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Reflecting on yesterday's particularly torrid episode on Cable Forum, there's one thing that strikes me as being rather sad about the discussion and that is that Simon Davies, MD of 80/20 Thinking and campaigner at Privacy International, was crossing swords with the very people whose values are so very much like those that he has so vociferously and effectively delivered for a good part of his adult life.

There is a classic story about the late great George Best who was encountered one day by a hotel waiter: George was looking worse for wear in a bed strewn with cash, a voluptuous blond and a sidestand of champagne. The waiter, remembering the only thing that mattered to him which was George's footballing genius, asked George "Where did it all go wrong Mr Best?"

George was wealthy, successful and used to recount the story himself for comedic purposes, but he possibly missed the inherent pathos . In the eyes of his fans, George's new life had cost him the very thing that made him what he was. Their hero.

As tomorrow's meeting in which Simon will sit with his client, Phorm Ltd, who represent the greatest threat to online privacy in the UK for years, I offer this question:

Where did it all go wrong Simon?