This is an excerpt from a post I wrote for the LabourList website, published today (October 19th). To read the full article click here.

There were a few big stories on Twitter last week. First, a long-running saga involving a major international mineral trading company, which is accused of dumping toxic waste in various African locations, reached Twitterprime time when the company’s UK solicitors took out an injunction against the Guardian, attempting to stop the media from covering a question put forward by a Member of Parliament regarding the accusations against their client.