-5, William Lewis, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Transcript-of- Afternoon-Hearing-10-January-2012.pdf Ms Marshall claims that this was replicating Mr Paxman's interview of a well-known politician in the 1970s pp89-90, lines 24-12, Daniel Sanderson, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Transcript- of-Morning-Hearing-15-December-20111.pdf p37, lines 3-16, Gerry McCann, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Transcript-of- Afternoon-Hearing-23-November-2011.pdf p16, para 29d ibid pp84-85, lines 8-20, Peter Wright, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Transcript- of-Morning-Hearing-11-January-2012.pdf; p11, para 35, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2012/02/Witness-Statement-of-Paul-Dacre.pdf; p6, para 17, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2012/01/Witness-Statement-of-Dawn-Neesom.pdf; pp1-2, paras 5 – 6, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2012/01/Witness-Statement-of-James-Welsh.pdf; p4, para 13, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/ wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Witness-Statement-of-Peter-Wright.pdf pp102-103, lines 15-3, Elizabeth Filkin, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Transcript- of-Morning-Hearing-5-March-2012.pdf p7, para 18, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Witness-Statement-of-Lord-Blair.pdf p70, lines 1-12, Paul Peachey, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Transcript-of- Morning-Hearing-14-March-2012.pdf para 4.2, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Report-by-Elizabeth-Filkin.pdf pp23-24, Richard Thomas, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Transcript-of-Morning- Hearing-9-December-2011.pdf p4, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Second-Witness-Statement-of-Richard- Thomas-CBE1.pdf; p1, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Third-Witness-Statement-of- Richard-Thomas-CBE1.pdf http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Submission-by-Philip-Coppel-QC-redacted.pdf p29, Richard Thomas, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Exhibit-1.pdf p99, lines 14-18, Lord Mandelson, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Transcript-of- Morning-Hearing-21-May-2012.pdf p9, lines 3-6, Tony Blair, ibid p74, para 221, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Witness-Statement-of-David- Cameron-MP.pdf ibid p32, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Exhibit-VC1-1-to-Witness-Statement-of-Vince- Cable-MP.pdf p56, lines 13-16, Alex Salmond, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Transcript-of- Afternoon-Hearing-13-June-2012.pdf Part K, Chapter 7 pp7-8, para 32, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Submission-by-Claire-Enders- Enders-Analysis.pdf The majority of the press core participants have argued in favour of a public interest defence for journalists, see for example News International closing submissions at para 64, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2012/07/Closing-Submission-from-News-International.pdf, Associated Newspapers closing submissions at para 31 http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Closing-Submission-from-Associated- J Newspapers-Ltd.pdf, Guardian News closing submissions at para 17 http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2012/07/Closing-Submission-from-Guardian-News-and-Media-Ltd.pdf. See also part 5, http://www. levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Submission-by-Media-Standards-Trust.pdf; Part 6, http://www. levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Submission-by-Professor-Roy-Greenslade-of-City-University.pdf which support a general public interest defence for journalists Appendix 4 p40, lines 3-6, Baroness Buscombe, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Transcript-of- Morning-Hearing-7-February-2012.pdf p3, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Covering-Letter-from-Ofcom.pdf; p10, para 23, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Submission-by-Lord-Black-of-Brentwood1.pdf; p8, para 4, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Submission-by-Carnegie-Trust.pdf; p20, para 3.35, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Submission-by-MediaWise1.pdf; p11, http:// www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Submission-by-Michelle-Stanistreet-on-behalf-of-the- National-Union-of-Journalists.pdf; p13, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Submission- by-Coordinating-Committee-for-Media-Reform.pdf pp106-107, Lord Black, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Transcript-of-Morning- Hearing-9-July-2012.pdf p60, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Submission-by-Media-Standards-Trust.pdf Part H K Defamation Act Schedule 2.10, ibid p70, lines 1-3, James Murdoch, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Transcript-of- K Afternoon-Hearing-24-April-2012.pdf Part K, Chapter 7, para 3.14 Discussed in detail in Section 3 of this Annex on clinging on to the media management techniques of opposition whilst in government and on the time and energy required to deal with the media, http://www.
¶levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Witness-Statement-of-Alastair-Campbell.pdf • 60/15-63/6, on that part of Tony Blair's speech of 12 June 2007 dealing with the damaged relationship between the media and public life, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2011/11/Transcript-of-Morning-Hearing-30-November-2011.pdf • p25, on the time and energy required to deal with the press and on government seeking to be over controlling of the media, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2012/05/Second-Witness-Statement-of-Alastair-Campbell.pdf • 65/15-65/23, 82/4-84/4, on the amount of time required to deal with the media having become a problem, and his response to Lord Mandelson's view that too much time was spent managing media at the expense of managing policy, http://www.levesoninquiry.
¶org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Transcript-of-Afternoon-Hearing-14-May-2012.pdf • 13/17-13/20, on newspapers becoming part of the political process, http://www.
¶levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Transcript-of-Morning-Hearing-30-November-2011.pdf • pp21-22, on the failure of politicians to stand up to the media, patronage and the giving of privileged access to certain parts of the media by politicians, http://www.levesoninquiry.
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¶pdf • 66/10-66/19, on political patronage towards the media and giving the media too much of a sense of their own place within the political firmament, http://www.levesoninquiry.
¶org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Transcript-of-Afternoon-Hearing-14-May-2012.pdf
¶The Right Honourable Kenneth Clarke QC MP: • table of contacts with media proprietors etc., http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2012/05/Exhibit-KC3-to-Witness-Statement-of-Kenneth-Clarke-QC-MPredacted.pdf • 28/9-30/9, on the rise of media pre-briefing and pre-budget leaks, http://www.
¶levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Transcript-of-Afternoon-Hearing30-May-2012.pdf • 53/9-55/3, on political competition for the support of The Sun and Gordon Brown's preoccupation with it, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/
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