Bob Piper has been a Labour Councillor for the Abbey
Ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, for nine years. He is a lifelong supporter of Aston Villa Football Club and a follower of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The views expressed here are mine in a personal capacity, not those of the Labour Party, Sandwell MBC, Aston Villa or Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Get it! Mine... just mine!
Well, I'm back! At the moment it would appear Boris, Tim, Craig and Clive are still down, but I know Clive has been working like a trooper since Thursday to back up all the blog files and move them to another server. If anyone is looking for a webhost then I would heartily recommend Clive at UK Today (Although you cannot get there at the minute). Anyway, it makes a change to be attracting attention for something I hadn't said.... although the Leader of Sandwell Council will probably have blown a gasket when he saw my name caught up in all of this.
Thanks to everyone who has supported the campaign for Tim and Craig, particularly Justin who kicked it all off. The list below is from Justin's site. Also many thanks to those who offered me webspace or to be a guest poster, the good folks at Blairwatch, Cassilis and John Hirst were particularly encouraging. As Tom Watson said, this Usamov creature must be one hell of a unifier if he can get Iain Dale writing in support of Tim Ireland's free speech.... perhaps now Iain will allow Tim back on his own comments in the new spirit of glastnost. Update: This list has grown.
Bob Piper said:
September 23, 2007 8:04 PM | permalink
Apologies to those people who left comments this afternoon. There was a technical hitch which meant they were deleted... but thanks for the nice comments anyway.
"perhaps now Iain will allow Tim back on his own comments in the new spirit of glastnost".
And, restore my link in his sidebar which he removed in a fit of pique because I supported Tim by a reciprocal link. And, which he stated he would put back. Or, is he the Alisher Usmanov of the Tory Party?
gracchi, keep a look out for updates at Chicken Yoghurt. Not being the litigatious type I don't think I'll be pursuing Schillings (I bet they've got a lawyer or two to crank up the costs) of Fasthosts. Anyway, I think they've both done immeasurable damage to their reputations by their actions.
Once again, thanks for the nice comments.
hacked off said:
September 24, 2007 2:13 PM | permalink
When it comes to the Britian's defamation laws justice is not only blind, she's is off her face while holidaying in an expensive resort thousands of miles away. They are simply a means for the rich and powerful people to say what they like, while preventing the poor and powerless from saying what they think about the rich and powerful.
I noticed an hour ago that Boris Johnson is back online again. Tim Ireland's site is up too, but currently it only has a "Test" message. Craig Murray and Clive Summerfield are currently still down.
September 23, 2007 8:04 PM | permalink
Apologies to those people who left comments this afternoon. There was a technical hitch which meant they were deleted... but thanks for the nice comments anyway.