I have been persuaded that the David Laws affair was known of and kept on file until such time as the newspaper saw fit to publish it in the 'public interest'. This does of course move us on from concerns regarding entrapment because now we are seeing the newspapers as a mechanism of political assassination by design.
If it does transpire that the Telegraph has publish this piece with malice aforethought then we've gone past spin and have entered the realm of something more sinister and despicable.
If what Mr. Laws has done is potentially illegal, then the newspaper has surely become an accessory to this by keeping it quiet. I am not naive enough to assume that the press just publish stuff, innocently reporting what is before them and do understand that knives are drawn to scupper careers and political positions on a regular basis - it just isn't always this obvious!
So the man has been outed, humiliated, branded a cheat and may find himself on the back-benches very shortly. In all, a great day for the press and the freedoms it apparently regularly abuses. He will undoubtedly be dealt with by the internal parliamentary mechanisms, I just hope someone calls for a clean-up of the obviously flawed and scurrilous newspapers too!
Anyone got the number of the press Complaints Commission? Oh yeah, I have:
Telephone: 020 7831 0022
Email: complaints@pcc.org.uk
1 comment:
Vic,
Well said. I despise the Telegraph and other Tory Papers. Although some of the labour leaning ones are just as Bad. Look at the campaign of against Nick Clegg when he came out well in the 3 way debates.
Whatever Mr Law's sexuality, it is his own business. Using it as a form of blackmail is both immoral and illegal.
The reality of the so called freedom of the press is to plot to discredit any one they choose.
Perhaps if they read your blog - you will be next on the list!
What a disgraceful media we have - but perhaps we deserve them?
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