Hatey Cockpins
Quote from: Guy on 01 March, 2017, 01:11:03 pmQuote from: Steph on 01 March, 2017, 10:06:40 amAnd she's back and twatting tweeting.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/28/jack-monroes-twitter-case-part-of-crusade-against-katie-hopkins?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=215414&subid=7864904&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2Vile faecal smear on the arse of humanity argues:1. Twitter can't be libellous.2. She's a twat, and that's what twats do, so it can't be libellous.Hopkins: the 'justification' defence for defamation is meant to apply to what you say about the plaintiff, not what you areSomebody might like to remind Ms Cockpins of this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAlpine_v_BercowIt didn't end well for BercowQuoteBercow said: "The High Court found that my tweet constituted a serious libel...Didn't end well for Hopkins either. Hah!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39234079
Quote from: Steph on 01 March, 2017, 10:06:40 amAnd she's back and twatting tweeting.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/28/jack-monroes-twitter-case-part-of-crusade-against-katie-hopkins?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=215414&subid=7864904&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2Vile faecal smear on the arse of humanity argues:1. Twitter can't be libellous.2. She's a twat, and that's what twats do, so it can't be libellous.Hopkins: the 'justification' defence for defamation is meant to apply to what you say about the plaintiff, not what you areSomebody might like to remind Ms Cockpins of this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAlpine_v_BercowIt didn't end well for BercowQuoteBercow said: "The High Court found that my tweet constituted a serious libel...
And she's back and twatting tweeting.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/28/jack-monroes-twitter-case-part-of-crusade-against-katie-hopkins?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=215414&subid=7864904&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2Vile faecal smear on the arse of humanity argues:1. Twitter can't be libellous.2. She's a twat, and that's what twats do, so it can't be libellous.Hopkins: the 'justification' defence for defamation is meant to apply to what you say about the plaintiff, not what you are
Bercow said: "The High Court found that my tweet constituted a serious libel...
Quote from: Tim Hall on 10 March, 2017, 02:35:15 pmQuote from: Guy on 01 March, 2017, 01:11:03 pmQuote from: Steph on 01 March, 2017, 10:06:40 amAnd she's back and twatting tweeting.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/28/jack-monroes-twitter-case-part-of-crusade-against-katie-hopkins?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=215414&subid=7864904&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2Vile faecal smear on the arse of humanity argues:1. Twitter can't be libellous.2. She's a twat, and that's what twats do, so it can't be libellous.Hopkins: the 'justification' defence for defamation is meant to apply to what you say about the plaintiff, not what you areSomebody might like to remind Ms Cockpins of this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAlpine_v_BercowIt didn't end well for BercowQuoteBercow said: "The High Court found that my tweet constituted a serious libel...Didn't end well for Hopkins either. Hah!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39234079Cool.What about costs though ? I imagine it costs more than 25k to bring a libel action successfully.
That's not what he was saying before the referendum last June. When did he become in favour of Remain?
Quote from: Bledlow on 13 March, 2017, 12:41:12 pmThat's not what he was saying before the referendum last June. When did he become in favour of Remain?Exactly what I would be asking him if I were Nicola Sturgeon.
As a politician, he reserves the right to talk complete bollocks and change his mind.
Even cooler. The Beeb article didn't have those figures earlier on.I had it in the back of my mind that for libel cases, costs couldn't be awarded.
Steve King, the Representative for Iowa: https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/840980755236999169And per these screencaps posted by MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin, being praised by David Duke is a sure sign of being a waste of genetic material: https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/841014593669468160
Public Enemy! Even I know that. NWA's magnum opus was Fuck Tha Police.
Don't they all look the same?