Lord Hanningfield told Mr Justice Eady he accepted he made mistakes over his parliamentary expenses but did not ever think he was doing anything wrong.
Ms Geldof's solicitor, Jonathan Coad, told Mr Justice Eady that the TV presenter had initially gone to the Press Complaints Commission over the front page spread.
Lord Hanningfield told Mr Justice Eady in London he accepted he made mistakes over his parliamentary expenses but did not ever think he was doing anything wrong.
Despite Mr Eady's typically Canadian obsession with wins and losses, Americans, with their more nuanced view of international affairs, have learned to think of the war as a draw.