Comments on: Christmas comes early

By: Euro train

Euro train — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:22:57 +0000

Political advertising on radio and TV is illegal in both Ireland and the UK, this was a good article, politics like this need to be discussed more and more nations should employ these rules
Sarah

By: adman

adman — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:02:31 +0000

any news on whether Ireland/uk/norway have launched an appeal?

By: cearta.ie » Normal service is being resumed: religious and political advertising bans

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:36:00 +0000

[...] ban was contrary to Article 10. The best analysis of the case is Daithí’s discussion Christmas comes early, but I think that it is a far more significant judgment than he gives it credit for. He says that [...]

By: ECHR: blanket ban on political tv advertising violates freedom of expression : contentandcarrier

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:32:38 +0000

[...] (14 December 2008): Daithí Mac Síthigh at LexFerenda has an excellent post on this judgment, pointing also to the recent decisions by Ofcom (here and here) and the House of [...]

By: Time for a [legislative] change? « Benedict Pringle

Time for a [legislative] change? « Benedict Pringle — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:12:56 +0000

[...] of expression – Article 10 of the Human Rights Act (for more legal detail see Ofcomwatch and Lex Feranda, both interesting blogs surrounding media and the law). I assume that such a ruling means that [...]

By: TransAtlantic

TransAtlantic — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:35:31 +0000

From my perspective, this is excellent news. I have long argued for a change in the law regarding political advertising in the UK. I understand that changes as a result of legal precedent move even slower than changes as a result of legislation – but nonetheless, this is a strong step in the right direction.

I’m going to blog on this right now at my new site – http://www.transatlanticpost.com – I write about politics in the US and the UK. Obviously this decision could pave the way for another American import to British Politics.

Thanks for highlighting it.

By: Daithí

Daithí — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:53:10 +0000

Thank you for the link to your excellent blog. As Russ pointed out in his post, the time for Internet-based political advertising is coming. You’ll be kept busy I suspect…

By: Be Pringle

Be Pringle — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:50:38 +0000

Just stumbled across your blog whilst researching political advertising more generally – very interesting!

I’ve recently started blogging about political communication worldwide but with a bias on the UK (being based here). If nothing else, if the law is changed, it’ll make the ‘UK’ section a good deal more interesting!

By: Daithí

Daithí — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:44:07 +0000

More: Content and Carrier.

By: Daithí

Daithí — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:32:50 +0000

Hi Adrian. It’s more that it’s a fairly logical gloss on VGT, and given that VGT (Europe) and Animal Defenders (UK) are so similar in facts and the courts (ECHR vs House of Lords) went in totally opposite directions, it just underlines the distance between them. I have read that Animal Defenders are applying (or have already applied?) to the ECHR. I’d be very surprised if they upheld the British law, and the Norwegian case just makes that more likely. That could take some time though…