Nicholas Jones

Nicholas Jones was a BBC correspondent for 30 years. He has chronicled New Labour’s addiction to spin and media manipulation in a series of books, including Soundbites and Spin Doctors (1995), Sultans of Spin (1999) and Trading Information: Leaks, Lies and Tip-offs (2006). He is currently working on a book charting David Cameron’s relationship with the news media.

I reported on Thatcher-era strikes. Here’s what today’s coverage is missing

The demise of industrial correspondents allows the Tory press to deliver outlandish, make-believe scare stories

By Nicholas Jones

/ 23 Jun 2022

I reported on Thatcher-era strikes. Here’s what today’s coverage is missing

Confessions of a Blairite spin doctor

As the BBC political correspondent, Nicholas Jones incurred Alastair Campbell’s enmity by objecting to his underhand deployment of spin. Here he finds Campbell’s deputy still spinning off-the-record

By Nicholas Jones

/ 13 Feb 2010