KEY POINTS:
- Is free speech under threat from the Electoral Finance Bill?
A Herald editorial says: "One of the unfortunate elements of the Electoral Finance Bill introduced to Parliament recently is a provision that aims to regulate political advertising not for the three months to election day, as is the case now, but from the beginning of the election year. Elections in this country are nearly always held in September or October. A nine-month restriction of free speech is unnecessary and probably untenable."
Debate on this issue is now closed. Here is a selection of Your Views:
