As there’s a few more commentaries around on the Guardian gagging order i thought it only right to help improve it’s ineffectiveness to link t a few of them. The general consensus seems to be that the question cart-fuck don’t want us to know about is:
Questions for Oral or Written Answer beginning on Tuesday 13 October 2009
61. Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of legislation to protect (a) whistleblowers and (b) press freedom following the injunctions obtained in the High Court by (i) Barclays and Freshfields solicitors on 19 March 2009 on the publication of internal Barclays reports documenting alleged tax avoidance schemes and (ii) Trafigura and Carter-Ruck solicitors on 11 September 2009 on the publication of the Minton report on the alleged dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast, commissioned by Trafigura. (293006).
Though spy Blog high lights some other possibly interesting questions also being tabled.
According to Guido the report they’d really rather we didn’t here about is this one.
Other commentaries that are probably far more useful to read than this one can be found at:
Ministry of Truth, Dizzy Thinks and Iain Dale
Update A lot more on the Carter-fuck/Trafigura business on the Guardian. There’s also a Petition on number10 to request that press freedom to report Parliamentary business should be enshrined in law. Probably won’t do much good, but never hurts.
Update 2 Guido is reporting that Carter-fuck have thrown in the towel. Having managed to achieve precisely the opposite of what was intended. As explained rather well by Samizdata.
Update 3 Really can’t neglect the excellent article by Mr Eugenides
