An MP has hailed victory in his campaign to ban graphic images from the Web and print media. Martin Salter MP has long campaigned for images of Labour losing to be banned from the press and his bill has just received Royal Assent.

The first reporting to come under the new law was the local election results. "I realise that some people may enjoy watching Labour squirm in the privacy of their own homes, but there is no reason why this sort of material should be forced on innocent voters," he told us. "I am also glad to see that all quotes from David Sutton calling the people of Reading 'moronic' have already been excised from the media. There is no place in the local press for reporting what really happened. War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength."