Press Release

Dr Gerry McCann responds to cross-party Leveson talks ending

15/03/2013

Dr Gerry McCann

Commenting on the end of cross-party talks on the Leveson Report recommendations, Gerry McCann said:

What concerns me greatly is that an historic opportunity for press reform may be about to be squandered.

Lord Justice Leveson's proposals were measured and modest. They didn't go far enough in my view. But I and other victims of gross press misconduct were prepared to regard them as the minimum acceptable compromise.

We gave evidence to the inquiry so that some lasting good might come out of a horrendous experience.

We want our politicians to protect us, to stand up for the ordinary victims instead of siding with the wealthy and powerful.

On Monday, it comes down to a binary choice: the newspaper barons or the people they abused in search of profit. Leveson or more of the same. It is as simple as that.

Read the Hacked Off response to David Cameron calling off cross-party talks.Read Gerry McCann on the press abuses he suffered and why now is the time for real press reform.

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