AFTER terrorists, our country's most [...].Byline: Kevin Maguire AFTER terrorists, our country's most unwelcome foreign visitors are libel tourists. Tyrants, arms dealers and oil billionaires swoop into Britain to silence critics. Our tame courts bend the knee eagerly for wealthy men with shadowy activities to hide. We're a soft-touch for the dodgy dodgy - Synonym with flaky. Preferred outside the US rich who bizarrely find it easier to persecute per·se·cute tr.v. per·se·cut·ed, per·se·cut·ing, per·se·cutes 1. To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs. 2. enemies here than back home. Damages are awarded that ruin opponents, gags issued with even a gag on the existence of the gag. The admiral Index on Censorship group yesterday issued a compelling report called Free Speech Is Not For Sale. Except it is - bought lock, stock and barrel by a powerful elite with the money to silence critics. MPs are investigating the muffling of a country once proud of its tradition of free expression. These days you can say what you like until some dodgy geezer has a wallet fat enough to hire a scuzzy See SCSI. scuzzy - The usual pronunciation of SCSI. lawyer. On the 200th anniversary of his death Thomas Paine, perhaps the greatest Englishman of all, must be turning in his grave over the gagging of Britain. |
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