IPSO 01665-22 Paisley v Sunday Life, 12 Discrimination (2021), 10 Clandestine devices and subterfuge (2021), 3 Harassment (2021), 2 Privacy (2021), 1 Accuracy, Breach – sanction: publication of correction Statements in Open Court and Apologies As mentioned above, on 20 July 2022 the BBC made a statement in open court [pdf] apologising and agreeing to pay damages to Alexandra Pettifer for the false allegations made by Martin Bashir that the nanny had an affair with Prince… [read post]

The CHLR had been campaigning for an extension of the 1967 Act to Northern Ireland, but had met with considerable hostility from Northern Irish public figures – Ian Paisley’s ‘Save Ulster From Sodomy’ is perhaps the most famous – and lukewarm inaction from Westminster. [read post]