In the U.K., the history of regulation, certainly regulation of the media, is one in which, time and again, successive governments lacked the 'bottle' to enforce the powers that were available to them.
David PuttnamThere is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher.
David PuttnamWhat is certain is that plurality and diversity are not, and never can be, a natural 'byproduct' of unregulated market forces.
David PuttnamI'm not naive enough to pretend that on its own cinema can capture the very soul of significant social and cultural problems.
David Puttnam