Talk:1988–1994 British broadcasting voice restrictions

Proposed new paragraph
The effects of this subject have been revisited in recent times following the 2013 Woolwich attack. I'd like to add a paragraph on it, but thought I should post it here first for comment. My chief concern is getting the language right. I'll also mention this at Talk:Death of Lee Rigby. The paragraph is as follows:

The broadcast ban came under the spotlight again in 2013, after the BBC aired an interview with Anjem Choudhary, the leader of a banned Islamist group, in the aftermath of the fatal stabbing of an off-duty British soldier by two men who expressed extreme Islamist views. After Choudhary refused to condemn the attack on an edition of Newsnight, Conservative Home Secretary Theresa May said she was considering giving the media regulator Ofcom the power to prevent future interviews with members of banned organisations. However, the plans were criticised by senior politicians and commentators. Recalling the broadcast ban Jack Straw, a Home Secretary under the previous Labour administration called it "one of the most intolerant and least successful" measures introduced by Thatcher's government, which acted as a "great recruiting sergeant" for the groups concerned. The author and historian Timothy Garton Ash called the idea "impractical" and suggested it would be as ineffective as it had been in the 1980s.

Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated. Thanks Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:37, 14 July 2013 (UTC)