Censorship

I was pleased to read an article in the independent legal magazine "The Firm" on March 18th, which reported that English Conservative MP David Ruffley was writing to the Scottish Parliament about the Hollie Greig case, which he described as "appalling".

http://www.firmmagazine.com/news/2313/MP_challenges_Scottish_Government_over_lack_of_prosecutions_in_Hollie_Greig_case.html

  Mr Ruffley appears to have got cold feet as he has since contacted "The Firm" asking them to remove the article. Steven Raeburn, editor of "The Firm", has replied to Mr Ruffley making it perfectly clear that his attempt to interfere with the freedom of the press is not welcomed.

http://www.firmmagazine.com/features/900/MP_tries_to_silence_The_Firm_.html

 Why would Mr Ruffley want the fact that he is concerned about the failure to prosecute paedophile crimes to be kept secret ?

 Has he had his knuckles rapped by someone high-up in the Conservative Party for raising an issue which many prominent people appear to wish to keep hidden ?

 Last month David Cameron appointed Craig Oliver as his Director of Communications.

 Craig Oliver is an associate and former colleague of Mark Daly, the reporter who decided not to proceed with a BBC documentary on Hollie's case (see previous blogs).

 He is also the son of disgraced policeman Dr Ian Oliver, the Chief Constable of Grampian Police between 1990 and 1998. Hollie has alleged that she was abused by a paedophile ring during this period and in 1997 her uncle, Roy Greig, died in suspicous circumstances.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3387874/PMs-new-aide-is-shamed-cop-son.html