Mark Pack

“Press conferences are private meetings”

By | Tue 26th October 2010 - 2:15 pm

Cornish Conservatives clearly do things differently as Lib Dem Cllr Alex Folkes has reported:

[Council leader] Cllr Robertson and Council Chief Executive Kevin Lavery held a press conference to announce the proposed budget. Lib Dem Group Leader Doris Ansari went along to hear what they had to say, only to be thrown out of the event because apparently:

“Press conferences are private meetings”

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4 Comments

  • Politico 26th Oct '10 - 2:19pm

    It’s probably a bit semantic – had they called it a ‘press briefing’, I don’t think it would sound quite so strange.

  • Antony Hook 26th Oct '10 - 6:02pm

    It doesn’t matter what you call it.

    A public body should be completely open. If you can tell the press why can’t you tell a member of the public including a member of the council.

  • Liberal Neil 26th Oct '10 - 7:22pm

    This is utterly bizarre behaviour.

  • Ian Sanderson 27th Oct '10 - 1:35pm

    George Orwell, you should be living at this hour!

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