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But phone hacking and the like are already illegal and now carries a 2 year prison sentence I believe, regulation wasn't the problem it was more that the law was not enforced effectively, it's a police matter not one for regulators and so I don't see why press regulation is now considered a logical result of the phone hacking scandal. I don't think you can have just a little bit of regulation; the press is either free, or it isn't and introducing any regulation makes it subject to parliament, and means it's forced to work only within boundaries set by the government.