Rejected petition Reject Leveson proposal for statutory Press regulation

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We have had a free press since 1695, and it is a vital check on Executive and Parliamentary abuses. The expanding role of the judiciary in Britain is already causing constitutional problems, and further intrusion into the machinery of democracy is poisonous. Free expression at the license of the State is slavery.

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Date submitted 2 December 2012
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