Sunday, 22 May 2011

Super injunctions

The media is still filed with the talk about super injunctions and the rights of celebrities to have their private lives kept out of the media. This is all well and good but when these celebrities court the public lime light, "come and look at my home, see what I've got "etc. When they want to show off, its a different matter though when they commit an indiscretion and they take out these injunctions so as not to upset their families is a load of rubbish, they should have thought about their families before they set out to betray them for their own selfish ends. Do we want parliament to discus it and perhaps pass laws that forbid the media to check out these stories, I don't think so. Can we trust parliament, again I don't believe so. If laws were passed by parliament would we ever find out about their dalliances and goings on,. Would the media have been able to find out about the financial scandals over MP's misappropriation of public moneys. I don't think so. But more importantly now as the people in power in both government and big business become more and more greedy in their business dealing with finances that reach into billions of pounds with corruption at nearly every level of government and business, the public has not only a need to know but a right. We read today about a high ranking former civil servant who has been given and taken gifts in the region of £250,000 whilst dealing with the NHS department. We read of civil servants who have  Gold credit cards issued by the government were over £1 billion has been frittered away on trips to adventure parks, buying pizzas and boxes of wine, this seems to be happening in most government departments as a perk, and this at a time when we are all been told that things are get even tighter for the electorate.  It would seem that the country needs a free press more now than at any other time in our history. Corruption, greed and self indulgence,  seems to be on the increase by the people who think that they are better than the rest of us. Its not being nosie its been informed about the abuse by these people be they politicians or celebrities. Perhaps they should remember that the more they try to avoid the scandal the longer it goes on  and more it sticks when it does come out. Today's headlines are tomorrows chip papers,. But perhaps these people  would be better remembering what The Duke of Wellington said when he was being blackmailed, Publish and be Damned.

    

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