Sophy Ridge reports that a deal on press regulation was struck in the early hours of the morning. Present, she says, were Ed Miliband. Oliver Letwin, and four members of Hack Off. If that is true, just watch it unravel this afternoon. Tory MPs don’t trust Oliver Letwin’s backbone one iota. Nice guy, and all that, bit not someone to go into the jungle with. The deal that has been agreed remains unclear but it seems that there is some sort of statutory underpinning to it. David Cameron is saying that the Labour Party has moved some distance from its original position. That may be, but so has he. It’s no good saying it’s just a tad of statutory underpinning. It either is or it isn’t. Just has you can’t be a tad pregnant, you either have statutory underpinning or you don’t.
I don’t mind admitting I am finding it hard to get my head round this. Why? Because all the commentators and pundits I trust are far too partisan from one perspective or the other. So if I can’t trust the words of the politicians or the commentators, where do I get the facts so I can make up my mind what in reality this deal means?
Confused of Tunbridge Wells.
UPDATE: Tory MP Tracey Crouch has just tweete: “I hate going to bed a loyalist and then wake up a rebel #pressregulation
So it’s clear who she thinks has triumphed.
