Article: Reeking of blood and gutlessness; 'The production team weren't bright enough to mock the inane vampires they met, nor did Ms Nolan possess sufficient gravitas to be able to take the moral high ground'.

Byline: VICTOR LEWIS-SMITH

BRITAIN is a land of free speech, we're often told, but should you ever fall foul of our laws of defamation, you'll suddenly discover that speech can be very expensive indeed. Libel actions aren't about freedom or truth or justice, they're about filling the coffers of the legal profession, and a single trivial remark can spawn a court case that drags on for years, until the claimant or defendant is financially ruined. Win or lose, the lawyers will always get paid, so they cynically encourage their clients to seek legal redress for every minor criticism by resorting to our Draconian libel laws, then feed off them like bloodsucking ...

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