I know people think, well, you seem to have some quite sensible views. And then we come to the freedom of the press and you're ghastly. You're like a tabloid. What's wrong with lovely Hugh Grant? Why can't you just join up with hacked off and really sort things out? The free press is as often say, it's not very pretty, but it is free. I'm old enough to be into lots of places where it isn't free and it's really, really grim. If you want to look at Turkey right now, you can have a look at how quickly thefreedom of the press can disappear. Starts with jokes, comedians, opposition newspapers

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