Unfortunately they and Ofcom have been pulling their punches on enforcement since the OSA was enacted. The promise of making the UK the “world’s safest online environment” is a distant memory.

I’d never met her before but she was very kind to me. We also seemed to reach agreement on our wealth tax proposal.

They can still analyse and report. They will just have to do it without worrying about “access”.

Next let’s get rid off “the Lobby” here.

It would be worth spending £10m to fight this all the way on substance, jurisdiction, process etc. He’s not the only autocrat watching this.

And?
What do they do now that fulfills the remit?
Anyway we would be years away from a final judgment. Has Trump paid Carroll yet?

Do we as licence payers get much return from the huge investment in US correspondents? Some rebalancing away from breathless reporting of the nonsense over there would be welcomed by many of us.

BBC could stave off possible enforcement for years. So much could happen in that time.

So, he bars BBC from White House access and some journalists have to cover UK news instead? I could live with quite a lot of that punishment.

But enough about the monarchy…

But only a bit.

Davie learning how the Revolution devours its children.

Though I have to say that if instructed I would have advised the BBC Chair and others against public statements that could be construed as admissions.
It’s pretty basic stuff really.

True.

I do hope he sues. He will benefit from a close encounter with our legal system.

It's actually something of a benefit that Trump and his ilk can't help claiming credit, and underlining what this is really about.