politics
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press suppressed in the UK parliament
Submitted by beast on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 10:46
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Copied from the Spectator's article (who knows they might be gagged too);
"This time, perhaps even the lawyers have gone too far. It's hard to recall, even in the long history of appalling gagging orders, a more disgraceful injunction than this:
The Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights.
Ya know.. sometimes I think they were onto something with prohibition
Submitted by beast on Thu, 08/06/2009 - 23:34Gordon Brown speaks at TED
Submitted by beast on Wed, 07/22/2009 - 11:26I have to say I have a bit more respect for him now. He's a good speaker and the speech is good, although he doesn't say anything which is particularly revolutionary.
