Why Donald Trump's BBC Defamation Claim Is Doomed To Fail: Attorneys

[Emrys]

2. I thought that went without saying

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There will only be legal bills for the BBC, beyond the usual retainers for its lawyers, if Trump (foolishly, but, you know ... Trump) by some biochemical fluke doesn't forget he ever spouted any of this kneejerk bilge on the spur of the moment and manages to get hold of lawyers who'll proceed with an iffy case, which would no doubt take many, many months to get to court anyway, and who knows what will have happened by then given his current run of luck?

As it happens, in the UK, a major shakeup of the BBC's management is not unwelcome given the state the Tories left it in. A court case might even backfire over here, and rally people in defence of the BBC despite their misgivings, as Trump is even more unpopular than that once-great and much-diminished British institution is nowadays, and many of us would love to chip in towards seeing him embarrassed in the courts yet again.