Leveson: much more wrangling ahead
All parties involved in the press regulation debate want the same broad approach: a royal charter. They just can’t agree what should be in it – and there is a lot of ground to be
All parties involved in the press regulation debate want the same broad approach: a royal charter. They just can’t agree what should be in it – and there is a lot of ground to be
David Cameron’s team say they won concessions from Labour and the Liberal Democrats in negotiations over press regulation. But history may judge that it was Mr Cameron whose bluff was
David Cameron faces pressure from all sides after pulling the plug on cross-party talks on press reform.
It looked like David Cameron had summoned newspaper editors to No.10 for a talking-to. But was it more of a strategy meeting to kick the Leveson recommendations into the long grass?
David Cameron sets himself against any law change on press regulation and says the sort of neat, small law Lord Justice Leveson thinks he’s proposing could quickly expand.
Leveson verdict: the signs are that David Cameron is not ready to jump up and accept this proposal.
David Cameron has asked Nick Clegg to throw him a lifebelt over press regulation – Nick Clegg has decided to watch the PM struggle in the water instead and is giving a separate statement on
David Cameron could respond to the Leveson report, out on Thursday, by giving newspapers six months to devise a tougher, more independent system for self-regulation.
The high point for drama so far was Robert Jay asking David Cameron this morning if, before the election, he’d seen Rebekah Brooks every weekend he was at his country home. He had to think
Jeremy Hunt intends to be “robust” in his Commons appearance today which should get under way around 1.30 or so.