Posted on 05/26/2018 3:02:16 PM PDT by davikkm
The Leeds Crown Court has issued a UK media ban following the arrest of well-known activist and citizen journalist [redacted] outside [redacted]. The reporting restriction, which requires on all publications within the United Kingdom to cease any mention of the details of the arrest or court proceedings of [redacted], was issued Friday afternoon:
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Shortly after the issuance of the press ban on the case, several media outlets, including Breitbart London, the Mirror, the Daily Record, Birmingham Mail, and the Russian state broadcaster Russia Today, complied with the restriction and removed articles concerning [redacted]’s case.
Several other media outlets have kept their coverage of the arrest and the subsequent court details up, despite potentially falling foul of the court-issued ban which is to be lifted following the conclusion of a separate case.
The media ban, along with [redacted]’s arrest has sparked a wave of controversy on social media with many criticising the arrest and the court proceedings that followed it.
Supporters of [redacted] have called for a mass protest in front of number 10 Downing street with the hashtag [redacted].
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
So he’ll disappear into May’s gulag where they’ll try and kill him again. This is Soviet Britain and we need another crowd funding for Tommy. Unbelievable that the newspaper industry can’t report on it.
They can report it. Then dare the government to lock them up. But the gutless wonders won’t do that. In large part, I suspect, because they agtee with the government. If so, the order is a fig leaf to give the media outlets cover.
The 4th Reich (EU) in action.
No, it’s a Brit thing. One of the reasons the Americans (such as Tom Paine) were so big on freedom of the press was that England kept a very tight rein on publishers. And as for their judicial proceedings...look up “star chamber” if you want to see the judicial model the Dems would like to have installed in this country. Secret from start to finish.
The British government has gone full Ingsoc. Never go full Ingsoc.
Talk about alienating the press. It is hard to believe a modern western democracy puts up with this tyranny. Putin is envious.
Orwellian tyranny.
No means to resist except butter knives and brollies.
First, Britain beat the Nazis. Then they became them.
“First, Britain beat the Nazis. ”
No, they didn’t. If it weren’t for oceans of American blood and millions of tons of American treasure those inbred idiots would be speaking German.
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And they complain about Trump’s treatment of the media here?
Boy, ain't that the truth.
Breitbart should tell them to pound sand.
The press in Britain seems to accept this without a murmur. As I said, the Brits have a long history of this.
Any bets on when the book 1984 will be banned in the country in which it was written?
I’m thinking 2027.
Obviously, the British have the same problem that the Germans, French, and Russians have: they are populated with the decendants of what was left over after their best and brightest were killed in the World Wars. The British, in particular, never really recovered from WWI.
The new Royal Couple better cancel that honeymoon indefinitely.
Talk about alienating the press. It is hard to believe a modern western democracy puts up with this tyranny. Putin is envious.
The only difference is that in Britain you don’t disappear quite as quickly or permanently if you displease the government. A distinction without a difference.
We should recognize that England is gone.
The recent wedding and all of the hoopala, parades, etc, around it reminds me of the band playing as the Titanic sank.
England is sinking and the English people are ignoring their problem because they would rather watch/listen to the band.
They always were a strange lot anyway.
This is total insanity.
The English leadership (questionable) have totally lost their mind.
The guy arrested may not be likable, but the PC crap is a total disaster for the UK.
The comments at breitbart, in excess of 1,000, are well worth reading. The Brits may be awakening from their slumber.
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