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Cameron's bizarre resistance to Leveson recommendations.

  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...