Following a judge’s ruling on preliminary issues in the libel case, Guido Fawkes announced that Mr Staines would pay Mr Vince £9,995 in damages to settle the claim, without issuing an apology.
Discussing the first Guido Fawkes article, the judge rejected Mr Vince’s claim that it “alleged his support for the 7 October atrocity”, but “declined to make a finding of some broader support for Hamas”.
In a statement, Mr Vince claimed he was “seriously defamed” by the articles and that he believed his case “is the first successfully pursued against Paul Staines and his Guido Fawkes operation”.
During the radio interview, which occurred two days after the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, Mr Vince stated that "one man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist" as part of a broader discussion about the issue.
Mr Vince’s legal team said that Guido Fawkes had published two articles and a 16-second extract from the interview, which included the quote, but that his comment had been "fatally distorted".
