Matt Buck's Hack Cartoons

£100,000 of damages for defamation and libel as reported by The Guardian.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Archbishop Rowan's argument that bits of religious law ought to be above the civil law was lost sometime back in the age of reason.
As can often occur, Chicken Yogurt puts it elegantly in words.
at my harshest I regard all this little more than the captain of one set counter-Enlightenment values speaking out on another set of counter-Enlightenment values.
UPDATED: 14 Feb 2008
If you have the energy, there is a good and thorugh piece of detective work about the speech, the interview and its aftermath by Matt Wardman. It points a finger in an interesting direction...

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Cash for honours - we discover how much co-operation John Yates and the Met Police received from the very prominent people who were under investigation for the sale of national honours and titles. Published above and here. 24th October 2007
Matt Buck’s animated drawings

UPDATE: Tom Bower has a review on The Guardian today which gives an overview of the whole affair and its key players.

And it's not just on his trousers...
Fat boy's become a trendsetter.

Link from Chicken Yogurt - 22nd October 2007

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

The implications of the Usmanov-Schillings affair continue to rumble around the world. The latest spot is in The International Herald Tribune, which quotes Tim Ireland approvingly I think.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Kudos to Mike Power for this video celebration of an ongoing dissent. If you need information on exactly what this is all about, please read this and this.

UPDATED:041007 Worth reading this from Tim Ireland on Mr Usmanov's response to all the bad publicity.

UPDATED UPDATE: 061007
Further news from Tim Ireland and some pleasing candour from the News Editor of the Financial Times.

This link is absolutely required reading. It is especially important if you are in any doubt as to why all this fuss about Alisher Usmanov, his lawyers and a lot of citizens who make blogs, matters. The drawing is subtitled - Avoiding an Usmanov. There is a smaller version below here too, both of these, you are welcome to use if you are blogging about Usmanov and Schillings and would like to use images.

Some unfairly restricted bloggers, are back, here. Well done to all concerned and watch that space...
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A look at the broader issues, courtesy of Mick Fealty at the Telegraph's new politics blog, Brassneck. Oddly, enough, it does seem to be the week for new political launches, there's another newcomer here at Westmonster. Nice name - reminds me of this marvellous piece of art and identity...

Disturbing developments over at Bloggerheads, where Tim Ireland's blog is "off-air" - forced out of business thanks to the bullying of an Uzbek billionaire and his lawyers.

The quote comes from a standout analysis by Mr Eugenides which is here

Further details of the Uzbek businessman attempting to buy large parts of Arsenal FC are also available at Chicken Yogurt and Poldraw.

The caricature of the amazingly powerful Mr Usmanov is made in support of the people who have been so thoroughly lawyered. The partial quote belongs to George Orwell.

UPDATE:230907
Sunny Hundal of Pickled Politics explains the background to the story on mainstream media. Link from Peter Black


UPDATE:250907
Further interest in the Alisher Usmanov v bloggers case. Reported by Robin Hammann