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So the police haven't been able to stop a newspaper publishing a story concerning the cash-for-honours scandal - how sad! Although the tabloid papers could do with being muzzled with their half-truths and insinuations, the respected papers such as in this case the Guardian, should be allowed to publish any accurate information deemed of interest to the public. Have we moved into a communist society where what we, as a nation, are only allowed to read what is approved? Are we to be treated as children with supervised watered-down media?
Whether or not the publication of this story is bad timing because it could damage an on-going investigation isn't the issue at stake here. The main issue that people ought to be concerned about is that an attempt was made to silence the freedom of the press - one of the main educators in our democratic society that allows us to make informed choices. This time it was about an ongoing inquiry, but if the action had succeeded - what would it have been next time? And it's that question that makes this ruling so important to all of us.
At last progress on the site.
Bren has redesigned the problem prone skin pages