THE European Court of Justice ruled yesterday that the European Union can lawfully suppress political criticism of its institutions and of leading figures, sweeping aside English Common Law and 50 years of European precedents on civil liberties. http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=004500667862225&rtmo=VkkxFu1x&atmo=rrrrrrrq&pg=/et/01/3/7/weuc07.html