Sarah Vine on Leveson, Michael Gove’s Question Time, and Westfield

After £4 million of taxpayer’s money and eight months of celebrity hand-wringing (bar a few notable and worthy exceptions), democracy has finally triumphed: Leveson has got the press where many MPs have long wanted it, i.e. strapped to a chair having its teeth pulled, without anaesthetic. What was it that Laurence Olivier wanted to know? Oh yes: ‘Is it safe?’ Only if you’re a close personal friend of Hugh Grant, it seems. God help the rest of us. We’re waiting to hear Fleet Street’s response but so far, at least one publication has refused to submit to its punishment: this one. Last week’s NO cover was such an overdue display of cojones, I couldn’t resist tweeting a request: ‘Can you please produce a poster version of that NO cover for your readers? I want to stick it in my window.’ Lo and behold, the following day brought a large brown envelope, and in it a mounted proof.