Guest, Jed - I think it was the way it reflected on the British Forces that concerned people. I, for one, lost some sympathy with those selling the stories. Also, it was unfair because some of the hostages were given a higher profile than others and so they managed to get their stories in before the ban.

The whole thing has been totally unsatisfactory and now Des Browne has told us all that it took him a whole weekend to realise the decision was wrong!