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Rowan Atkinson defends freedom of speech, while Frankie Boyle wins it in court by Brian Logan

Mr Bean star campaigns against act outlawing 'insulting words', Frankie Boyle wins more than £50,000 in libel damages … and one standup spectator laughs so hard she goes into labourThis week's comedy newsWhere would Laughing Stock be without the "culture of censoriousness" that creates a crisis from every comedian's word out of place? We might soon find out, should Rowan Atkinson, damn his eyes, be successful wi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AM on October 23, 2012

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