Professor Tim Luckhurst above), from the University of Kent, makes the case against any statutory involvement in the new post-Leveson press regulator. This is an extract from his pamphlet, Responsibility Without Power, which was published this week by Abramis (price £3.50). It is also available to download for free here from the Free Speech Network.

Leveson has responsibility without power. He can only recommend: Parliament must decide.

He may be tempted towards a solution that three Royal Commissions since 1945 have rejected.