Smile, you're on Candid Camera!

I think this business of Andy Gray goes further than simply the fact that he holds views with which many (but by no means all) people would disagree.  What's really the point here is whether you are entitled to have what you intend and believe to be a private conversation without the risk of what you say being broadcast to all and sundry.  It's got far more in common with newspapers hacking in to people's mobile 'phones, and reporters posing as ordinary members of the public secretly recording what MPs say than it has with football and women assistant referees.  The question which hasn't been answered - indeed as far as I am aware, hasn't been asked - is who recorded this conversation and why, and who put it into the public domain, and why.  When I'm having a private chat with family or friends, do I really need to check for hidden microphones or cameras?  Because that's really what's at issue here.