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Using exclusive private interviews with senior Whitehall civil servants – mainly those working in the Government Information Service (GIS) – Bob Franklin examines New Labour’s extended honeymoon with the press and its vigorous policy of news management – spin doctoring.
The news management system extends beyond party press officers into the GIS, part of the supposedly non-partisan civil service. Existing departmental Heads of Information have been replaced by new appointees expected to be more energetic in pushing the government agenda. Almost twice as many special advisors have been appointed in the first six months of the new administration as were appointed during John Major’s term of office. This almost inevitably leads to a blurring of boundaries between government and party interests, between information and propaganda. This process, if unchecked, has serious implications for democracy.
A number of measures to counter these effects should be considered, including televising press briefings by the Prime Minister’s Press Secretary, subjecting political appointees to the same code of conduct as civil service members of the GIS and increasing journalistic independence through the creation of an Independent Press Authority.
About the Author
Keith Ewing is Professor of Public Law, Kings College London. He specialises in constitutional law and labour law, and has written extensively on the funding of political parties. His books on the subject include Trade Unions, the Labour Party and the Law (1982), The Funding of Political Parties in Britain (1987), Money, Politics and Law (1992). He gave evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on The Funding of Political Parties in 1993, and presented the Labour Party's evidence to the Neill Committee's inquiry into the funding of political parties in 1998.
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