The Queen need not bother attending Wednesday’s meeting of the Privy Council: the decision over press regulation has already been taken according to BBC Newsnight. And it has leaked. An octet of MPs has decided to reject the newspapers’ attempt to preserve press freedom (or self-regulation) and defer until 30 October judgment on the politicians’ rival plan for press regulation. Here’s the audio:-

Sorry, Privy Council – press freedom was never yours to reject

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