Oh, the irony. In at attempt to recapture the initiative and manage the increasingly unruly media, David Cameron issued a press release yesterday in which he complained of "thirteen years of government by initiative, press release and media management". Okay, strictly speaking it was a speech -- but what is a speech if not an excuse for a press release? (In politics, the press release comes before the speech which is, confusingly, referred to in the past tense: "In a speech earlier today, Conservative leader David Cameron said ...") (To read more, click here.)
