How Sez Sees It

So it turns out we are allowed to say who it was now.  It was Ryan Giggs.  Amazing what you can say once someone says it in Parliament. I have to say that I am disappointed that it was Giggs.  He had the family man image, was and still is an amazing player (and is Welsh...so bonus) and he has taken years to build up his reputation.  As they say though, it takes years to build a reputation and only moments to tear it apart. Still this is going to raise more questions about the power of the 'Super Injunction' against the power of Governement.  Anything said in Parliament is supposed to be safe from the law and from the outside world.  However, with rolling coverage of everything that happens in Parliament (e.g. with the BBC Parliament channel) you can access the chamber any time you want and hear anything you want.  The MP in particular who mentioned Giggs yesterday did so to highlight a valid point.  Yes, there was a Super Injunction, but when ...

Ok, so a Scottish newspaper has printed the picture (not name, although they are obvious) of the footballer who is involved in the Super Injunction against Imogen Thomas and the press announcing who he is... Now I live in England so I will not be naming the footballer, although if you go on Twitter today you can see who it is alleged to be.  However, this is not the only thing that I will be banging on about. So what is a 'Super Injunction'?  Well, the very basic version is that it stops not only the name of someone being leaked to the papers, etc. but also the details involved in the case.  Basically, first rule of Super Injunction is: don't talk about Super Injunction. Does this new celeb craze for them undermine the notion of freedom of press?  Does anyone care that yet another footballer has been a naughty boy?  Does this affect the general public?  Well, kinda yes.  How many people look up to the likes of footballers?  Will they take th...