The death of democracy: Blogosphere outrage at ban on free speech in UK

Two of the UK's biggest political blogs - Guido Fawkes and Iain Dale - are making a stand in defence of free speech in Britain - after the Guardian newspaper has found itself on the receiving end of a gagging order.

The Guardian's story that it is not being permitted to tell us about involves what a Member of Parliament is going to be asking in the House of Commons later this week.

How can this country be heading to hell in a handcart this way? A mainstream newspaper cannot report on a factual story about our own Parliament?

See what Guido Fawkes says on the matter and have a read of Iain Dale's further highlighting of the story.

You know, all this blog does is look at the British mainstream media and highlight stories that we find interesting. Over recent weeks, we've felt like we're some naughty conspiracy theory website through the stories we've highlighted. And then we have to remind ourselves that we are just picking up what is in the mainstream British news.

It is vital that Britain has a free press that can keep us informed - especially now when tyranny is increasingly looking the order of the day.

No newspaper is perfect and the British press has often hidden some very significant facts from the British public - for decades upon decades they've been doing it.

However, if something comes to their attention that is in the public interest and concerns questions to be asked in our own Parliament, then there is no way that they should be gagged from reporting such stories.

Hell in a handcart really would be upon us. And it looks like it may well already be.