Lance Price



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Area of interest: Politics; relationship between media and politics

Journals: The Guardian

Email: [mailto:lance@lanceprice.co.uk lance@lanceprice.co.uk]

Website: LancePrice.co.uk

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Networks: LinkedIn



Biography:
Education: Sackville School, E Grinstead, 1970/1977; Hertford College, Oxford: Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 1977/1980

Career: News Trainee, BBC, 1980/1982; Scriptwriter, BBC TV News, London, 1982; Reporter, BBC Belfast, 1982/1986; General News Reporter, BBC, 1986/1987; Foreign & Defence Correspondent, BBC, 1987/1989; Political Correspondent, BBC, 1989/1998; in 1998 left journalism to join the No.10 press office as special adviser working for Alastair Campbell. In 2000 became the Labour Party’s Director of Communications - helped plan and then run the 2001 General Election campaign. Since 2001, a freelance writer, broadcaster and commentator. In 2005, published two books: The Spin Doctor’s Diary and a novel, Time and Fate. And in 2010, Where Power Lies.

(see: biography - lanceprice.co.uk) Current position/role: freelance writer and broadcaster - political commentator with frequent contributions to The Guardian's 'Comment is Free'


 * also writes/written for: guest columnist in newspapers and magazines including The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, The Sunday Times, London Evening Standard, the New Statesman and GQ.

Other roles: Lectures in politics and journalism and sometimes gives media training.

Other activities: Travel photographer: his work has appeared in Rough Guides, Bradt Travel Guides and Berlitz Guides. co-author and principal photographer of the Berlitz Guide to Iceland.

(see: photography lanceprice.co.uk)

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Books & Debate:

 * The Spin Doctor's Diary OCLC 61217508, 2005

Latest work: Where Power Lies : Prime Ministers v the Media OCLC 458734188, 2010 (video: met the author Where Power Lies - Lance Price)


 * "The book looks at what has gone wrong in the relationship between politics and the media and how it has damaged the public's trust in what goes on at Westminster. It holds out hope of a better future with more honesty and transparency on both sides" - books lanceprice.co.uk


 * Antony Howard called it 'the best guide to the armed frontier between politics and journalism I have ever read', Jeremy Vine said it was a 'gripping read', and Matthew Parris called it 'entertaining, gripping and thorough'

Speaking/Appearances: speaking (recent speeches and debates)

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Articles:

 * Andy Coulson, No 10 should avoid media-bred spin doctors'' - Party leaders too often peer out into the world of the media for spin doctors when they'd be better searching closer to home - 27th January 2011
 * didn't have to tell us about his drinking – but he did'' - Reading Tony Blair's memoirs, there are a few episodes that have me scratching my head and thinking, "Is that really how it was?" - 2nd September 2010
 * left wanting a meticulous Mandelson biography'' - Peter Mandelson's memoirs reveal little about his motivations – in particular why he failed to engineer a challenge to Brown - 13th July 2010
 * election is not a referendum on Gordon Brown'' - The time for pondering new leadership options will come soon enough. For now, Labour desperately needs to keep discipline - 4th May 2010 (Cif at the polls)
 * Brown's gaffe is nothing short of a disaster'' - The PM has just lost the votes of hundreds of thousands of people who agree with Gillian Duffy - 28th April 2010
 * on the hustings? Coherent and on-message'' - The reappearance of Labour's ex-leader wasn't scary but helpful – and proof once again of an enduring ability to survive sleaze - 31st March 2010
 * defensive blunder'' - No 10's reaction to the Andrew Rawnsley revelations looks more than a little desperate - 22nd February 2010
 * Short shrift for Blair at Chilcot - Clare Short may be wrong about Blair's media motive, but her account of cabinet government subverted by No 10 is compelling - 2nd February 2010
 * Tony Blair's Iraq War Wounds - Time, 1st February 2010
 * Be angry with Uganda, not the BBC - The BBC headline 'Should homosexuals face execution?' may be insensitive, but it has drawn attention to anti-gay legislation - 17th December 2009
 * It was the Sun wot spun it - Following its vindictive coverage of Gordon Brown and the Jamie Janes story, Labour now has no choice but confront the Sun - 11th November 2009
 * The Sun won't shine on Labour. So what? - Governments have been in thrall to it. The media is obsessed with it. But who really cares if the Sun won't back Labour? - 30th September 2009
 * Auntie's bloomer over Gordon Brown - The BBC made a serious error in allowing Gordon Brown to be questioned about unsubstantiated health rumours - 28th September 2009
 * Obama's busy, get over it Gordon - Brown should give up on meeting Obama for the sake of it – they have a good relationship, he shouldn't need empty symbolism - 24th September 2009
 * PM behaved properly – but still made himself look shifty - It takes a particularly unlucky – or ham-fisted – politician to do the right thing but still emerge looking guilty. By his handling of the Megrahi affair, Gordon Brown has achieved just that - 3rd September 2009
 * Lord Mandelson will never get the keys to No10 - As Lord Mandelson packed away his holiday clothes and prepared to head for the airport he could afford to allow himself a gratified smile - 10th August 2009
 * McBride misfires - The former aide to Gordon Brown has done himself no favours in trying to justify his behaviour over Smeargate - 20th July 2009
 * No 10 plays Simon says - Doing PR for Gordon Brown looks a thankless task, but if the PM can just find a message, Simon Lewis has the talent to tell it - 16th June 2009
 * An all-women government, please - I'm not joking. The entire cabinet should resign and be replaced by women – then the Labour party will have a fair chance - 9th June 2009
 * MPs' expenses: Is there a saviour in sight? - The public is in a mood to reject all professional politicians. But do we really want a parliament of amateurs – even if gifted - 28th May 2009
 * ANALYSIS: There is a void at the heart of No10. Brown must fill it - 4th May 2009
 * Will the last person to leave Gordon Brown's Britain turn out the lights? - The 50 per cent tax increase has reneged on New Labour's central promise - not to punish the rich. A key architect of Blair's victories says the party's over now - 24th April 2009
 * Blog standard - Cyber-sludge swirls around the blogosphere, but the government can't afford to get dirty - 13th April 2009



Latest news & updates:

 * new book published on February 4th 2010: Where Power Lies: Prime Ministers v the Media

