AUDIO: Liar, liar, (Superman) pants on fire

Andrew Bridgen has lost his libel claim against Matt Hancock, along with more than £240,000 of the public's money, something he was warned three years ago was the most likely outcome of this show trial.

So why is he doing it? And what's it got to do with Superman pants?

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