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given exclusive stories and reporting them with a favourable tilt for the government, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Transcript-of-Morning- Hearing-12-June-2012.pdf • 18/9-20/13, on politicisation of government information services, http://www. levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Transcript-of-Morning-Hearing-12- June-2012.pdf • paras 17-18, on politicians using a relationship with the press to make inaccurate allegations about opponents' policies; 50, on hostile briefing and leaking of the Framework Agreement with the Irish Government in 1995, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2012/06/Witness-Statement-of-Sir-John-Major.pdf • para 31, on the exchange of information to favoured sources for friendly treatment, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Witness-Statement-of- Sir-John-Major.pdf • 63/6- 87/18, on the response of government to Calcutt 2, http://www.levesoninquiry.org. uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Transcript-of-Morning-Hearing-12-June-2012.pdf
1977Lord Mandelson: • 25/15-26/20, on leaking or briefing to the press on the subject of whether Tony Blair would call a referendum on the EU constitutional treaty, with the result that it became a fait accompli, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Transcript- of-Afternoon-Hearing-21-May-20121.pdf • pp12, on Britain's national interests coming second to appeasing media prejudice on Europe, and Tony Blair having "sold the pass over Europe", 14, on influence of media over government policy via editorial content and campaigns and lobbying by e.g. Rebekah Brooks, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Witness- Statement-of-Lord-Mandelson.pdf • 19/16-21/3, on making concessions "at least on rhetoric and tone, language" on policy areas such as Europe; 29/1-33/1, on changing the presentation of policies and attaching too much importance to press proprietors, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2012/05/Transcript-of-Afternoon-Hearing-21-May-20121.pdf • pp2, on the transactional relationship between politicians and journalists, exchanging help with stories for favourable treatment; 4, the risk of abuse inherent in the transactional relationship, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Witness- Statement-of-Lord-Mandelson.pdf • 94/12-96/23, on the nature of the relationship between politicians and journalists as a trade, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Transcript-of- Morning-Hearing-21-May-2012.pdf • 1/11-1/23, on the "transactional process" between politicians and the media, http:// www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Transcript-of-Afternoon- Hearing-21-May-20121.pdf • pp11, that the media can shape how policies are received by the public which can have an effect on party leaders, describing media influence in particular policy areas, and the way in which media reaction influenced Tony Blair's appointment of Jack Straw as Foreign Secretary; 12, that Britain's interests on Europe have come second to governments pandering to media prejudice; 14, that media influence on policies can take the form of bullying editorials, that Rebekah Brooks was adroit at pushing her views on government,
¶Appendix 5 | Evidence Relevant to the Generic Conclusions on the Relationship Between Politicians and the Press: Part I Chapter 8 and that Sun campaigns intruded into government policy making; 16, the relationship between Labour party policy on Europe and Rupert Murdoch, http://www.levesoninquiry.
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¶Andrew Marr: • 64/20-67/25, on relationships between politicians and newspapers or journalists that gave them favourable treatment, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2012/05/Transcript-of-Morning-Hearing-23-May-2012.pdf • pp3-4, on ministers leaking against other ministers, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/ wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Witness-Statement-of-Andrew-Marr.pdf • p8, on Tony Blair offering different presentations of his views on Europe to different newspapers, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Witness-Statement-of-Andrew-Marr.pdf • 68/1-69/1, on an article by Tony Blair in The Sun, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2012/05/Transcript-of-Morning-Hearing-23-May-2012.pdf • p7, on politicians spinning and distorting information, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/ wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Witness-Statement-of-Andrew-Marr.pdf • p4, that getting stories requires a personal relationship with politicians, http://www.
¶levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Witness-Statement-of-Andrew-Marr.pdf • pp7, that politicians are terrified to be seen to impose controls on journalism; 10, that the largest media organisations have a strong influence on media policies, giving examples, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Witness-Statement-of-Andrew-Marr.pdf • p10, that the largest media organisations have a strong influence on media policies, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Witness-Statement-of-Andrew-Marr.pdf
¶Ed Miliband MP: • p2, on the risk of media support in return for favours from politicians, http://www.
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¶pdf • 30/19-31/11, on off the record briefing against colleagues, http://www.levesoninquiry.
¶org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Transcript-of-Afternoon-Hearing-12-June-2012.pdf • p2, that the risk of a relationship between senior politicians at a national level and the media is that an inappropriate degree of closeness affects decisions in relation to issues such as media ownership, giving the example of concerns over BSkyB; at p4, that the concentration of media ownership has increased the conflict between politicians' duty to the public interest and their interest in remaining on good terms with a powerful media proprietor, http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Witness-Statement-of-Ed-Miliband.pdf
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