Gah, apparently his next dispatch was going to be about the elections... MoD can't take any more critisism so had taken a knee jerk reaction. I'd bet quite a lot of my savings that this was an order sent from upon high by only one of the Civil Service Mandarins who got scared of the content.
He's an excellent writer, and has done among other things an excellent job of increasing the awareness of what British Forces are doing in afghan, to not only the British Public, but the US Public as well.