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theclaud

Reading around the chip
@theclaud I can't remember where on earth the relevent thread is, but Stewart Lee this evening (after a 14k walk to prepare).
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Have a great evening!
 

Ian H

Legendary Member
Apres le show.
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glasgowcyclist

Über Member

You beauty!

The multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks has lost his libel action against the Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, which was criticised as an attack on free speech.
Banks, who funded the pro-Brexit Leave.EU campaign group, sued Cadwalladr personally over two instances in which she said the businessman was lying about his relationship with the Russian state – one in a Ted Talk and the other in a tweet.
Her lawyer Gavin Millar QC had argued the case was an attempt to silence the journalist’s reporting on “matters of the highest public interest”, namely campaign finance, foreign money and the use of social media messaging and personal data in the context of the EU referendum.
Campaigners for free speech and press freedom characterised the claim as a strategic lawsuit against public participation (Slapp) – an attempt to shut down public criticism.”
 

winjim

Welcome yourself into the new modern crisis
YLGOI
 

icowden

Squire
Mr Banks congratulated the investigative journalist on winning, but said he would "likely" appeal against the court judgement.
"It leaves open for the journalist the excuse that she thought what she said was correct even though she had no facts," he posted on Twitter.
I wonder what his grounds for appeal are going to be?
 
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