The matter may hang on whether it is libelous to say that he was appointed to his Government advisory post because he is a TV star, while Baron Sugar and no doubt HMG would aver that it is because of his business expertise and illustrious successes in that field. They didn’t decide to appoint that australian who prattles on Breakfast, did they?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1203505/QUENTIN-LETTS-Should-I-bow-Apprentice-politician.html

It is time that a halt was called in the campaign of abuses and libels in which the right have reveled as they try to bring down a democratically elected government. http://quietzapples.blogspot.com/

When the libelers are caught out the results are kept very low key:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/09/gordon-brown-brother-andrew-libel-scotland-on-sunday

There are threats of a fighting fund for Letts, who, as a freelance will be unlikely to find LBC who broadcast the alleged libels alonside him in Court, on Iain dale’s blog today:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6214838&postID=2378498841976897999

Join the Counter Revolution! Who will have the “Backing Baron Sugar” Union Jack T shirts printed? MIght be a nice little earner . . .

http://quietzapples.blogspot.com/2009/05/barclays-dully-tele-guido-fawkes-lumley.html

Elsewhere, both the Dully Tele and on C i F, the freedom to express such views is treated as best traded off against the rights of homophobes on the one hand, and rabid libelers on the other:

http://quietzapple-musing.blogspot.com/2009/07/guardian-censorship-continues.html