Arron Banks almost crushed me in court. Instead, my quest for the facts was vindicated | Carole Cadwalladr

The libel claim brought by the Brexit campaigner took its toll. But the judgment offered personal relief and hope for public interest journalism Last week, after a nearly six-month wait, I learned that I'd won the libel claim brought against me by Arron Banks, the main funder of the Leave.EU campaign. It has been a long, brutal haul and the stress over the three years since it began has been extreme. I'm not so much relieved as completely numb. I had been braced to lose and I knew exactly what w...