This book looks at the ways in which prime ministers manage and fail to manage their public communication.

• A timely examination of the ways in which prime ministers manage and fail to manage their public communication.
  
• Original in scope, covering political rumours, political cartoons and capital cities, in addition to more familiar topics.
  
• Sets contemporary analysis of Downing Street press secretaries, media barons and press conferences in fuller historical context than usual.
  
• Draws on public records, private papers...

This second edition of Colin Seymour-Ure's history of the press and broadcasting in post-war Britian offers a concise and fully up-to-date overview of the development of the media and its central role in British society.