tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836424929140738524.post7606220357731485387..comments2023-10-29T12:58:50.292+00:00Comments on The Ginger Liberal from Medway: Libdems must be firm over LevesonChris Samshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06042471123646388825noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836424929140738524.post-22915673079902123842012-12-05T00:13:39.643+00:002012-12-05T00:13:39.643+00:00"From all of these, I have come up with my op..."From all of these, I have come up with my opinion - hardly blindly following party line- and some how I have come out agreeing with Nick's statement last week."<br /><br />The thing is that Nick Clegg's statement stresses that he is backing Leveson's recommendations on the basis that the regulation system will be voluntary.<br /><br />Presumably that implies he doesn't support the idea (about which Leveson made no formal recommendation) of compulsory regulation as a 'backstop' for those who don't wish to join the new voluntary system - though he hasn't made that entirely clear. Compulsory regulation is what Liberty, for example, has said it could not support.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712245849937541566noreply@blogger.com