86 politicians from the three major parties, including eight former Cabinet ministers, have written to the Daily Telegraph urging David Cameron not to bring in new laws if Lord Justice Leveson proposes state regulation of newspapers in his report.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson told ITV News, during a visit to India, that he did not "think it would be right to come up with statutory legislation" ahead of the publication of Lord Justice Leveson's report into press standards.
He added: "You need to have a free press to have a free society. If you want to keep the gutters of public life clean you need a gutter press."
"Now is the time to act," one leading scientist told ITV News following the bleak new climate warning.
The Democrats looked glum for a reason - both real and political. They are portraying this as a solemn constitutional duty, nothing more.
The US President denounced the potential charges as "political madness".