I am afraid Jeremy's supporters have to provide proof that The Sun lied and put it on their front page. And that Fielding lied 20 years later when interviewed on camera.
These are both primary sources of proof that the meeting happened. Jeremy has refused to discuss this. Even when asked about it.
I appreciate supporters cannot try to justify Jeremy's attempt. So will automatically say a newspaper and individuals are lying. But proof is needed.
What is really required Adam, is further sources that Jeremy did try to sell pictures to the Sun. With only the Sun as a source the allegation cannot be taken too seriously.
Before the Barry George trial the Sun printed a number of "stories" about George that were clearly in contempt of court. Among the various allegations made by the Sun was the claim that Barry George had an obsession with Jill Dando and that he had many pictures of her and articles about her. This story can only have come from the investigating police and it appears to be an attempt to influence a trial by smearing the suspect.
The supposed obsession was obviously nothing of the sort and the Sun story was so different to the actual truth as to be laughable.
Barry George had hoarded over a number of years hundreds of magazines and newspapers. Jill Dando appeared in only a handful of them. There was no suggestion of George gathering or saving articles about Jill Dando, but obviously as a public figure she would be in the paper sometimes.
So the Sun, with information from the Met, printed a story that they knew to be untrue and which supported a guilty scenario. To be perfectly clear here both the Met and the Sun were pushing the same lies in collusion with each other.
This is not even unusual and I could post about dozens of cases where the Sun has knowingly lied on behalf of the police stretching over more than 30 years.
Fielder has no credibility as a purveyor of truth given that he made his living doing Murdoch's bidding and working on the most disreputable paper in the country.
The Sun and the truth are strangers.