Press Regulation

I think today has been pretty embarrassing for all of the main three parties.

The Lib/Lab coalition for Press Regulation has been awfully organised, mainly due to that dreadfully British actor Hugh Grant.

Hugh Grant's phone was hacked, yes, but do I care about his feelings towards it? No.

Firstly because he is on the public eye, and chose to be so, no one forced him become an actor. Secondly, Milly Dowler's parents have every right to be so angry at the press, and how they abused their daughter's case. Also Sara Payne, who's daughter Sarah Payne was kidnapped and murdered, was given a phone by News Int's Rebekah Brooks which was obviously hacked.

These people have absolutely 100% right to hate, and be completely disgusted by our press, and the way they used their tragedies just to sell some papers.

So how can Hugh Grant even stand next to these people, who have gone through tragedies he couldn't even imagine how the felt, or even feel today.

Hacked Off are a brilliant voice for the real victims of hacking, and a fantastic driving force to get the people responsible brought to justice.

I also agree with Owen Jones, (and I thought pigs would fly before I ever typed that sentence), is correct in saying that the 'free press' we have at the moment, is largely run by millionaires, who think they are above the law, and can bribe anyone into doing what they want.

Such as News International, and Trinity Mirror. Both have had journalists arrested for hacking phones, therefore both as bad as each other.

I don't believe the press need regulating, but I do believe justice will be brought to those who deserve it, such as the Dowler family, and the Payne family. Hopefully people like Rebekah Brooks, and Andy Coulson will be punished, and the journalists from the Daily Mirror as well.

Cameron vs Clegg

This weekend Nick Clegg has portrayed the Tories as 'extreme'.

The Deputy PM is obviously trying to win back some Lib Dem voters, and no one can blame him. After all they have made a shamble of themselves.

First the tuition fees, now bedroom tax (if they weren't in office they would protest), and not to mention Chris Huhne, and Lord Rennard.

It's been an embarrassing and awful three years for the Lib Dems, I'm not a fan of them, and never will be, but it's been pretty embarrassing for the Conservatives too.

As a tory supporter, I am embarrassed by David Cameron's inability to stay calm at Prime Ministers Questions, it's not as f Ed Miliband really grills him! He also never seems to fight back when the Lib Dems call the tories, and as a looker on, I find it quite sad.

I do belive, if the Lib Dems want to save any dignity they have left, they should leave government, but they won't as Nick Clegg, like Gordon Brown, enjoys the power too much.

I also think it would do the tories a great deal as well. The Conservative voters I speak to can't stand the Lib Dems being office, and the Lib Dems I speak to, can't stand the Lib Dems siding with the tories.

They should be separate, become themselves again.

David Cameron should learn to stand up for the party, and be a true leader, Nick Clegg, should take them out of government, show his dwindling supporters that just because their party colours are yellow, doesn't mean he is.

Of course David Cameron won't retaliate, and won't stand up for the party, for some reason he sees them as a fall guy, someone to blame, someone for the public to hate instead of him. Of course he doesn't realise, majority of the public already do hate him.

Nick Clegg, if he thinks the tories are so 'extreme', that the Lib Dems can't handle them should leave, be a leader, a man to look up to, but sadly for him, majority of us hate him as well.

But then I say to myself, where's the alternative. Ed Miliband? Ed Balls? Any of the old 'New Labour' lot that are the Shadow Benches? Nah, they haven't even got round to getting their policies out yet, there's only two years left kids, look how quick the first three have gone for the current bunch!

Ed Miliband is weak, has no alternative, just a nice flat hand from his sidekick Balls, and a demeaning smile from Harman.

And it hasn't been a nice three years for the opposition either. One, they picked the wrong brother, two they have no policies, and three, the hacking scandal happened under their government.

I tweeted John Prescott, ex DPM, about the hacking scandal, I pointed out that it happened under his nose, and all he could answer with was "We didn't know. Covered up by police and News International". Sorry Ed, you've lost all credibility, if that's the best and ex colleague can come up with, your in dire straits.

What a sorry bunch we have, and how sad that that's all we have to vote for!