{"id":19308,"date":"2016-05-20T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=19308"},"modified":"2016-05-20T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T16:22:00","slug":"celebrity-injunction-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=19308","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Injunction Fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been seeing these interminable references to \u201cthe celebrity\u201d who has managed to get an injunction, gagging the British media from reporting details of him and his partner\u2019s private lives. Initially, I didn\u2019t give a damn. But when I read that Scottish and American \u2013 no, wait, everywhere except England, actually \u2013 media had reported it I became inquisitive.\"A<\/p>\n

It turned out to be bloody easy to find out who it was about, and when it eventually breaks \u2013 which is inevitable, given that the injunction looks like it is going to be lifted anyway<\/a> \u2013 you\u2019ll see what a disgusting, seedy mess it is.<\/p>\n

At present, only the initials PJS and YMA can be used to identify the main people involved. Neither set of initials is real. However, other people ARE involved. And when you find out who the story is about, that\u2019s when you\u2019ll realise how tragic this whole thing really is.<\/p>\n

Celebrities have every right to be left alone. Unfortunately, just by being a celebrity means that unless you live a squeaky clean life, you\u2019re not<\/strong> going to be left alone. The gutter press will hound you over every crack in the pavement you step on. And when something which is as awkward as this one is \u2013 with its many implications concerning those involved (and various taboo subjects) \u2013 there is no way it isn\u2019t going to go public. Eventually. <\/p>\n

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Well, the appeal has been upheld<\/a> \u2013 so far. The Sun isn\u2019t at all happy, and neither is the Mail, which has found a slightly different way of dealing with the issue (albeit, in a way which means when it breaks the fallout will be that much worse). There\u2019s some clever word play in both accounts, which make more sense when you know who it is they\u2019re referring to.<\/p>\n

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Lord Mance said\u2026 there was “no public interest (however much it may be of interest to some members of the public) in publishing kiss-and-tell stories or criticisms of private sexual conduct, simply because the persons involved are well-known”.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Former Lib Dem MP John Hemming\u2026 said he was surprised by the ruling. <\/p>\n

“The logical conclusion of this is that gossip about anyone with children will become a criminal offence subject to a potential penalty of two years’ imprisonment,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Trust me, there\u2019s a lot more going on here than just that. It\u2019s a form of enforced propaganda of the kind copiously referenced in Orwell\u2019s 1984.<\/p>\n

Seriously, you can find it in dozens of online publications with just a few clicks (and a page scroll or two). And the only reason it is in any way interesting is because of the cack-handed attempts to prevent it becoming known.<\/p>\n

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Incidentally, if you type \u201cgoogle.com\/ncr\u201d in your browser address bar you stay with Google.com \u2013 not Google.co.uk, which effectively censors out stuff you aren\u2019t meant to see in the UK. The \u201cncr\u201d stands for \u201cno country redirect\u201d, and it\u2019s a good way of finding news from other countries. You still get UK stuff, but you get a lot more besides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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