It is a lamentable observation that because of the way our laws are skewed toward the plaintiff, London has become the libel capital of the world.
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The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit.
Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation.
I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them.
No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win.
There are a lot more tabloids in England that like to report other things in your life, some of which are true and some of which are exaggerated and untrue. There have been stories where people claim to have seen me in one place and I wasn't even in that city then. The Aussie press is more judgmental and moralistic.
Well, I've had my fair share in Britain of battling the tabloids.
London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's money that changes everything in a city.
There's an idea that London is a planet on its own: that it's starting to diverge from the rest of the solar system. We need to combat that.
In the U.K., journalists are a little bit more ruthless than in Denmark. I have a feeling the tabloid press in the U.K. is pretty harsh.
All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.