Did the Guardian use Twitter as a weapon of free speech?

"Even back in the <i>18th century</i> the question about freedom of speech and the citizen’s right to know what was happening in the halls of its parliament was fought and won by journalist and MP John Wilkes. The end result of all that was the <i>1688</i> Bill of Rights."<p>Oh dear.

Quite possibly.<p>A more important question: is that a bad thing?