David Head
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European. Translator & writer. Allergic to Brexit. Seeking justice for the disabled, the homeless, & refugees.
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Joe makes a fair point that Trump is all about grinding nuisance claims and wearing down opponents through attritional costs, whatever the merits of the case.
But I feel like the relative flimsiness of his potential claim is not really getting a lot of air time in this furor.
But I feel like the relative flimsiness of his potential claim is not really getting a lot of air time in this furor.
I don’t know if it was broadcast in US. But that, and the actual malice threshold, are beside the point where Trump litigation is concerned. The strategy is to force defendants to fight an increasingly expensive and invasive case in the hope that they cave.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Joe makes a fair point that Trump is all about grinding nuisance claims and wearing down opponents through attritional costs, whatever the merits of the case.
But I feel like the relative flimsiness of his potential claim is not really getting a lot of air time in this furor.
But I feel like the relative flimsiness of his potential claim is not really getting a lot of air time in this furor.
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So, indeed, Trump can no longer bring a defamation claim in the English High Court. He apparently wants to file one in Florida, but I doubt Panorama was actually broadcast there. Proving damages seems tough in my non-expert view (coupled with higher bar for defamation of public figures in the US).
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
So, indeed, Trump can no longer bring a defamation claim in the English High Court. He apparently wants to file one in Florida, but I doubt Panorama was actually broadcast there. Proving damages seems tough in my non-expert view (coupled with higher bar for defamation of public figures in the US).
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It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Hard to disagree with this assessment.
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Hard to disagree with this assessment.
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Gibb and co will need to go too. There's so many great things about the BBC but the people at the top are not great at all.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Gibb and co will need to go too. There's so many great things about the BBC but the people at the top are not great at all.
This looks like a golden opportunity to get the BBC back to roughly where it was before the failed Davie experiment. I reckon the latest developments will backfire on Johnson.
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This looks like a golden opportunity to get the BBC back to roughly where it was before the failed Davie experiment. I reckon the latest developments will backfire on Johnson.
Apparently, 20 people have already signed the petition, but nobody else can until it has been "approved". I've never come across this before.
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Apparently, 20 people have already signed the petition, but nobody else can until it has been "approved". I've never come across this before.