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Interview Hugh Grant on phone hacking; ENGLAND: Manchester:INTHugh Grant (Actor and Hacked Off campaigner interview SOT- thing to avoid is pure black and white / at one end of the scale is regulation / licensing of press and at the other there's a free for all / there's so many grades in between / I and chums at Hacked Off believe it can't be beyond wit of man to find new model for regulation which protects proper journalism and identifies and penalises... privacy theft for commercial profitQ: control factor would be to introduce same space apology withdrawal as original articleHugh Grant SOT- that is fantasy / to fine painfully and substantially so long as breach of privacy has no public interest defenceQ: not the worst of pictures in BritainHugh Grant SOT- annoys me when good journalists don't stand up and say there have been scum bags hiding behind our coat tails for long time - people who hack victims of 7th July bombings or soldiers killed in Afghanistan / they're not journalists with you, it's a racket / ugly racket / they've corrupted our police, intimidated our politicians / had five successive governments competing to be sycophantic to them / time proper journalists had some guts and say it's enough of sheltering people and say - you are not one of usQ: isn't this a long grass operation?Hugh Grant SOT- that's why I'm here / it's in many people's interests, perhaps Conservatives in particular, to push this into long grass Q: are you looking for guarantees from PM?Hugh Grant SOT- yes / timetable would be good / especially a sense that he's got a good appetite for it / I fantasize that he enjoyed that moment in July when MPs felt what it was like to be free and not terrified