Why it’s not Libellous to Call Tories Corrupt Now

AI-generated image depicting a corrupt Tory

When you train to be a journalist you have to rapidly learn a lot of law. You need to be able to cover everything from court cases to corporate wrongdoing to political proceedings without getting yourself and your publication sued for libel — or convicted of contempt of court and thrown in jail.

I did my postgraduate journalism programme in the pre-Trump days and just before the…