Vanity Fair's arresting look at Blair's Britain
"Asked to describe a politically subversive magazine, one might picture a tatty pamphlet rather than Vanity Fair, the American glossy packed with A-list stars and ads for luxury brands.
"But its London editor, Henry Porter, yesterday angrily wrote to the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, over an incident in which police appeared to claim that an article in the magazine constituted "politically motivated material".
"On June 18, a man was arrested in Whitehall under the Serious and Organised Crime and Police Act, which prevents demonstrations within a kilometre of parliament.
"Steven Jago, who was carrying a placard bearing the George Orwell quote "In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act", was later found by police to be in possession of several photocopies of Porter's article Letter from London: Blair's Big Brother Britain, printed in the latest issue of the magazine. Mr Jago claims that they were confiscated by police and he was told the article constituted 'politically motivated material' ..."
The Guardian
"But its London editor, Henry Porter, yesterday angrily wrote to the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, over an incident in which police appeared to claim that an article in the magazine constituted "politically motivated material".
"On June 18, a man was arrested in Whitehall under the Serious and Organised Crime and Police Act, which prevents demonstrations within a kilometre of parliament.
"Steven Jago, who was carrying a placard bearing the George Orwell quote "In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act", was later found by police to be in possession of several photocopies of Porter's article Letter from London: Blair's Big Brother Britain, printed in the latest issue of the magazine. Mr Jago claims that they were confiscated by police and he was told the article constituted 'politically motivated material' ..."
The Guardian
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