Res ipsa loquitur
The ex-councillor from Blackburn, now (and for the time being still) Lord Taylor, may not be familiar with the legal concept ‘res ipsa loquitur’, despite all his ermine . It means ‘things speak for themselves’. However much he huffs and puffs about the injustice of the Sunday Times’s allegations, the recordings of his conversation with the newspaper’s reporters make everything quite clear. One hundred thousand pounds is, apparently, cheap at the price for his services. If ever there was a modern example of Thoreau’s Ruling this is it. The ignoble Lord should be stripped of his title and forced to repay his immoral earnings to the taxpayer.
