When the science writer Simon Singh sat down to write an opinion piece on chiropractors two years ago, he could have had little inkling of the nightmare that lay ahead.
Yesterday, after a court of appeal ruling hailed as a "resounding victory" for Singh, he has been spared having to stand up in court and prove that the comments that sparked a libel suit from the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) were factually correct - an experience that the three appeal judges compared to "an Orwellian ministry of truth".
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About a week ago, I lamented an astoundingly bad ruling in the libel case brought by the British Chiropractic Association against skeptic Simon Singh.
Today is a great day.