You may know that Britain's libel laws are heavily skewed in favour of rich people and corporations. Being right is no defence, and nor is freedom of speech, unlike the US. Lots of foreign people are suing in the UK courts over articles published elsewhere in the world because they'll get what they want here and not elsewhere. Books which have never been published in the UK have been subject to libel judgements because a single person has ordered one from Amazon US, newspapers with a circulation of 100-200 in the UK have been sued out of existence too.
It's got so bad that the US Congress has passed laws setting aside UK libel judgements, and now US newspapers (a couple of hundred are sent over for expats wanting the baseball results) are planning to cease publication here at all, just in case.
Madness. This country has become a playground for the corrupt and oppressive, thanks to the sterling work of people like Mr. Justice Eady.
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