Which government?!? That's an outrage...
*apparently* the american government according to this guy:
http://bdaugherty.tripod.com/articles/orwell.html
It is ironic that these works have been subject to the same forces that they warn against. For example the statement that “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others” was intended by Orwell to be a satire on the American Declaration of Independence and the way it used a similar phrase about equality while simultaneously forming the basis for a slave-owning state. This was a part of the moral of the fable itself that there is little difference between Capitalism and Stalinism. Soon after Orwell’s death, the CIA purchased the film rights and produced a cartoon that changed the message completely. To make matters worse, both books have been widely banned in America.
Im sooo sure there was an article in the papers about the same thing happening in the UK, not a direct 'ban' but more of a slow dissapearance of the book (no more reading it in schools, libraries stock less and less until gone, less copies being printed, etc.). Mabe it all has something to do with the abandonment of teaching history in british schools too :/ I wish i could find the article :(
Cant believe everything you read though ;)
This could of course be just tabloid propaganda however and i cannot find anything on the web to back it up, but to be honest it wouldnt have surprised me if true, at all. :/
LOL i did find this one a little ironic though :P
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23391081-details/George+Orwell,+Big+Brother+is+watching+your+house/article.do