Live webchat with Hugh Grant (!!!) about the Leveson report and press reform, Monday 10 December, 8pm

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We're delighted to announce that sleb-actor-turned-campaigner Hugh Grant (yes it's Hugh ) is joining us for a webchat tonight, Monday, December 10 at 8pm.

Hugh keen to talk to us about the Leveson report and press reform. As you probably know he's been a prominent member of Hacked Off, and before that was best known for his quintessential English gent roles in movies such as Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually.

Hacked Off is an alliance of victims of press abuse, journalists, academics, lawyers and others who successfully campaigned for a public inquiry into the phone hacking scandal.

And now that the inquiry's been held (by Lord Leveson), Hacked Off wants all Leveson's recommendations for press reform implemented.

(This webchat is focused on Leveson, so we hope you'll understand that Hugh will prioritising Qs about that ahead of Qs about his career/personal life/choice of biscuits - although, if there's time, he will do his best to address a few of those too.)

So, join us and Hugh, online at 8pm tonight. If you can't make it then, you can post up advance questions on this thread.

Oh, no, not headlines like that, DoingitOnTheRoofTopWithHugh, I'll agree with that. But the press in the US do just as much dirty digging as the ones in England.

California is a very special place though. will give you that

DoingitOnTheRoofTopWithHugh

Do people still buy the national enquirer??

why the Olivia

i reckon you were right 2nd guess Honey

That's why I don't sign petitions, mrschristmasvamos. The fat rich men get fatter and richer and the poor sign their names and accomplish nothing.

Cynical me, again

I'm quite pleased Max Clifford might be off the scene soon

Agreed mcmooncup. The editors/hacks are only half of the problem - Max Clifford is the other half of the problem.

I live in France and the attitude towards the press here is very different, or at least it was. I think what happened with The Duchess of Camebrige recently shows that things are changing here too, and obviously not for the better.

No question. As you were.

Like it's made of gold, arcorvette

Evening Hugh.

Do you really believe that there ever would be a fair press ?

Enjoy your evening .
By the way , you are great for HackedOff !

Hugh darling,

Do you think it might be beneficial or you to go rifling through the bins of some of the higher up politicians? Just to give them a taste of their own medicine?

I'll go with you, we can disguise ourselves as urban foxes

Erm, somebody ask him if he'll do hosting on Never Mind The Buzcocks cos I've asked my question.

REALLYREALLYREALLYWouldLikeHughToHostNMTBTiggaxx

arcorvette

the National Enquire does not even pretend to be a newspaper

But if we all signed and shouted and made ourselves heard, could we not make a difference ?

Anyway, I have to go thank you very much to Mumsnet for having me here and for the sushi. If you are at all sympathetic to any of my rant do please go to the Hacked Off website- you'll know what to do.

LadyMaryChristmas- call me x

TeeElfOnTeeShelf really?? But it's rubbish isn't it? I don't think our papers are as bad as that - or are they?!

Oh, I think it pretends DoingitOnTheRoofTopWithHugh. Just not very hard.

VikingVagine I agree. In the 14 years I have been in France the press has become much more sleb twaddle obsessed and some of the nastiness printed even in Le Monde for example about Rachida Dati or DSK's accusers is disgusting.

Is it wrong to be sat here hoping for a hi whilst next to dh?!

what?

What about the urban fox costume I am knitting? No mention?

Hugh,

What do you think about super injunctions?

I hear someone who's been arrested in connection with the Jimmy Savile enquiry has one so his name hasn't been released.

He kissed LadyMaryChristmas!

There's going to be a cat fight.

Is that a sexist expression?

Damn

Byeee!