Silence is golden.....but does it lose a bit of its shine if it's forced upon the winners at this year's Olympics in Beijing?

Remember the black power salutes of the 1968 Games - well, that's the kind of politicial demonstration that the International Olympic Committee is now keen to avoid at any Games.

This summer in China of course, such a policy will be under close scrutiny. What if Olympians want to make a point about human rights, about the plight of the Falun Gong, show support for the Free Tibet campaign? Should they be forced to shut up?

The British Olympic Association is re-thinking a clause in its contract with Team GB members to make it clear that they CAN answer questions about issues in China - but deliberate political acts are definitely banned.

I spoke to former Olympian and former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell to see what he thought of the so-called behaviour agreements. Listen to the interview here.

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