Leathal

You are right in saying this, and it is not unreasonable to place restrictions on reporting to prevent a miscarriage of justice or harm to the innocent. The issue of concern is the manner in which this situation was treated by the authorities and some elements of the media. Another issue I have with all of this is the self evident bias of the so called unbiased media, especially the ABC here in Australia. Firstly, it took them 5 days to even bother with the story. Secondly, when they did report today their story included the usual derogatory terms, Ie., 'far right activist'. Thirdly, the ABC said that "...Robinson live-streamed..." the trial. They do go on to mention that "Robinson also has previous convictions for assault, fraud and other offences". No clarity is given to the facts or circumstances relating to these other offences. They did acknowledge that he founded the EDL but said it is "...now defunct". Saying that Robinson live streamed the trial is a clear falsehood, he was not in the courtroom, he was outside the building. Far right is an exaggeration and as far as I know the EDL still exists and Tommy left it because it become too far to the right for him. If they are far right and he is to the left of them, how can he be far right? The article also neglected to point out that Robinson is no longer a part of the EDL. Why let facts get in the way of spinning a good yarn. No one at the ABC took responsibility with a by line, the story seems to have been regurgitated directly from the AP. It seems that they did not even do their own research to fact check what they were publishing. The ABC story can be found here: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-30/far-right-activist-tommy-robinson-jailed/9814524>.

This from the land that gave us the term 'fourth estate', the land that valued the capacity of the press to keep the ruling class 'honest' to some extent. As an Australian I am appalled at the virtual silence of our media on this topic. The one report I could find related to a protest in Melbourne. The worlds press should be even ashamed of themselves for complicity in this travesty against the truth. The British people have allowed this to happen by sitting on their hands and holding their tongues in the face of an incremental erosion of their civil liberties. Sadly, Australians (and others) are doing the same thing, largely out of fear of being given the usual ad hominem labels generously applied by the usual suspects on the left. Here there is no 'right to free speech' but only an implied (not enumerated) constitutional right to freedom of political communication recognised by the High Court of Australia. Reporting on paedophiles is not a political matter and the regime here would potentially be able to do the same thing if it chose to enact apposite laws. Bearing that in mind, I see this Tommy Robinson matter as a kind of test to see how far a regime can go in restricting freedom of open discussion on 'sensitive' issues. They nearly got away with it but for some sources getting the news out before the censorship kicked in. If the protests peter out too quickly, they will do this again and again until it is completely normalised to the people. Without wanting to incite anyone to engage in illegal conduct, I would encourage everyone in GB to pressure their legislators to revise the circumstances where reporting restrictions can be applied. I would also encourage everyone in Australia to write to their media outlets demanding an explanation as to why they have not reported on this to us... we are not, and for a very long time have not been subject to English laws and there is NO EXCUSE for their silence on this matter. Australians should also pressure our legislators, both state and federal, to ensure such draconian measures are never enacted here. Tommy should now be considered a political prisoner and any that remain silent and thus allow this to go unchallenged should be considered tacitly complicit. They risk a broader application of the same tyranny. Where is the condemnation from Amnesty International, the UN and all of the other leftist do-gooders on this matter? I hear only crickets from that sector. We should all be very concerned.