Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers has demanded an initial £9,950,624.37 from Prince Harry and six other claimants after a High Court judge threw out all 97 privacy claims against the publisher this month. Good job Harry’s Netflix cheques were hefty…
Harry, Elton John, Liz Hurley and Baroness Lawrence had sued over alleged phone hacking and unlawful story gathering. The judge found no sufficient evidence, and Paul Dacre gave the Sussexes a world class public smackdown after the verdict…
Associated Newspapers now wants indemnity costs, which could mean the judge forces the claimants to pay the full legal costs for both sides. The court heart that Associated Newspapers’ total costs were around a whopping £34 million. The hearing began today and could continue into tomorrow. Dacre’s revenge…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”