The man's a borderline sociopath. After first stating that he would impliment Leveson's recommendations "as long as they weren't completely bonkers", he now runs away from the whole episode, one of his own making. It's not too disimilar to his "we will introduce legislation to ensure all energy companies offer the lowest rates possible". He was trapped into that at PMQs, much to the surprise of the treasury and even his own energy minister. Tory grandees must crap themselves at every Wednesday noontime, wondering just what garbage will come out of his mouth.

The money wasted on Leveson is not unique for this bunch though, just look at some of the vanity projects coming from Porky Pickles over at the DCLG. After many local councils moved to fortnightly collections of garbage, he has decided to offer them a bung to reinstate weekly collections. No one has apparently challenged him as to which sofa he found this loose change down the back of. This is a government supposedly committed to "localism", yet they are displaying all the hallmarks of top-down management. Don't get me started on the extra money that introducing efficiencies into the NHS is costing. But when we have a financial iliterate as chancellor, what more could we expect? Instead of the promised deficit reduction, he's presided over it widening by 22% and is too thick to realise that if you throw people out of work, the tax-take reduces while the benefit bill increases.

It's all Labour's fault

JerryChicken wrote:Would he ignore a petition ? http://hackinginquiry.org/ The video is a cracker LOL - Greg gets a copy too, I'm already on his mailing list, wonder if I'll get a personal response - watch this space. Signed. What a fooking motley bunch of cronies in the vid.

JerryChicken wrote:Would he ignore a petition ? http://hackinginquiry.org/ The video is a cracker LOL - Greg gets a copy too, I'm already on his mailing list, wonder if I'll get a personal response - watch this space. Signed. What a fooking motley bunch of cronies in the vid.

What video, "I can't remember"

The Amnesiac Collective.

He bears a striking resemblance to Saddened's avatar

I'm looking forward to Paul Dacre demanding self-regulation for, say, the trade unions.

Or even (more apt) the BBC?

True.

JerryChicken wrote:Would he ignore a petition ? http://hackinginquiry.org/ The video is a cracker LOL - Greg gets a copy too, I'm already on his mailing list, wonder if I'll get a personal response - watch this space. Remember this ? Well I got my response from Greg today, as I knew I would, and while I expected a standard format "thank you" response (after all my email to him was the standard form off the petition) what I didn't expect was the length of the reply which went into detail on his belief in a free press with responsibility, what Leveson was enquiring into, what it recommended, how he fully supported Leveson and how he is determined to keep campaigning for it, its one of the longest emails I've seen Good guy is Greg.

JerryChicken wrote:Would he ignore a petition ? http://hackinginquiry.org/ The video is a cracker LOL - Greg gets a copy too, I'm already on his mailing list, wonder if I'll get a personal response - watch this space. Remember this ? Well I got my response from Greg today, as I knew I would, and while I expected a standard format "thank you" response (after all my email to him was the standard form off the petition) what I didn't expect was the length of the reply which went into detail on his belief in a free press with responsibility, what Leveson was enquiring into, what it recommended, how he fully supported Leveson and how he is determined to keep campaigning for it, its one of the longest emails I've seen Good guy is Greg.

I think you may hang onto him come the next election.
Had a decent majority last time round and although the Lib/Dems are gonna get a good spanking I think he'll probably be safe.