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YOU'RE IN[O[O[O[O[O[O[O[O[O[O THE AIR, AND[O I ENTIRELY ENDORSE[O[O[O[O[O[O[O YOUR VIEW ABOU[OT IMPORTANCE OF[O[O[O[O[O[O DEMOCRATIC -- I UNDERSTAND...
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| 00:37:15 |
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I[O CAN'T PROVIDE
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EASY -- LOOK, THE EASY ANSWER TO SAY THEREFORE,
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| 00:37:23 |
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POLITICIAN'S -- I'VE GIVEN REASONS WHY I'M PERSONALLY I WOULDN'T, I PERSONALLY NOT ASSUME THAT THIS IS JUST ONE I THINK IF YOU STEP BACK FOR MINUTE AND...
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| 00:38:51 |
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ISN'T OPEN, THEN[O[O[O[O[O[O WE DO HAVE TO COPE WITH THE[O[O[O[O[O[O[O[O[O ISSUE THAT THIS AREA, THERE MAY[O[O[O[O[O[O[O[O BE VERY, VERY STRONG, ENTIRELY[O[O[O[O[O[O[O[O...
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| 00:39:50 |
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IT IS A
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IT'S NOT A SIMPLE ONE
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| 00:39:56 |
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ANSWE I CAN TOTALLY UND RESPECT A CONCLUSION THEY'RE PROBABLY BE CONTROVERSIAL DECISIONS IN FUTURE, MAYBE A NUMBER OF BUT THERE'S A PERCEPTION ATHLETE...
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| 00:40:34 |
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SUFFICIENTLY GROWN-UP ABOUT TO[O[O[O[O[O[O[O DEAL WITH IN A WAY THAT IS[O[O[O[O[O[O[O[O DEMONSTRABLY, OPENLY OBVIOUSLY, >> I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT IF...
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| 00:40:51 |
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THINK IS INQUIRY IS EXTRAORDINARY IMPORTANT AMONGST MANY OTH REASONS, THAT IF ARE ABLE TO MAKE A SET RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH TAKE ON A RAMSHACKLE PART...
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| 00:42:40 |
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APPRECIATE THAT CONVERSATION IS PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.&?&?&?&?&?&?&?&?&? I DON'T MEAN TO PRY INTO, BUT&?&?&?&?&?&? DID HE MENTION AT ANY POINT THE...
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| 00:43:10 |
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MOVE NOW TO MEDIA QUESTIONS IN THE FUTURE, CL CAN WE START AT PARAGRAPH 77 OF$>d>d>d>d>
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| 00:43:23 |
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YOUR STATEMENT, PAGE 1381 DO.$>$>$>$>$>$>$>$>$> -- PAGE 13812.$>$>$>$>$6 FREEDOM ACCOUNTABILITY AND PLURALITY. ARE YOU AWARE, I THINK WE WERE TOUCHING...
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| 00:44:05 |
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JU DETERMINED AT POINT OF TRANSACT THEY CAN COME IF YOU LIKE, CREEP UP ON YOU THROUGH THE SUCCESS THE PARTICULAR GROUP INCREASING ITS MARKET >>...
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| 00:44:27 |
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I'M TOLD THAT IT'S THE SIZE IS PRET
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| 00:44:33 |
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BUT I MEAN, THAT MAYBE ONE OF THE REFORMS THAT INTRODUCES TWO COHERENCE IN AREA. >> SO YOU WOULDN'T BE ADVANCING&<&<& |
| 00:44:54 |
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HAS BEEN IN INVESTIGATION? >> NO SERVE. I MAKE IS THAT I'M OPEN TO THAT BUT I DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR FIGURE I N IMAGINE IT IS QUITE
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| 00:45:04 |
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TO FINE PERCENTAGE OF BECAUSE GROUPS WILL INCREASINGLY BE RUN IN DIFFERENT AND HOW DO YOU COMPOSE FIGURE? SO I'M OPEN BUT I CAN IMAGINE, WELL, ANTICIPATING...
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| 00:45:34 |
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HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY -- GEOGRAPHICAL CHANNELS AND ALL THAT. TO WHAT EXTENT IS THAT -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THE NEXT ISSUE IS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE,...
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| 00:45:57 |
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WE WOULD RETURN TO IT, PARAGRAPH
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| 00:46:00 |
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82. PUBLIC INTEREST, PUBLIC INTEREST AND THE APPROACH OF THE STATE TO JOURNALISTS. IN PARAGRAPH 84, YOU REVERT TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST TEST. YOU EFFECTIVELY...
