Is this the cheekiest piece of newspaper reporting this week?

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Is this the cheekiest piece of newspaper reporting this week?

By Mark Pack | Fri 24th July 2009 - 8:55 am

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Then guess if the person who “expressed satisfaction” with the court case (a) won or (b) lost.

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7 Comments

Rachel Smith 24th Jul '09 - 9:00am

Suspicions that Desmond lives in a parallel universe confirmed.
Tim13 24th Jul '09 - 10:02am

“Cheeky” is hardly the word for it. Half truth is hardly the word. “1% truth” is perhaps a term we should invent for Desmond.
Judith brooksbank 24th Jul '09 - 11:14am

My husband and I have a book shop. When Tom Bower’s biography “Maxwell” was published Maxwell’s strongman threatened he would get our shop closed down if we sold the book. I’m sure similar threats were made to all UK booksellers. We ignored it and nothing further happened.

Brave booksellers have contributed a lot to free speech in this country. (There have been other, worse threats from other quarters.)

I really hope that Liberal Democrats support their local book sellers in turn and don’t take the option of buying from massive internet companies. We have a duty to support real booksellers in my opinion, they are the shops that have stood up for free speech over the years.
Meandyew 24th Jul '09 - 11:22am

Private Eye must be rubbing their hands in glee at this.

Cheeky is not the word.
LJH 24th Jul '09 - 12:07pm

“Have Your Say is unavailable for this story.”

*snorfle*
Niklas Smith 24th Jul '09 - 12:10pm

So, for those of us who don’t usually follow the libel courts, did Mr Desmond actually lose?

Libel laws in England are too restrictive – just look at the Simon Singh case. (Do sign the petition!) At the International Federation of Liberal Youth conference in Beirut last week we passed a motion against the abuse of libel laws unanimously.
Malcolm Todd 24th Jul '09 - 1:16pm

You passed a motion against the *abuse* of libel laws? Seriously? Are there any laws that you are *in favour of* abusing?

And by the way, was that the most important thing you found to talk about in Beirut?