David Cameron has warned Britain’s newspapers that they should sign up urgently to the Royal Charter passed by Parliament earlier this year.
Cameron claimed a less liberal, enlightened government in the future might play hard ball and enforce legislation. Translation? Do a deal with the Tories or Labour will bring out the big stick.
According to the editor of The Spectator, Fraser Nelson, who interviewed Cameron a while ago, this threat was thought up in the back seat of the prime ministerial Jaguar.
Nelson published the quotes on his blog only today, claiming there wasn’t enough space in his magazine’s lavish coverage of its big prime ministerial interview to include a mention of press censorship. In teh interview Cameron raises the spectre of a heavy-handed Labour administration saying: \
I think I’ve done my bit. But it’s up to you guys now — and, as I say, I think you might be at risk if you don’t do it. Not from me, but from a less liberal, enlightened government in the future. Remember, everyone else wanted to legislate.
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