David
Cameron told the House of Commons that he wanted an end to the
Media having the ear of Prime Ministers in Secret Meetings.
In the spirit of this new found openness, Cameron proposed an
amendment to the Ministerial code which will “require Ministers
to record all meetings with newspaper and other media proprietors,
senior editors, and executives. He wants the government to be
open about it’s meetings with the media” These meetings
should be published quarterly.
He was referring to the prestigious meetings he arranged, at tax
payers expense, for Media proprietors and senior editors to stay
at the Prime Ministers country residence at Chequers.
Rebekah Brooks visited twice last year to see the P.M. in June
and August, others included ; James Murdock and his wife visited,
Andy Coulson stayed overnight in March, 2 months after he resigned
form the PM’s office, [The revelation was described as a
“yet more evidence of an extraordinary lack of judgment
by David Cameron” by the Shadow Culture Secretary, Ivan
Lewis.]
The executive editor of The Times, owned by News International,
Daniel Finkelstein and his wife also visited. The only non News
international executive to pay a visit to Chequers was Lord Rothermere
from The Daily Mail.
You might think that David Cameron is being open and above board,
but you would be wrong. It is only those visits and overnight
stays which are paid for by the taxpayer, that have to be recorded,
all private invitations as personal guests of David Cameron, will
be kept secret. That’s in line with Cameron’s election
pledge to have a Fair Government.
He has suggested that visits to No 10 by the Media should also
be recorded, but Video Conferencing with the Media will be kept
secret, this is also in line with Cameron’s election pledge
to have a Fair Government.
To be fair David Cameron had published his list of Media meetings,
prior to him announcing the proposed requirement to publish.
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