This nonsense about shackling the press, or muzzling the press, or publication by parliamentary decision is a strawman. Thats not what Levesons finding were about.
Given the excesses that the press have regularly indulged in over the years, in search of the silly, sensational or just salacious, it is obvious that allowing them to carry on regulating themselves cannot be the answer.
I want a regulator independent of press and parliament, to whom those seeking redress or the right of reply from the press can identify and turn to. A low cost alternative to the courts. A regulator given teeth to impose fines or force papers to publish prominent apologies or retractions when necessary - and that takes a legal framework to give the regulator some statutory bite.
Perhaps then we might get reporters who have more concern for their victims, willing to perform more objective and thorough research, and editors making ethical decisions, knowing there is a regulator that can impose significant penalties if the story is poor.
Chris Jeffries, for instance- has won some court cases and damages from the papers who defamed him, but has never received an apology from any of them....