Today was the release of Associated Newspapers editor-in-chief Paul Dacre's big report into the "30-year rule", under which government records of cabinet minutes and private memos are released to the public. The report said that the 30-year rule should be slashed to 15. Woo-hoo! Monkey was interested to note that Guy Black, the former director of the Press Complaints Commission, was present. That man gets about, doesn't he? Black's presence at the side of the room has led to whispers that he had a hand in helping Dacre with the report. The rumours were fuelled after Black was spotted coming out of Dacre's office recently, which doesn't quite fit with his day job – director of corporate communications at Associated's rival, Telegraph Media Group.
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