The European Commission has been accused of hypocrisy and double standards in pursuit of a trade deal with the South American group of Mercosur countries — Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

IF ONE of the principle freedoms of our democracy — the right to free speech — can be jeopardised by allowing a discredited, nasty, crank like David Irving telling us that black is white then we need to reconsider the protection that we give to that privilege.