for those that don't follow uk politics, this is hopeful news. the hope being that the uk's terrible laws related to censorship will break down. obviously, wh

for those that don't follow uk politics, this is hopeful news. the hope being that the uk's terrible laws related to censorship will break down. obviously, who ryan giggs has screwed is neither here nor there. but the same laws were famously used to shield a company - trafigura - that dumped toxic chemicals off the coast of africa. this doc from wikileaks http://www.wikileaks.ch/wiki/Minton_report:_Trafigura_Toxic_dumping_along_the_Ivory_Coast_broke_EU_regulations,_14_Sep_2006 http://www.wikileaks.ch/wiki/Minton_report:_Trafigura_Toxic_... describes how "The UK media has been suppressed from mention the report or its contents since a secret gag order was issued against the Guardian newspaper on September 11, 2009." it was twitter that helped expose that, too - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/oct/14/trafigura-fiasco-tears-up-textbook http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/...