I remember quite clearly late in 1955, I was a student at Nottingham University, studying law, when one Sunday morning I was with my girlfriend and I wanted to buy a newspaper.
"Which one do you want to buy", she asked ? I replied "The Barmaid's Bible" !!! "What's that ?", she asked and added it doesn't exist !!! " "OK," I said !!! " Follow me" !!! We went to the newspaper seller and I asked him for the "Barmaid's Bible". He gave me the News of the World without a blink !!!
Now that the News of the World wants to be an investigative, journalistic newspaper, it should redefine its objectives. A no holds barred attitude is not fair to the "whitnesses" which are interviewed without the protection of a lawyer !!!
Likewise the Law needs to be changed !!! Simple, unprotected citizens need to be protected from investigative "journalists" !!!
In the USA they used to have a law called the "Invasion of Privacy". Does this still exist ? Even if not, it could inspire lawyers to draft a law which protects the civil liberties of honest citizens!!!
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