As a Parliament, we have failed to defend one of our nation's primary virtues-free speech. We have also failed in the duty to protect the weak and vulnerable from the rich and powerful. More often than not, it is the rich and powerful who use the libel laws to intimidate the less wealthy and the less powerful, as I shall demonstrate. Perhaps the best demonstration that English libel law has become a weapon of the rich and powerful is the extent to which they choose to use the English courts over Well, not to me personally, you understand: it’s one of these mass mail-shot emails purporting to be a personal message, of the kind that politicians now go in for – the equivalent of nuisance advertising that clogs up the fax machine. I regularly get them from President Obama too, who periodically thanks me for my invaluable support. Anyway, back to Mrs May who informs me in today’s billet-doux that I can now tell my friends and family about ...radical new reforms to put the public back at the heart of our drive to cut crime, and give people more influence over their local communities. For the first time you will have a real say in how your local area is policed through directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners. From MayThursday, 2nd December 2010
Reform UK libel law now---- MELANIE PHILLIPS
6:31pm
David Davis, the Conservative MP, has called for a reform of the grotesque British libel law, which is being abused to protect people from legitimate scrutiny and suppress information which is sometimes of the greatest possible national importance. As he observed in the House of Commons yesterday:
...Wednesday, 1st December 2010
The blue lamp gutters
5:10pm
The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has written to me.
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Friday, 3 December 2010
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