ITV pay McAlpine £125,000 for not naming him - hardly the £500,000 he was reported to want, but, hey, every little helps.

And think how that total of £310,000 so far will do so much to help genuine children's charities when McAlpine announces that this is where it is going, right?

McAlpine Paedophilia Tweet Cases May Expand U.K. Libel Law

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Extraordinary – another out of court settlement – this time by ITV over the notorious ‘Schofield’s List’. Is this getting out of hand?

'Notice the pattern emerging. All deep pockets, all settling out of court. It stands to reason though, if you’re going to sue, because lawyers need to be paid so it makes sense from the plaintiff’s point of view to go for the fattest targets. All very sensible, wouldn’t you say?

What’s becoming very clear, very quickly here, is that this is no ordinary libel case and the media atmosphere surrounding the case is a labyrinth of smoke and mirrors, set on the background of a highly charged political and social debate involving this nation’s most prestigious and long-standing institutions.'

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