Expect defamation reform, now that members are interested

For some it might seem that the article today the Guardian is bad news:

Super-injunctions restrict freedom of speech, of advise lawyers speaker
• Orientation contradicts the position of Minister of Justice
• Selection Committee fears for parliamentary privilege

But that is to overlook the historical tradition with which members do not give a fig about the invasion of our privacy practices, civil or freedom of speech, until they find their affected.

Who cares about the common man's freedom of speech is stifled by the law of defamation worst in the world when we have granted thee immunity from it through the parliamentary privilege?It was a similar story with draconian and disturbing away breath anti-terrorist laws that were all very well until an MP was arrested in his Office (Damien green MP) or spied on while visiting an inmate of the prison (MP Sadiq Khan).Then – suddenly – parliamentarians had second thoughts on totalitarian culture that had nourished.

Therefore, members who now are liable under the law of defamation conclude that defamation reform is destined to become a legislative agenda. read here!

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