Sketch: Stop the press! Dave and Nick have fallen out As well as being "the toughest press regulation this country has seen," it would protect press freedoms. "Winston Churchill," he went on, "said that a free press is "the unsleeping guardian of every right that free people prize."" Actually Churchill said "free men," not "free people," but Mr Cameron yields to no one in his struggle against sexism. The Miliband-Clegg proposals, however, would be dangerous, "a vehicle for future politicians to impose regulations and obligations on the free press." It was important to oppose "full-bore legislation." Anyone who has sat through a debate on press regulation will confirm that "full-bore" is le mot juste. As with his latest party political broadcast, which aired yesterday evening, the Prime Minister used today's press conference as an opportunity to present himself as Mr Gets-Things-Done, the chap cracking on with the job while others dither. The supporters of statutory regulation, by contrast, were wafflers and slowcoaches. Can't let this drift on... Got to bring this to a head... Get on and make that decision... Bring it to a head... Get on with it... Mr Miliband and Mr Clegg both criticised the Prime Minister for abandoning the cross-party talks. Indeed, though they gave interviews separately, their answers were almost word-for-word the same: "walking away," "deeply disappointed," "not a party political issue." Well, you know what they say about great minds. The day wasn't devoted solely to bickering about the press. The Labour leader also gave a speech to the British Chamber of Commerce. We shouldn't be ashamed to be patriotic about British businesses, he declared - because, after all, "other countries aren't ashamed to be patriotic about British businesses." It's good to see George W Bush's speechwriter is still in work.