ANYTHING INTERESTING IN THE PAPERS TODAY, MAX?

And a deafening silence from the members of the State-approved Press regulator bankrolled by Mosley money which Labour will no longer take

IMPRESS, the Press regulator backed to the tune of £3.8million by Max Mosley, insisted yesterday it is ‘entirely independent’ of him but failed to condemn his racist past.

The State-sponsored watchdog relies on the disgraced tycoon for the vast majority of its funding, which he funnels to it via two charities.

But the regulator’s chief executive Jonathan Heawood claimed Mr Mosley has no sway at the organisation.

‘Impress is entirely independent of the publishers we regulate and the donors who support our work,’ he said in a statement. ‘Our code holds our publishers to high standards.’

However, in a move that appears to undermine this claim, Impress repeatedly failed to criticise Mr Mosley for the vile pamphlet he published, and which was unearthed by the Daily Mail this week. Asked whether he condemned the multi-millionaire’s racism, Mr Heawood took a swipe at IPSO, the independent regulator which regulates the vast majority of major newspapers, and to which Mr Mosley is vehemently opposed.

‘Unlike IPSO, we prohibit racism and all forms of hate speech against vulnerable groups. I personally find racism abhorrent,’ he said. He refused to comment on Mr Mosley directly.

Published in 1961, Mr Mosley’s pamphlet said ‘coloured immigrants’ spread ‘tuberculosis, VD and other terrible diseases’. The leaflet added they should be sent ‘home’ because ‘coloured immigration threatens your children’s health’.

The revelation comes two weeks after Mr Mosley launched a legal bid to restrict reporting about the £3.8million his family trust has spent bankrolling Impress, and to scrub records of his notorious German-themed orgy from history.

His lawyers have demanded that the Mail removes references to the regulator being ‘financed’, ‘funded’, ‘bankrolled’ by, ‘financially reliant’ on or ‘in the pocket’ of Mr Mosley.

He is also using data protection laws to force newspapers to delete any references to his sadomasochistic sex party and never mention it again. The orgy, which involved Mr Mosley and five consensual prostitutes, was exposed by the News of the World in 2008.

Since then, Mr Mosley has made it his personal mission to muzzle the Press.

None of Impress’s ten board members has publicly criticised his behaviour. Here we profile them, giving their response when asked by the Mail to comment.

In the news: Max Mosley outside his home yesterday

Emma Jones: A former editor of Smash Hits magazine who later worked as a showbusiness reporter for the Sunday Mirror, the Mail on Sunday and The Sun, before being sacked by former Sun editor Rebekah Brooks. NO COMMENT

Andrea Wills: An independent editorial adviser to BBC Trust until its closure in April, investigating complaints about content. Began as radio journalist, rising to executive producer of TV programmes. NO COMMENT

Maire Messenger Davies: Emerita professor of media studies at Ulster University. Worked in regional newspapers and magazines. Her most senior role was deputy editor of Mother & Baby magazine. NO COMMENT

Iain Christie: Ex-Foreign Office barrister who became a media lawyer. Consultant editor of publication Tugendhat and Christie: The Law of Privacy and the Media, and secretary of Civil Mediation Council. NO COMMENT

David Robinson (Treasurer): An accountant who is also a non-executive director of Scottish firm Forester Life (UK). Held previous roles at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and at Scottish Provident. NO COMMENT

Walter Merricks CBE (chairman): The first chief ombudsman of the Financial Ombudsman Service. The 72-year-old also spent six years as a board member at the Gambling Commission. NO COMMENT

David Leigh: The former Guardian investigations editor is professor of reporting at City University. He has admitted once hacking an arms dealer’s phone, saying it was ‘perfectly ethical’ in the circumstances. NO COMMENT

Deborah Arnott: Chief executive of anti-smoking campaign Action on Smoking and Health, honorary professor at Nottingham University. Was producer and programme editor for ITV and Channel 4. NO COMMENT

Martin Hickman: The 49-year-old journalist is managing director of publisher Canbury Press. Co-author with Tom Watson of a book on phone hacking, Dial M for Murdoch. NO COMMENT

Patrick Swaffer: President of British Board of Film Classification, which gives age ratings for films and videos. Also a part-time Crown Court judge who spent 0 years as a media lawyer. NO COMMENT