\t \tBut the humour largely dissipated as he recounted the sorry tale of the libel suit brought against him by the British Chiropractic Association, facilitated by the slack and outdated libel laws of this country.<\/p>\n \tThe audience, many of them hearing the story for the first time, was rapt, absorbed. At the end they probed and examined with serious questions – some evidently astounded at the over-reach of chiropractic, some by the cold grip of current libel legislation, and others testing his journalistic mettle.<\/p>\n \tHe was sure to remind those present that more information can be found at the www.libelreform.org<\/a> web-site, where I hope that not of few of them will be heading to sign the petition in support.<\/p>\n \tNaturally, I trust that many of you will follow suit<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t This’ll be brief. It’s late. Tonight Simon Singh returned to his undergraduate alma mater to speak to students and staff at Imperial College about his adventures in science and his battles with libel. With good humour but serious intent he … Continue reading ![\"Simon](\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2709\/4185225611_02dab5385a.jpg\")
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\nSimon Singh speaking about libel chill – definitely not treatable with chiropractic<\/em><\/p>\n
\n*Thanks to Felix<\/em> editor, Dan Wan, and RCSU president, Katya-yani Vyas, for organising such a great event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"