UK press self-regulation - will it survive?

Lord McGregor

The Chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority fears that statutory regulation of the press is now a real prospect, encouraged by the past inaction of the Press Council.

Press self-regulation - will it survive?

Lord MacGregor of Durris

A passionate believer in freedom of thought, speech and information, the Chairman of the ASA fears that statutory regulation of the press, therefore advertising, is now a real prospect. The belated Press Council code of practice, after 36 years of inaction, has been anticipated by the recent national editors' code of ethics - the two may create muddle, and are unlikely to quench a parliamentary thirst for intervention. The Labour Party's views seem clear, and also drastic. Labour opposed the formation of the Broadcasting Standards Council. But the BSC is...

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