http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10423211.stm


Here we go, not been in two months, and already they are tightening the noose.

It is a legit target this time, but next time it will be 'any newspaper that undermines law and order' then 'any newspaper that criticises the government'

this is not censorship in the slightest

councils should provide information relating to council services not attempt to compete with local newspapers.

this is not censorship in the slightest

councils should provide information relating to council services not attempt to compete with local newspapers.

I didnt say it was, I said it was the thin end of wedge into a fissure in the press system.
Doing this is trying the water.

I didnt say it was, I said it was the thin end of wedge into a fissure in the press system.
Doing this is trying the water.

its not the end of any wedge.

your just being hysterically paranoid for comic effect and its not working.

Most council funded newspapers are thinly disguised PR puff-pieces for whoever is in power.

this is not censorship in the slightest

councils should provide information relating to council services not attempt to compete with local newspapers.

Does this mean that I will no longer have to recycle my unread copy of "Working For Sheffield".

Good :)

Does this mean that I will no longer have to recycle my unread copy of "Working For Sheffield".


It might. It basically means that if a Tory council wants to send out a newsletter saying what great things they've done and how wonderful it is to live under a Tory council - they'll have to pay for it out of party funds and not council funds.

Ditto for Labour, Lib-Dem or any other councils, of course.

If it means fewer pictures of Scriven then bring it on. :thumbsup: