Actually it makes a little more sense than the way it's being portayed. It's nothing to do with regulating what can be said about Parliament in either a satirical or congratulatory context (although I can see how the law might be manipulated toward that end); rather it's all about the use of Parliamentary TV footage to do so. Satire has long been one of our country's greatest freedoms: Hogarth, Punch Magazine, Private Eye, TW3, right up to Spitting Image, Yes Minister, Have I Got News For You and Mock The Week. The laws regarding the use of Parliamentary content were set in place due to the installation of cameras in the Commons and Lords when Parliament was initially televised. I think it's more towards a copyright issue than anything else, and certainly not a freedom of speech thing.
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