British politicians are in the habit of “leaking” what they regard as major speeches to the media, who then faithfully report what is leaked, behaving a bit like extensions of the politicians’s propaganda departments as “news”. The report is usually couched in terms of so and so “is expected to say” and there are often extensive quotes from the speech written but not yet spoken, save as to the private rehearsals. (more…)
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