There is talk of the second part of the Leveson Inquiry being quietly dropped. Why?
Looks like we won't get Leveson 1 let alone 2 while Whittingdale's in post. Long article here on why four national newspapers spiked the story of his relationship with a prostitute:
https://www.byline.com/project/48/article/966
This is the same press which is screaming blue murder because they can't print a sordid sex tale about celebrities.
That article does make him look rather like a lickspittle pile of excrement...allegedly.
Nice to know we're in the safe hands of The culture secretary Rupert Murdoch dreamt of"
(BBC)Downing Street said Mr. Whittingdale had the full confidence of the Prime Minister, David Cameron
BBC Newsnight said last night that several national newspapers including the People, the Sun and the Mail on Sunday investigated the story but decided not to publish anything. They said they concluded it was not in the public interest as it was about the ministers private life.