http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... -down.html
It is looking like the Libs and Labs are about to vote for control of the press. Then the politicos will have the freedom to do whatever they please. Couple secret courts (courtesy of Ken Clarke) with the prospect of a gagged press and the dictatorship is all but complete.

Cameron is going to take a lot of stick but essentially his position is correct.

If Labour and Lib Dems get their way and introduces legislation how long until another Government comes along and strengthens it curtailing press freedoms even more.

That way lies Stalin and Hitler......

And when you get stories breaking like the MP's abuse of their allowances and the one last week about councillors taking bungs to slide through Planning Permission the temptation for them to clamp down at times of stress will be difficult to resist.

I do sympathise with the parents of Milly Dowler but there are already laws in place which have been broken (interception of communications). They already have the ability to bring those suspected before the courts be in the lowly reporter, newspaper editor or even owner magnate if they knew about the act or indeed endorsed it. I suspect though the last of these 9and you all know to whom I refer) has a waterproof lining between himself and any wrongdoing.

What we need is for the police to clean up their own ranks, stop taking bungs from the press for juicy tit bits of information or accepting consultation or other roles when they leave office and to do their bloody job and arraign these crooks before the courts.

There are already enough laws on the statute to maintain the brevity of the press. The problem is due to favouritism (same reason why no bankers have been done for fraud) none of them are being used.

Geezer, you are quite correct, there are already sufficient laws to deal with the criminal behaviour that led Cameron to call for the Levenson Inquiry. The truth is, a Levenson Inquiry was never needed.

I suspect that Cameron is playing a blinder with the public; trying to appear the 'nice guy', while actually working with the Libs and Labs to bring about the control of the press.

We both agree, the laws already existed to deal with the criminality of phone tapping etc. For whatever reason, the police have failed to do their job properly, and bring the criminals to book. Which suggests that the police are in on this arrangement in much the same way they appear to have been in on the failure to properly investigate Savile's paedophilia. The police have a similar problem with the Hillsborough affair – which has now come to light.

There never was any reason for Cameron to set up the Levenson Inquiry. And Cameron must have known this at the time; he must have known that there were sufficient laws in place to deal with the criminality. But Cameron decided to call Levenson in order to prepare the way for legislation that would gag the press. Now Cameron has sent up the smoke screen of a Royal Charter to control the press knowing that the Libs and Labs won't go along with him. Now the likelihood is that the Libs and Labs will 'force' Cameron (in line with his own wishes) into accepting press gagging legislation.

The politicos have major problem these days; their trustworthiness has been shot to pieces by their own actions. They routinely lie to us about all sorts of issues – not least about the EU and man-made global warming/climate change. They have proven themselves to be dishonest by their fiddling/stealing of public money to fund their expenses and personal financial affairs. Sadly, the politicos have proven themselves capable of doing anything against the public interest – including taking us into illegal wars whilst lying to us. Now it appears that William Hague is planning the next step in the Syrian war; he is looking to illegally provide weapons to the rebels. Another war, and another broken promise. We simply cannot believe a word any politicos say to us.

we also have laws to combat drink related crime and anti social crimes , but the police dont use them either

I think we have a classic "alternative close", so beloved of generations of sales reps. Do we want Cameron's Plan or the Lab/Lib plan?

Er... hang on, what about NEITHER?

Precisely! The same applies to all ballot papers for local and general elections. If we had a genuine democratic choice at the polls then a “None of the Above” option would be on all ballot papers. After all, even MPs and councilllors have the option to record an abstention vote.

From today's Daily Mail: Libs, Labs, and Hacked Off are working together to gag the press.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... press.html




Who/What is The “Hacked Off” campaign.

FROM THE MEDIA STANDARDS TRUST WEB SITE:

http://mediastandardstrust.org/mst-news ... e-hacking/



The above correctly identifies Julia Middleton as CEO of Common Purpose, but fails to identify Sir David Bell's links with Common Purpose. Here http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/people ... avid-bell/
The Levenson Inquiry web site rightly identifies Sir David Bell as Chairman of Common Purpose:


The above quote from the Levenson Inquiry web site rightly shows that Sir David Bell resigned his post as Chairman of The Media Standards Trust when appointed to the Levenson Inquiry. It also rightly shows that Julia Middleton is CEO of Common Purpose. What the above does not show is the clear links between The Media Standards Trust and Common Purpose, links that bring together Julia Middleton AND Sir David Bell.
Julia Middleton and Sir David Bell both have links to The Media Standards Trust:


So from today's Daily Mail we can now positively link Ed Miliband and Labour, Nick Clegg and Lib Dems, Sir David Bell & Julia Middleton (of Common Purpose), The Levenson Inquiry, The Media Standards Trust, Common Purpose, Hacked Off, AND the aim to gag the press through legislation.

If the minority parties do manage to get a bill into the Commons and scrape it though then the Lords can scupper it.

It's part of the reason why we have a second revising chamber, and a primary one as to why it must stay.

The only issue is who sits in it of course.

Whatever the Lords does or does not do; we should not under-estimate just how devious and deceitful the political class is. The Common Purpose links that run right through the Levenson Inquiry should give all of us reason to be very concerned. The fact that nobody in the political sphere (especially Cameron) has seen the need to highlight the Common Purpose tentacles that influence the Levenson Inquiry should cause some alarm bells to ring with the public and the press.

The plot thickens...

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/ju ... 6595971160

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nationa ... 6595023533

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