Note, all you doubters - lack of democracy is already happening!

Late last week ITV News announced that because the Government did not like an exposee of the medical treatment of some of the servicemen injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence would no longer recognise and assist ITV reporters in those war areas. Accreditation of ITV was withdrawn.

This leaves the government-controlled BBC as the only TV channel now able to issue the Government's much-edited version of news in those areas.

No doubt other stories unpalatable to the Government will also be severely edited, as have been public details of the current Bill under debate.

Colyn.