The words ‘horse’ and ‘bolted’ come to mind

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The FT reports:

The UK government has accepted concerns raised by Ofcom, the communications regulator, that more regulation is needed to protect media diversity, insiders said on Thursday.

A new power to order divestments by media owners who are deemed to be too dominant could be included in a new communications act by 2015, they added.

The words 'horse' and 'bolted' come to mind.

Do they really think we're stupid enough to accept that this will make their decision on Murdoch acceptable?


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