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Well it appears after all the wrangling a deal has been struck on the press regulation laws coming into effect. The Politicians won't be able to mess with the regs on a whim, no watering down on request from a media tycoon (such as Murdoch) and like for like apologies.... except in a case of a 2/3 more vote in a later parliament that is!!
ie If the paper publishes a story on page one in big fonts... then the apology has to be on page one in big fonts.
But one has to ask...... there were already criminal laws in place that covered the actions.... so why the buffer zone?
That some of the police and some of the politicians were too much in some of the media's pocket to be fully disclosed??
.... mmmmmm probably. It's nothing new these.. ... get out jail free for the connected cards.