It's a private issue...

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While watching Question Time last night I got into the discussion of Injunctions and Privacy and, saying as for some reason my tweets failed to load I thought I would write a post all about my view on privacy and injunctions.

Injunctions and privacy laws in Britain were originally put in place to protect trade secrets and government information not to protects overpaid men who are supposed to be role models to aspiring footballers up and down the country.

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It is not just footballers who are trying to hide their extra marital activity - Andrew Marr took out an injunction to hide his love affair.

If public figures don't want their affairs splashed all over the front pages then perhaps they should learn to stay committed and work out any problems in their relationship rather than running to someone else.

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Before Ryan Giggs became front page news for his activities off the pitch, Imogen Thomas was portrayed as a home wrecker. Even though she should have known better, I don't feel that she should have been identified and forced to take the majority of abuse from the media when -as they say - it takes two to tango.

Although sex sells newspapers, I don't think anyone is bothered about who is sleeping with who - I personally feel that there are more important things happening in the world than a public figure who can't stay faithful.

I feel that privacy laws and injunctions should be applied to cases of blackmail, trade secrets and government information and that the men getting gagging orders out against the women they sleep with and the secret children they may or may not have should think about the consequences of their actions instead of paying thousands to cover up their dirty little secrets.