James O'Loughlin

Now, residents of the Mr. Fluffy homes.

They weren't getting any compensation because this was in the home?

Is that what the problem was?

No one to sue.

So that's what it all boiled down to.

So did that mean that legal action would be impossible or pointless?

Did you have any idea of how many other people were in the same boat as John?

It's thin gruel, isn't it?

That is, yeah.

But did he have any idea of how to do that?

So if you couldn't hope to make a successful legal case against anyone in this matter...

Did that mean your only option was to simply petition governments for their goodwill as a matter of justice in a way?

Political lobbying, campaigning, it's not a part-time job, James.

How was it really that easy for you to say yes to help your friend, John?

So, hang on, you've been a lawyer, a corporate lawyer, and you've been in, you know, comedy and in broadcasting.

Yeah.

You know, you've mixed with kind of quite powerful people, but you really had no idea how to approach them personally.

From that end of things.

No.

As a comedian, you come at them from one way, which is to heap abuse on politicians, but appealing to them for their help is another thing entirely, isn't it?