In this detailed conversation, Andrew Bridgen sets out the current state of his long-running defamation case against Matt Hancock.
He recounts the 11 January 2023 tweet that triggered the attack in Parliament, Hancock’s subsequent social-media post attacking Bridgen, outside parliamentary privilege, and the three-and-a-half-year Defamation legal battle that followed.
After the Court of Appeal recently found in Hancock’s favour on the “honest opinion” defence, Bridgen - acting as a litigant in person - wrote to the lead judge, Lord Justice Warby, highlighting what he believes are serious factual inaccuracies in the judgment concerning third-party evidence, and the conduct of Hancock’s barrister.
The conversation also covers the wider political context at the time, including Bridgen’s December 2022 speech that halted the planned vaccination of under-fives, private admissions of harm from colleagues, and the ignored letter from 26 Jewish scientists stating that in their combined viewpoint, his comments were not ‘antisemitic’.
Bridgen discusses the implications for UK defamation law and the options now open to him, including a possible appeal to the Supreme Court.
This discussion offers a clear, factual update on a case with significant Free Speech implications for the UK and beyond.
Important addendum, for all viewers and listeners:
Andrew Bridgen needs urgent Public Support through your offering of ongoing donations to help him with the hefty legal costs for this case, caused by Matt Hancock’s avoidance and obfuscations: https://gofundme.com/f/s2jzs
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