Hacking politicians is good..

Inevitably, the Establishment is muttering furiously about controls on the media (censorship, they mean).

I have two concerns.

First, is it wrong to expose abuse by our governors through hacking, phone-tapping and leaking? Is it wrong to expose John Prescott, who presented himself to the world as an ideal husband with a smart wife when in fact he was a lecherous old goat who pleasured his secretary in his office, an offence that would have brought instant dismissal if committed by a member of his staff?

Second, who has been hurt by it, apart from some distress to Millie’s family which was surely less than the ordeal they faced at the hands of defending counsel?

In my judgment exposing the follies of the high and mighty is not just a duty. There will be times when it is a positive pleasure.

Why should they not be hacked? They do it to us all the time. And the main casualty so far has been poor Dr Kelly, outed by Blair for telling the truth.