Approved behind closed doors, curbs that end three centuries of Press freedom.

[Kiforall]

The Queen is obviously a little perturbed that some truths are about to rear their ugly little heads lol.

A secretive committee of four ministers yesterday approved a Royal Charter to regulate the Press, provoking claims that politicians are undermining 300 years of freedom of speech.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2480676/Approved-closed-doors-curbs-end-centuries-Press-freedom.html

[Snowflower]

Muzzling the newspapers promotes freedom of speech? Ok, so war is peace, hope is despair, wealth is poverty, and up is down.

[norman]

The Home Secretary said, a couple of months ago, that the governement is working on a bill to create a "register" of private investigators and to ban all others from doing investigative work.

If she was announcing the idea to see what the public reaction would be ( testing the water ), she must surely be convinced they can get away with it because there doesn't seem to have been much recognition among the population of how nasty a bill it could, and probably will, be.

It's a plan to outlaw proper investigations by entities other than the nobbled crew who do the official ones that are just cover up and bad news burying operations, mainly.

edit:

A proper journalist is an investigator, the mind boggles.

[Kiforall]

Muzzling the newspapers promotes freedom of speech? Ok, so war is peace, hope is despair, wealth is poverty, and up is down.

Where does it mention freedom of speech?

[Snowflower]

Muzzling the newspapers promotes freedom of speech? Ok, so war is peace, hope is despair, wealth is poverty, and up is down.

Where does it mention freedom of speech?
In the original post. Here is the quote:

A secretive committee of four ministers yesterday approved a Royal Charter to regulate the Press, provoking claims that politicians are undermining 300 years of freedom of speech.

Oh. I just read it differently. Sorry. I see now that claims are being made that they are undermining freedom of speech. When I first read it, I thought the ministers were saying that they were doing it to preserve freedom of speech. Lol on me.

[Ernie Nemeth]

For those that thought the queen is just a figurehead here is proof to the contrary. And just like she has the final say in England she also rules the commonwealth of nations, Australia and Canada perhaps the most notable. So much for so-called democracy...

[Kiforall]

For those that thought the queen is just a figurehead here is proof to the contrary. And just like she has the final say in England she also rules the commonwealth of nations, Australia and Canada perhaps the most notable. So much for so-called democracy...

I agree 100% , I think we need to hold her accountable for way more than people are giving her credit for.
It always makes me laugh when countries remark about the UK's Monarchy, her negative power radiates much further than that!


Under a constitutional monarchy, the Queen acts on the advice of her government
:nono:

[Carmody]

But the royals also hold a permanent seat and full veto capacity, IIRC.

[kemo]

The Daily Mail along with the Express and others is a scurrilous rag that should have been closed down years ago. It cares nothing for freedom of speech. In the 30s it supported the Nazis while the Express supported Franco. What did they care for freedom of speech? What these papers care about is freedom to pint salacious gossip, mainly about individuals, in order to sell newspapers. The Royal Charter is an archaic form of regulation but - whatever those papers say - does nothing to stop them printing the truth. Many of us along with some of the celebrities like High Grant and others who these papers have damaged would have wanted to go further and implement the Leveson proposals in full. The Express btw pilloried the MaCanns implying that they were responsible for Madeline's disappearance and then cynically paid them an out of court settlement after milking the story for all it was worth. If that's press freedom I'm a banana.

[Crazy Louie]

they are muzzling a dog that does not bite

[GlassSteagallfan]

For those that thought the queen is just a figurehead here is proof to the contrary. And just like she has the final say in England she also rules the commonwealth of nations, Australia and Canada perhaps the most notable. So much for so-called democracy...

She's also in charge of the drug trade, which keeps the current financial paradigm afloat...

Dope, Inc. - Britain's Opium War Against the U.S. (major expose of global drug trade (1978)) pdf (http://ethosworld.com/library/Dope,-Inc.-Britain's-Opium-War-Against-the-U.S.-(major-expose-of-global-drug-trade-1978.pdf)

[sheme]

Hmm you have been listening to the British news I presume? It is my understanding that this is a voluntary code of practice recommended by the government and all parties because of the low down dirty practices of our press -listening to private telephone messages, belonging to murdered teenagers giving parents and police false hopes, Plus various celebrities having their phones hacked, these recommendations where made as a result of the Leveson report all available for you to read - this is a result of those recommendations, nothing secret about any of it, this is all about press and media ethics nothing more.
let us not sex it up any more than what is- this is a truth forum after all.

[Kiforall]

Hmm you have been listening to the British news I presume? It is my understanding that this is a voluntary code of practice recommended by the government and all parties because of the low down dirty practices of our press -listening to private telephone messages, belonging to murdered teenagers giving parents and police false hopes, Plus various celebrities having their phones hacked, these recommendations where made as a result of the Leveson report all available for you to read - this is a result of those recommendations, nothing secret about any of it, this is all about press and media ethics nothing more.
let us not sex it up any more than what is- this is a truth forum after all.

The Leveson report is probably not what it seems. It does seem that it is just one more goal of Common Purpose.

http://www.ukcolumn.org/series/leveson-inquiry