On your lobby-horse

Philip Schlesinger, director of Stirling University's media research institute, has been giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament's standards committee on the need for a register of lobbyists, despite this being unpopular in the lobbying industry.

"We intend to stick to our guns and say what we think, despite the attempt by one lobbying trade organisation to lobby us in advance of this hearing, perhaps a classic example of lobbying gone wrong," he said.