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Matt Wardman - Political Blogging, Local and National Politics, Commentary, Technology, Sport, Culture in the UK and Europe

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  • Trafigura: the BBC settles

    Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 00:00 in comment, politicker, all ww

    You may already know that the BBC has settled with Trafigura in their libel case - that would explain the "disappearance" of the videos of Liz Mackean's original report from the BBC website. The BBC agreed to pay Trafigura £25,000 (which it says it ...

  • Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin …

    Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 02:06 in comment, politicker, all ww

    One of these is a Pirate, the other is a stout defender of a realistic approach to people whom Lord Mandelbrot and friends think are Pirates...One of these is a Pirate, the other is a stout defender of a realistic approach to people whom Lord Mandelb...

  • Iran: How the Election was Stolen, and the Opposition Crushed

    Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 15:04 in comment, politicker, all ww

    A defecting member of the infamous Basij militia, the men who wounded and killed in the aftermath of the Iran elections in the summer, tells Lindsey Hilsum of Channel 4 News what he knows. A defecting member of the infamous Basij militia, the men who...

  • Carter-Ruck bully #Trafigura Article off BBC website

    Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 10:09 in campaigns, politicker, all ww

    (This post is personal, and is specifically not the responsibility of any legal commentators who write for the Wardman Wire). Productivity in the Judicial Get-This-Outrage-Off-The-Internet department is up again. The latest is more Trafigura news, as...

  • Trafigura all over again

    Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 07:37 in comment, politicker, all ww

    I've written about Trafigura before. Now they're at it again, apparently - it's reported that the BBC has pulled from its website Liz McKean's original report about the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast in 2006. I think there should be an emergen...

  • Gordon Brown on Opening up Government Data

    Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 05:09

    This is useful Chapter and Verse if you need to "persuade" politicians to come out in support of Open Data. The Prime Minister delivered a speech on Smarter Government, in London on 7 December 2009. The transcript is here. "And I can announce today ...

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