Leveson inquiry needs a lesson in press regulation history

Sunday, 5 February 2012

Another stab at reinvention risks bringing back the worst characteristics of previous regimes

The only advantage of being 10 years older than Lord Justice Leveson is that you can remember, first hand, why some of the things that mystify him came to pass. Bits of history, in short: the bits LJL is...

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