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| 00:46:44 |
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OVERSIGHT AND RELATIVE FRAMEWORK IN WHICH THE PRESS OPERATES IS DISCREDITED. THE PTC AND SO ON. EVERYBODY AGREES IT NEEDS TO BE REFORMED IN THAT AREA....
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| 00:49:48 |
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UNDERPINNING. DO YOU SEE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THAT IN TERMS OF INTENTION ON THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS? >> I WOULD SAY SOME OF THE WAY...
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| 00:50:07 |
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HAS BECOME POLARIZED SUCH AS YOU ARE EITHER FOR SOME STATUTORY ENCOURAGEMENT ON FREEDOM OF PRESS, OR YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE. NEITHER...
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| 00:53:38 |
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MADE? >> YES. >> AND, OF COURSE, THAT MIGHT MEAN NOT JUST THE BODY AGAINST THE
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| 00:53:46 |
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PRESS, BUT ALSO
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| 00:53:47 |
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THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WANTS TO COMPLAIN. SO IT'S GOT TO BE FINE PEOPLE IN, DOESN'T? >> YES. >> AND HOW DO WE DO THAT WITHOUT SOME SORT OF STATUTORY
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| 00:54:02 |
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COVER, AND I UNDERSTAND
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| 00:54:03 |
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THE POINT YOU MAKE ENTIRELY, AND YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE THE IRISH MODEL MADE PRESCRIBE WITH THE REGULAR HAS GOT TO DO, AND THEN THE REGULATOR IS APPROVED...
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| 00:55:37 |
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WHICH DOESN'T SIMPLY DEFEND UPON AGREEMENT. >> YEAH. NO, BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES, THEY CAN CHOOSE ALL OVER AGAIN. >>
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| 00:55:51 |
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ABSOLUTELY. >> PARAGRAPH 61 OTHER STATEMENTS STATEMENTS, PLEASE,
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| 00:56:00 |
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MR.
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| 00:56:02 |
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CLEGG. THIS IS PAGE 13809. THE MEDIA FEEL THAT ANY FORM OF STATUTORY REGULATION BE A STEP TOO FAR, BUT PERHAPS FOR THEM TO DEMONSTRATE TOUGH INDEPENDENT...
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| 00:56:43 |
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REGULATION WITH TEETH AND FULL PARTICIPATION OF ALL PARTS OF THE SECTOR. IN A WAY WHICH IS PREMISED ON A PICK AND CHOOSE, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT BE --...
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| 00:58:25 |
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BETTER ASK YOU TO COMMENT, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE A FEW ON THE IDEA THAT ALL THE PRESS COULD SIGN AN AGREEMENT BY ME FOR FIVE YEARS, IN OTHER WORDS,...
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| 00:58:56 |
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GREAT PRESS. AND LET ME BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR. THE CONFERENCE HAS NOT BEEN SHAKEN BECAUSE OF PRESS ATTACKS ON PEOPLE LIKE ME OR CELEBRITIES. IT'S MILLY...
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| 01:00:57 |
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NEW BODY, INDEPENDENT, ET CETERA. IS THERE IN YOUR ASSESSMENT A LURKING CONSENSUS THAT CONCERN YOU, YOU USE ON AN ALL PARTY BASIS I SUPPOSE, SO THIS...
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| 01:01:21 |
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PARTIES. WHAT I'VE HEARD IS ACTUALLY HAS MADE ME QUITE OPTIMISTIC ACTUALLY THAT THERE IS A WIDE, THERE'S A BODY OF OPINION ACROSS ALL PARTIES THAT WE...
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| 01:02:00 |
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CHILLING EFFECT OF REGULATION, AND/OR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES? AND THAT IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, THE SACRED COW I SUPPOSE OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IS LIKELY...
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| 01:02:24 |
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WERE COME IF WE WERE TOO ANYWAY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY SEE A CHILLING EFFECT ON THE PRESS WE BE LOSING SOMETHING VERY, VERY PRECIOUS. AS UNWILLING...
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| 01:04:14 |
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TO ADOPT IN RELATION TO ADVISING, PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON HOW WE WOULD OPERATE THE CROWN, THE CROWN PROSECUTION TEST FOR PROSECUTIONS IN RELATION TO PUBLIC...
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| 01:04:44 |
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I, I
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| 01:04:45 |
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DON'T KNOW WHETHER SORT OF A UNILATERAL DEFINITION BY THE CPS IS IN AND OF ITSELF -- >>
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| 01:04:54 |
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OH, NO, I WASN'T SUGGESTING IT WAS AN OVERARCHING NATIONAL OR IT WAS QUITE A DIFFICULT THING TO DEFINE. BECAUSE OF THE TRUTH IS THAT
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| 01:05:03 |
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THE PUBLIC INTEREST WILL ACTUALLY TAKE ON DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS, DEPENDING UPON THE SUBJECT MATTER THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. AND, THEREFORE,...
