The relationship between those who wield power and those whose job it is to tell us what they are doing has always been fraught with tension Politicians now expect to be on camera and facing aggressive questions from the moment they open their front door to the moment they return home at night Everything they say and do is instantly broadcast and dissected on 24-hour rolling news channels, blogs and Twitter It was not always this way Live from Downing Street takes us on an absorbing journey through the hard-fought battles for the right to tell the public about the decisions taken on their behalf