Agenda 2019

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/18/leveson-david-cameron-press-regulation_n_2901113.html?utm_hp_ref=uk David Cameron Tells Tory MPs He 'Called Ed Miliband's Bluff' On Leveson. Prime Minister Cameron. No matter how you view it, self regulation is self regulation which has proved to be at best ineffective in the majority of instances where such regulatory bodies operate. A Royal Charter to back up press regulation, or press regulation with statutory underpinning may seem diametrically opposed positions, but in the bizarre world of Westminster political intrigue, both options are in fact the same thing. Of course, there are those who may believe that a solution such as this, is no more than a fudged up compromise by two, or is it three, protagonists who have "bottled it". That may however be a bit cynical. Cameron, Clegg and Milliband. On television last night, on numerous channels, first Cameron then Clegg and finally Milliband appeared and...

  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/14/leveson-report-labour-and-lib-dems-criticise-david-cameron_n_2877462.html?1363291178&utm_hp_ref=uk  Cameron calls off talks on press reform. Cameron called a press conference to explain his decision Lord Justice Leveson with his inquiry report   There is something quite sinister in the way that Cameron continues to defy overwhelming evidence and opinion, and renage on his previous commitments to implement the Leveson recommendations. It has been felt for some time that there is a hidden agenda somewhere, probably put together behind closed doors during cosy little sessions at Chequers or even at Number 10 and known only to Cameron and a few carefully selected confidants. It is clearly evident from numerous other examples that the concept of "Self Regulation" does not work. For Cameron to argue that statutory underpinning of regulation as proposed by Leveson would somehow re...

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/mar/09/leveson-report-press-victims-government-vote Campaigners write letter urging government to end talks with editors and act on report recommendations   A House of Lords amendment to the Defamation Bill,  introduced by Lord Puttnam, aims to bring in press regulation   Why is Cameron so set against the recommendations of the report? His prevarications and delaying moves, "...he is expected to block it to prevent a likely government defeat", are clearly indicative of a private agenda. Cameron should beware. The consequences for being closely involved with the media can be very damaging as many have found to their cost.

  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/11/29/david-cameron_n_2211388.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-politics  Cameron and  Clegg Split Over Legal Underpinning Of Press Regulation Lord Justice Leveson unveils his report   Cameron's "statement" in the House of commons yesterday (29th November 2012) in response to the Leveson report, was pathetic as were his "answers" to subsequent questions. It was not only Milliband who was shaking his head in stunned disbelief. The cracks and splits in the coalition were abundantly clear as soon as the deputy prime Minister began to speak in his own unprecedented response to the report. Clegg's statement was diametrically opposite to that of the prime Minister in the fundamental area of legal under pinning of press regulation. Another area where the Conservatives and the Liberal democrats are uneasy bedfellows. It is not surprising that Clegg and his LibDems are crumbling away from this disastrous rag bag coali...