Yesterday the English High Court made an astonishing and highly illiberal ruling in the libel case brought by the British Chiropractic Association against Simon Singh.

The ruling was by Sir David Eady, the presiding judge. He has decided the “meaning” which should be given to the passage complained of in Simon Singh’s original article.

All we need now is for bogus CAM practitioners like Chiropracters, Accupuncturists and Witch Doctors to start intimidating people through the courts.