I broadly agree with you, although as you say there were some other important differences in the cases. The involvement of a serving Police officer, and consequent focus on wider problems of misogyny… (View Post)

Well that's it then - they'll never be able to show repeats of Rolf Harris' Cartoon Time again now that this appalling revelation is out there. It's totally ruined the innocent pl… (View Post)

"Wily coyote" is a slightly odd phrase to use, since isn't it a nod to the cartoon character (Wile E. Coyote), who was famously hapless and inept, and up against a much sharper, quicke… (View Post)

It just isn't a very good news story for Farage if he is awarded relatively derisory damages but has to pay substantial costs (even if someone else picks up the tab). There's a real risk th… (View Post)

It's true that, over the course of a period in government, you collect enemies like a rolling stone gathering moss, and they tend to be a bit stickier than the friends you make. But I think you … (View Post)