Boris Johnson: We've got to fight to keep our free press

 
25 October 2012

Boris Johnson today made an impassioned speech in support of a free Press.

The Mayor was talking ahead of the launch of the Free Speech Network and Tim Luckhurst's pamphlet Responsibility without Power.

Mr Johnson said: "One of the reasons London is regarded as one of the greatest places on earth to live in and to invest in, is because we have the stability that goes, not just with the rule of law, but with a system of government that's almost entirely free from corruption or criminal activity at virtually every level; and that is very largely thanks to the free, dynamic, irreverent, independent media that we have.

"And that is one of the glories of this country and we've got to fight to keep it that way."

The Free Speech Network hosts a panel discussion this evening, on the constitutional threat posed to free speech by statutory regulation of the press, led by John Humphrys, with panellists John Whittingdale, Mick Hume and Tim Luckhurst.

The event will see the official launch of  Responsibility without Power a pamphlet by Tim Luckhurst, professor of journalism at the University of Kent.

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