Britain’s most senior judges have ruled that Elton John and David Furnish’s super injunction will remain in force, preventing the English media from identifying the pair or publishing details about the celebrity threesome scandal. Elton John took the case all the way to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the country, after the Court of Appeal ruled the super injunction could be lifted and the media should be free to report on the story. However the Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Appeal was wrong, meaning the gagging order will remain in place until the case goes to trial late this year. ‘There is no public interest in kiss and tell stories,’ said Lord Mance in handing down the decision. The case has provoked critics of super injunctions to accuse the courts of blindfolding the public through the use of blanket suppression orders, curtailing free speech and the media’s right to report on what it sees fit. While a ‘kiss and tell story’ may not be the most important story the media can be gagged from reporting on, these blanket suppression orders set a dangerous precedent. Orwellian present Can a country claim to have a free press if [...]