Leveson Report

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

well that self important little sh1t Gove knows what he thinks eh

[amateur51]

well that self important little sh1t Gove knows what he thinks eh

What an arrogant twerp :erm:

Of course he's baiting the judge, being a former employee of Rupert Murdoch, he knows on which side his bread's buttered :whistle:

[Frances_iom]

...being a former employee of Rupert Murdoch...

would you place your kids' education in his hands? - Murdoch's empire also extends to schools

[amateur51]

would you place your kids' education in his hands? - Murdoch's empire also extends to schools

Not being a parent, the question's a tad academic but I certainly don't trust the education of anyone's children in the hands of this Dark Ages enthusiast :oh:

[mangerton]

We have an expression in Scotland for Gove and people like him - wee nyaff.


(pronounced in one syllable, 'y' as in yellow, just the way it looks.)

[amateur51]

We have an expression in Scotland for Gove and people like him - wee nyaff.


(pronounced in one syllable, 'y' as in yellow, just the way it looks.)

I like it! :ok::biggrin:

[Simon]

Good to read a thread full of such erudite and reasoned comments on a major issue of the day...

:erm:

[mangerton]

Good to read a thread full of such erudite and reasoned comments on a major issue of the day...

:erm:

Excellent! I'm so glad it meets with your approval.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Good to read a thread full of such erudite and reasoned comments on a major issue of the day...

:erm:

oh stuff and etc Simon .... it is a reply in kind to that self important little sh1t

we will give the report when published a far more considered reception ...

[amateur51]

First Gove and now Hunt - they're rattled, they want to frame the response to Leveson on their terms. Next week's publication of the report will be very interesting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20464507

[Serial_Apologist]

First Gove and now Hunt - they're rattled, they want to frame the response to Leveson on their terms. Next week's publication of the report will be very interesting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20464507

Yes, why so rattled? It seems a very defensive posture for Hunt to take, as well as pre-emptive.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

watched the documentary made with/by Hacked Off and Hugh Grant last night .... it is striking just how personally loathsome all the Free Speechers are, Messrs Hunts Goves Dacres etc, not at all likeable eh?


i find myself surprised at my admiration for the tenacity, intelligence, and integrity of Hugh Grant's contribution to this cause ...

[cloughie]

watched the documentary made with/by Hacked Off and Hugh Grant last night .... it is striking just how personally loathsome all the Free Speechers are, Messrs Hunts Goves Dacres etc, not at all likeable eh?


i find myself surprised at my admiration for the tenacity, intelligence, and integrity of Hugh Grant's contribution to this cause ...

...and don't you feel for all those celebrities who weren't important enough to be hacked!

[Serial_Apologist]

...and don't you feel for all those celebrities who weren't important enough to be hacked!

Not sure if or what you're implying by that, cloughie, but I too saw the programme and was as impressed as at the hearing by Grant's determination as unimpressed by the often smarmy evasiveness of the free speech apologists. Funny isn't it that it is largely the right that disfavours any form of control, when it disproportionately adversely affects those without the readies to sue against misrepresentation and privacy violations, never their own class.

Now we wait to see if Cameron will give the press yet another chance...

[Flosshilde]

An interesting little play - 'Two Minutes Hate' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p0sb7) on Radio 4 this afternoon, about dubious tabloid journalism, taking in allusions to the Soham case and the campaign for householders to be able to shoot intruders. A coincidence that it is broadcast on the day that the Leveson report is published?

(note - I've also posted this as a new thread on the 'Radio 3 arts' forum)