THE LEVESON TRUTH COMMISSION
When Cameron was forced to
set up the Leveson enquiry[1]
he thought he was just throwing a particularly nasty problem into the long
grass; how now he must regret the day his hand was forced. Instead of just
exposing the particularly nauseating activities of a significant element of the
tabloid press, it has turned a glaring spotlight onto our ruling elite and
their grotesque enmeshment with the Murdoch and his long term project, a
project that has already debased our democracy, turned politicians into lapdogs
and massively increased the crudity of popular culture.
We were not supposed to
see all these corrupt, toe curling and outright silly e-mails and text messages
with their L.O.L.’s and XXX’s; we were not supposed to be able to glimpse into
the seedy world of private dinner deals, nods and winks, the cosy chats over
coffee and the consequent brazen deceit of the public. Now thanks to Leveson these things are exposed
for the whole world to see. What Cameron wanted was a fig leaf, what he got was
a truth commission. As for reconciliation, well, that is a different matter
altogether.
[1] Let’s be clear he tried
everything to avoid setting up a judicial enquiry and then widened it remit so
much that he though this would neuter it.