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Clipping the Press's wings!
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JoyLouise | Report | 19 Mar 2013 12:20 |
Has anyone noticed that the person delegated by David Cameron to this group was Oliver Letwin? Wasn't Letwin's name splashed across the newspapers as the person whom Diana, Princess of Wales, phoned several times, apparently causing the innocent family some distress? |
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Muffyxx | Report | 19 Mar 2013 12:28 |
Wasn't that Oliver Hoare.......not Letwin? |
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JoyLouise | Report | 19 Mar 2013 12:35 |
Oh dear! You're right Muffy - slap my hands. It's my age you know (my excuse and I'm sticking to it) .... sorry everyone! |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 19 Mar 2013 13:31 |
The common sense of the PM's advisors :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 19 Mar 2013 13:50 |
does this mean |
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DazedConfused | Report | 19 Mar 2013 14:36 |
I for one feel that the freedom of the press is paramount in our society |
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Muffyxx | Report | 19 Mar 2013 14:40 |
I agree with Piglets Pal......phone hacking was already illegal.....the laws in place just weren't being implemented....I don't like the outcome one bit....much as I loathe and despise our press. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 19 Mar 2013 15:12 |
Muffyxx I agree with you and PigletsPal, this is yet another slippery slope they have embarked down, and it does not fair well for our so called democracy :-( |
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 19 Mar 2013 15:23 |
Agree with Muffy and PigletsPal:)))) |
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Chrissie | Report | 19 Mar 2013 16:01 |
I think the press need to have some restriction placed on them because they've abused their freedom too often. I think people should be entitled to some privacy whoever they are ...and as for all this celebrity nonsense! as an example, I was reading a paper in the dentists the other day and there was this tiny little apology to one of the royal family Andrew I think a few pages in basically saying there had been no truth in whatever story it was they'd published....I think they should have to publish an apology the same size and place as the article was originally. |
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Dermot | Report | 19 Mar 2013 17:03 |
The main point of the new agreement is - think carefully before putting pen to papyrus. |
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Muffyxx | Report | 19 Mar 2013 18:12 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21848746 |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 19 Mar 2013 18:38 |
There is as yet no agreement with the press, just a threat by the Commons to take on the Fourth Estate. It is looking more and more that the Fourth Estate is not going to bite. And then what ? |
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Kay???? | Report | 19 Mar 2013 18:42 |
Only in England and Wales,,,,,,,,,Scotland is excluded.!!!! |
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Muffyxx | Report | 19 Mar 2013 18:49 |
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9939666/British-press-laws-are-just-crazy-say-shocked-Americans.html |
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Elizabeth2469049 | Report | 19 Mar 2013 20:37 |
I would have thought the law already covered most serious offences though of course it often hasn't beenenforced , and in the past investigative journalism has been sometimes been very valuable - of course there should be some regulatory standards but we should be very wary of the ease with which this can slip into censorship - freedom of the press must not be eroded |
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