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  • You might want to go away and educate yourself on libel law...

    I might.

    So in this instance, the papers either knew they'd be able to substantiate the allegations or gambled they wouldn't be sued because the Tories knew most if not all of the allegations might well be true and they didn't want to have the story run and run. Because I'm guessing their lawyers looked at the reporting and gave it the green light.

  • Tories knew that the ultimate defence against a defamation claim is establishing truth. They definitely don't want that!

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