Blair government despaired at ‘juvenile’ media in efforts to keep ministers on-message

Aide's suggestion of accuracy' regulations for press was dismissed as probably suicidal to try'

Tony Blair's government struggled to control a juvenile" media as cabinet ministers failed to do message", often kiboshing" each other's announcements, previously secret documents reveal.

A despairing Alastair Campbell, Blair's press secretary, told him the basic lack of professionalism of ministers in dealing with media interviews was beyond a joke".