Boris Johnson's web site is back

Following my post about the disappearance of Boris Johnson's web site, I hope that you have all followed the links to see what was the cause. This affair has become a bit of a cause celebre in the blogosphere although MSM coverage has been minimal. However, I read that this may be about to change as "Tonight, during the Saryusz-Wolski report "Towards a common European foreign policy on energy" the Euro realist MEP Tom Wise will use parliamentary privilege to spell out the allegations against Alisher Usmanov. He has been talking to Craig Murray to ensure that the allegations are accurate and to the point...Under the rules governing parliamentary privilege, any news organisation can repeat what has been said in the Parliament chamber, allowing the MSM to circumvent the legal threats being thrown about by Usmanov's lawyers Schillings."

We shall see, I still think that Britain's reputation as the best place in the world to sue for libel will still scare off much of the MSM. In addition the Dr Laurence Godfrey vs Demon Internet case which set the worrying precedent for Internet hosting companies has many of them scared rigid that in the future they may be sued for libel by a very wealthy and powerful businessman rather than an hirsute nuclear physicist.