#Piggate

[Hibbyradge]

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Because he has more important things to do like running the country maybe?

His lawyers aren't running the country though.

Ashcroft is fabulously wealthy. If Cameron was confident of winning a libel case against him and the paper which serialised his book, the writs would have been issued as soon as the issue hit the shelves.

Actually, most likely it would have happened before publication as he'll have known in advance that it was coming.

I don't believe for a second that the Dailly Mail would risk libelling the Tory PM without checking first.

I think Cameron "refused to dignify the story by giving a response" to give his team time to assess whether or not Ashcroft was in possession of the photo, ready to use it in the face of libel action.

Once they satisfied themselves that this was unlikely, a muted denial was issued, presumably dignifying the story.

[Beefster]

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His lawyers aren't running the country though.

Ashcroft is fabulously wealthy. If Cameron was confident of winning a libel case against him and the paper which serialised his book, the writs would have been issued as soon as the issue hit the shelves.

Actually, most likely it would have happened before publication as he'll have known in advance that it was coming.

I don't believe for a second that the Dailly Mail would risk libelling the Tory PM without checking first.

I think Cameron "refused to dignify the story by giving a response" to give his team time to assess whether or not Ashcroft was in possession of the photo, ready to use it in the face of libel action.

Once they satisfied themselves that this was unlikely, a muted denial was issued, presumably dignifying the story.

There's some strange logic being used to claim that the story is likely true.

National leaders (in democratic countries) are probably libelled daily and rarely sue for libel, if ever. Just because it's a salacious story doesn't mean that they are more likely to sue than normal. Aside from anything, it would just prolong the agony for Cameron. Why drag a story out for months/years when it's forgotten by most people in a week otherwise?

As I said in my previous post, Isobel Oakeshott has already conceded that the story likely to be rubbish.

[johnbc70]

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His lawyers aren't running the country though.

Ashcroft is fabulously wealthy. If Cameron was confident of winning a libel case against him and the paper which serialised his book, the writs would have been issued as soon as the issue hit the shelves.

Actually, most likely it would have happened before publication as he'll have known in advance that it was coming.

I don't believe for a second that the Dailly Mail would risk libelling the Tory PM without checking first.

I think Cameron "refused to dignify the story by giving a response" to give his team time to assess whether or not Ashcroft was in possession of the photo, ready to use it in the face of libel action.

Once they satisfied themselves that this was unlikely, a muted denial was issued, presumably dignifying the story.

It's a non story that has some novelty factor, it was amusing to read and gave us a laugh. People have moved on to things that matter now or commenting on the next novelty story that has come out.

[Hibrandenburg]

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It's a non story that has some novelty factor, it was amusing to read and gave us a laugh. People have moved on to things that matter now or commenting on the next novelty story that has come out.

It's only a non story if you don't scratch the surface, once you have done though it leads to a sordid world of depravity and masonic type secret societies who use perverse initiation ceremonies to ensure their elite members maintain the status quo.

[johnbc70]

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It's only a non story if you don't scratch the surface, once you have done though it leads to a sordid world of depravity and masonic type secret societies who use perverse initiation ceremonies to ensure their elite members maintain the status quo.

Sounds like The Rangers.

[Hibrandenburg]

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Sounds like The Rangers.

One example of many.