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Or, in “Dragnet”-speak, “Names have not been changed, and we have no desire or obligation to protect the innocent. This is a drama, and anyway, you can’t libel the dead.”

In August, a judge dismissed the star's libel claim and said the Guardian had succeeded in defending its stories on the grounds of truth and public interest.

Robinson was released from prison earlier this year after being jailed in October for ignoring an order not to repeat false claims about a Syrian refugee, who had successfully sued him for libel.

Asked why he had sought expert tax advice, Farage said he was "really concerned" that some media reports were "beginning to stray into libel territory".

And he is still at war with the Murdoch empire, even recently filing a libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, its publisher Dow Jones and News Corp.