How our laws inspired Trump’s attack on free speech | Nick Cohen

Hard-won press freedoms are under attack on both sides of the AtlanticAnyone feeling morally superior to Americans should reflect on how Donald Trump feels about us. “In England, they have a system where you can actually sue if someone says something wrong,” he purred . “Our press is allowed to say whatever they want.”You can understand his envy. Despite reform, an English publisher still has to prove his or her innocence. More enticingly for the rich, money tilts the sca