how many hundred times has TR himself been libelled ?

Eze Peasy at Anfield....

And this is what is wrong with our libel laws, not that this boy obviously had financial help but that if you don't have money you cannot sue.

Don't complain that TR was sued complain that ordinary people with no access to money get no justice.

One more point

Don't forget that TR started this he decided to comment on the video of a young boy being attacked. He couldn't then back up his claims in court.

One more point

Juries in libel cases were effectively abolished in 2014. Trial by judge only now. There is the possibility of a jury trial if the court decides but I’m not aware of one. I assume the costs involved were a factor, plus the fact that juries may not be impartial, or so it is thought.
I sat on a jury in crown court in jan 2020 and some of my fellow jurors were imbeciles and the fact that someone’s liberty was in their hands was very worrying. ‘He looks well dodgy’ being one observation I remember…

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Right.

One thing I have heard TR's supporters say is that the way in which the courts are effectively used against him is that they never, ever, put him in front of a jury. But if this is the case with all libel trials then I guess it is line but in terms of the impartiality, then I suspect that there is not a judge in the country who would not take against him and this trial does seem to boil down to a judge deciding against believing witnesses that TR called in his defence.

I can remember a case bought against Nick Griffin, a fair while ago now, for inciting racial hatred (I think) for labeling Islam 'evil'. The case was based on undercover filming at a private meeting but a jury gave him a not guilty and if I remember correctly at the time, there was some disquiet even amongst the usual Lefties, that this was not perhaps the wisest of judicial moves for a whole host of reasons.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

Would he have done better in front of a jury in say Bradford? I suspect not.
Plus, if you listen to the current government they say that High Court judges are too left wing!! I actually think he just lost on the evidence. But I agree that juries have sometimes delivered verdicts not based on evidence but on their personal views. It’s works both ways- a jury could be all anti SYL.

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