Media and Politics
From the most powerful to the most influential, the heady mixture of politics and media is a truly potent combination.
Reviled or revered, it depends on your stance, but love them or loathe them, one thing is for sure...you can’t ignore them. The cynics would have you believe that you can’t believe a word spoken by politicians or a sentence printed by the press. The defenders of democracy and freedom speech espouse the virtues of both.
With an impressive ‘stable’ ranging from ex-Presidents to Cabinet Ministers, eminent editors to controversial columnists, this Who’s Who of UK and US politics and broadsheet and tabloid press will engage with any audience with great intellectual stimuli.
Media and Politics Overview
Alistair Campbell 
Former Labour 'spindoctor' - implementing strategy, identifying and dealing with crisis, adapting the pace of change. Director Communications/Strategy in The Blair Years
Andrew Neil 
Former Editor of 'The Economist' and 'Sunday Times '
Bill Emmott 
Former Editor of 'The Economist'. Speaker on international affairs
Boris Johnson 
Columnist, author, MP for Henley on Thames and Lord Mayor of London
Charles Kennedy 
Former Leader of the Liberal Democrats and MP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West
Chris Smith MP
Former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Christopher Hatton 
Former European Commissioner for External Affairs and former Governor of Hong Kong (Rt Hon. Lord)
David Mellor 
lawyer/politician. Business Consultant. Chmn of the Government Football Task Force. Classic FM Broadcaster & music columnist for Mail on Sunday
David Owen (Lord) 
Founder of the SDP. Former Co Chairman of the EC Peace Conference on Yugoslavia
David Steele (Rt Hon. Lord Steele of Aikwood) 
Former Leader of the Liberal Party
Douglas Hurd (Rt Hon. Lord Hurd) 
Former Home and Foreign Secretary
Eve Pollard 
Former Editor of the 'Sunday Mirror' and 'Sunday Express' and a very experienced and engaging speaker
Henry Kissinger (Dr) 
Former US Secretary of State and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Jeffrey Archer (Lord) 
Former MP and best selling author
Jeremy Rifkin 
Founder & President of The Foundation for Economic Trends USA
Jimmy Carter 
Former President of the USA
John Prescott (The Rt Hon.) 
Former Deputy Prime Minister
John Sergeant 
Former ITN Political Editor
John Simpson 
BBC World Affairs Editor
Kenneth Clarke Rt. Hon. 
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer and MP for Rushcliffe
Lord Nigel Lawson (Rt Hon.) 
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Matthew Parris 
Former Parliamentary sketch writer, MP and top political speaker
Michael Heseltine PC MP 
Former Deputy Prime Minister and First Minister of State. Chairman of Haymarket Publishing Group
Michael Howard QC 
Former Leader of the Conservative Party and former Home Secretary and Shadow Chancellor
Michael Portillo 
Former MP, Television personality ands broadcaster
Paul Keating 
Former Prime Minister of Australia and Partner of Keating Associates
Peter Mandelson 
Former Secretary of State for Trade & Industry (UK)
Peter Melchett Rt Hon. 
Farming and environmental expert
Robert Worcester 
Founder of the Mori Poll
Roger Flynn 
Former BBC Venture Chief Executive Officer. Has worked for both Sir Richard Branson and Greg Dyke
Sir Bernard Ingham 
Former Press Secretary to Margaret Thatcher
Tim Yeo 
Chairman of the All Party Environmental Audit Committee
Former UK Prime Minister 
Leader of the Opposition 1997-2001 