He follows on from Gideon and other stooges. Next March at the City University
'Last year’s lecturer was Evening Standard editor and former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, who used his speech to say that the influence of the press in Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has been “overstated”.
Previous lecturers include former BBC director general and Times editor James Harding, Channel 4 News’ Jon Snow, FT editor Lionel Barber, ex-Mirror editor Piers Morgan, and ex-Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger.'