Repeal the Gagging Clause: a law that will hit blogs hard
Section 40 is bad news for journalists and campaigners
Section 40 is bad news for journalists and campaigners
Left Foot Forward has been broadly supportive of the Leveson process and has stood by the victims of hacking and press intrusion. But the amendment as it stands, which was passed by the House of Commons on Monday, has the potential to capture bloggers and other small publishers through its definition of what is a “relevant publisher”.
In what could be a sign of things to come, Ed Miliband used social media to take on his critics and defend his position over yesterday’s strikes, reports Shamik Das.
Left Foot Forward rounds up reaction from blogs from the Muslim world on the assasination of Osama Bin Laden
Last week Left Foot Forward was voted Britain’s No 1 left-wing blog. This week, LFF leads a left-wing insurgency of the blogosphere’s Top 20 sites coming third overall.
Most political bloggers are motivated to fight what they see as bigotry, prejudice, and ill-informed, unjustifiable assertion. This is a fine and noble cause, because the spreading of false beliefs – without the evidence to support them – is bad for all of us, as is the displacement of informed argument by mere rhetoric. All the more so when the perpetrator is powerful or influential.
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There’s been a lot of chatter on the Internet today about an early election. But there is no basis in the rumours which are being encourage by the Tories.
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