I'm not a lawyer, so I might be wrong about this, but I think under UK law public bodies can't sue for libel.

To be honest I'm pretty sure the best response from the BBC is that given in Arkell v Pressdram.

To be honest that sounds like a move that can be evaded by simply having one phone for buying alcohol and one for using Facebook and Instagram.

I've seen that movie. Prepare to be awestruck by the immortal line, "Drop that zero and get with the hero."

[Insert not-a-lawyer disclaimer here.] To be honest he can't sue over here either, as defamation claims have a 1 year time limit and the footage is from 2023. I believe they're attempting to sue in Florida, which should provide defences of lack of jurisdiction, 1st Amendment etc.

It's also a "the UK job market is completely wrecked thing right now" thing. My partner, a qualified bookkeeper, got laid off and it took her a year and a half to find another job. Everything she applied for had hundreds of applications.

Call me a doomsayer, but I'm not sure there's a business model in building gargantuan data centres, needing enough electricity to power God, so some folks on the Internet can create a video of a shark fighting a T-Rex.

A B&Q of centrists.

Anti-anti-fascists.

She's looking at the tortality of the situation.

So to summarise, "we're sorry, but also fuck off."

I thought about watching, but then I remembered I'd rather shit in my hands and clap.

My pay day is next Friday so I'm gonna head to the cinema and watch it then.

I have no legal expertise, but that sounds noteworthy, that the judge thought policing toilets would be unusual.

Did the intervention by Sex Matters get picked up by the judge? I recall the GLP were objecting to it on the grounds of late submission.

Yeah she's a total wingnut but also a true believer. A mix of threats and promises will only make her more convinced she's right (which, in THIS ONE SPECIFIC SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES she is.)