If you think about it, there was nothing topsy turvy about the burden of proof there, it really is innocent until proven guilty. Though it doesn’t sound like it, it’s honour and journalistic standards. Free speech, though, it isn’t.

The courts can be blamed for allowing too much to be libellous (it seems to me that Singh’s accusation of trading knowingly bogusly – which surely was indeed what Singh was saying – should not be libelous, maybe).

But mostly, it seems like a law conceived in a different time before the Carter Rucks got hold of it all. To sort that, as Monbiot says, we need politicians.

That really isn’t true, but this is not the forum in which to discuss marketing. I will say that others do tell lies about what you *actually* get for your money, in order to nab the sale (and then send you little invoices throughout the year for those “little extras”). We have enough people migrating to us with such tales to know it’s almost the norm elsewhere! As for the box spec is actually pretty negotiable. It’s hardly the hardware that costs…

Next time you want to host something, get in touch. We’ll do you a better deal than the rubbish out there. We won’t be the cheapest, because we don’t scrabble in the bargain bin (it’s quite nice to be able to pay staff who know wtf they’re on about, for a start).

From Nick (of Positive).