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| 01:07:12 |
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DON'T KNOW, A MATTER OF LAW, LEGAL PRACTICE, WHETHER WE WOULD NEED TO REFLECT THAT IN, SAY, PRIMARY BUT LEGISLATION. >> IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A STATUTORY...
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| 01:07:31 |
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DEFENSE LINE IS THAT YOU THEN HAVE GOT TO COPE WITH WHAT MIGHT BE THOUGHT TO BE BOGUS CLAIMS IN PUBLIC INTEREST IN AN INVESTIGATION. AND, THEREFORE,...
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| 01:08:22 |
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SUFFICIENTLY THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THIS AND A DEFENSE IN LEGISLATION. IT'S CLEAR, GREAT HELP, FOR THE PRESS TO KNOW WHAT THE CPS ATTITUDE ARE. >>...
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| 01:08:47 |
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YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT I INVITED -- WHICH, OF COURSE, IS A MATTER FOR HIM, NOT FOR ME. >> A BIG STEP FORWARD. >> MR. CLEGG, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN...
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| 01:09:03 |
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PRIME MINISTER HAS SAID, -- [INAUDIBLE]
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| 01:09:07 |
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ANY FURTHER IDEAS YOU HAVE IN THAT REGARD? TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY OF COURSE. >> I THINK, I THINK IN SOME SENSE, POLITICS IS JUST MAIN MECHANISM, BUT...
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| 01:09:26 |
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ISSUE ATTITUDE, AND OUTLOOK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO LEAD A PARTY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANYONE'S POCKET, YOU KNOW? WE PRIDE OURSELVES...
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| 01:12:14 |
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ANDY COULSON. YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, A BRIEF CONVERSATION, A DECISION TO APPOINT ANDY COULSON THE SO THIS WAS IN MAY 2010, GREG?...
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| 01:12:38 |
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RECOLLECTION. THE BACKGROUND TO IT IS THAT WE, THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS,
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| 01:12:45 |
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MY COLLEAGUE, HAVE BEEN VERY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT ANDY COULSON WHEN HIS APPOINTED TO PARTY IN OPPOSITION. THIS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHOM WE HAD HIGHLY CRITICAL...
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| 01:14:51 |
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ABOUT THE PHONE HACKING -- ASK YOU GENERALLY ABOUT THE PHONE-HACKING
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| 01:14:56 |
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SCANDAL. WHEN DID YOU FIRST CALL FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY
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| 01:14:59 |
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RELATIONS TO IT? WAS AS LATE AS JULY OF LAST YEAR SPEAK WAS I'M AFRAID I GENERALLY CAN'T REMEMBER. I'M SURE I CAN FIND OUT BUT I CANNOT REMEMBER. I WAS,...
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| 01:16:10 |
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YOU AS WELL. >> IT WOULD CERTAINLY VIEW, CLEARLY WAS HELD ACROSS PARTIES, THAT IT NEEDS TO BE BROAD AND STRONG AS
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| 01:16:19 |
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AN INQUIRY. >> SO IS THIS RIGHT, MR. CLEGG? FOR YOU, THE TRIGGER IS THE EVENTS OF THE FOURTH OF JULY LAST YEAR IN
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| 01:16:29 |
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PARTICULAR, RELATIONS TO MILLY DOWLER, AND NOT FOR EXAMPLE, "THE GUARDIAN" ARTICLE OF JULY 2009 OR "THE NEW YORK TIMES" PIECE BY THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER...
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| 01:16:49 |
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THINK QUITE RIGHTLY ARE DIFFERENT TO THE PLIGHT OF POLITICIANS AND CELEBRITIES. I THINK THEY QUITE RIGHTLY LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES AS THEY CAN BUT I...
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| 01:18:53 |
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YOU DIDN'T, AS IT WERE, SPEAK OUT, SO THERE MAY BE OTHER REASONS TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST NEWS INTERNATIONAL? IF THEY WERE PREVENTING YOU FROM SPEAKING...
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| 01:19:25 |
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HACKING, SO ONE. AND I CERTAINLY REMEMBER ABOUT SPOKESPEOPLE BEING THE LONE VOICES ON THIS IN PARLIAMENT WITH IT WAS BEING CRUSHED UNDER THE CARPET BY...
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| 01:19:52 |
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| 01:19:55 |
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YOU. 2:00. >> ALL RISE. >>
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