There's a number 10 pertition about that Guardian gagging affair that everyone's on about today:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/PressFreedom/
seems like a pretty important thing to get fired up about to me - in fact I'd go so far as to say it's an outrageous thing to happen in a country that has had transparency in parlimentary debate since the 18th century or longer
(in short the Guardian have been prevented from reporting on a parlimentary question today by what appears to be the company in question's solicitors - they're not even allowed to say which question they're not allowed to report on
more here:
what the guardian is not allowed to tell you.
and the guardian's article about it is here)
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/PressFreedom/
seems like a pretty important thing to get fired up about to me - in fact I'd go so far as to say it's an outrageous thing to happen in a country that has had transparency in parlimentary debate since the 18th century or longer
(in short the Guardian have been prevented from reporting on a parlimentary question today by what appears to be the company in question's solicitors - they're not even allowed to say which question they're not allowed to report on
more here:
what the guardian is not allowed to tell you.
and the guardian's article about it is here)