Diss me professionally?

Mistake.

You lost before you started.

Knows a couple things about libel:

#whocares

skinink: "Sally Bercow, wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons, has been told she may be sued for claims she made on her social media account. Her first Twitter response to the warning was: "*gulps*". "
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She's blonde and pretty, so she must be innocent.

At least we know she swallows

Sally! Vavoom!

Anyone else think he looks like Drew + 20 years or so?

Gyrfalcon: Yeah, that's going to work.

Against what?

Lies?

Indubitably: Gyrfalcon: Yeah, that's going to work.

Against what?

Lies?

Truth works.

skinink: "Sally Bercow, wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons, has been told she may be sued for claims she made on her social media account. Her first Twitter response to the warning was: "*gulps*". "
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She's blonde and pretty, so she must be innocent.

I'm betting she'll claim temporary insanity due to the hormone treatments.

The mayor of Syracuse tried similar. The rumor was not about underage buggery, but that he beat his wife. He, obviously not familiar with the Streissand effect, had all the news stations broadcast his threats to fully prosecute anyone spreading the malicious rumor. It was sad, really. Also, the rumor had been going around for years before he caught wind of it. I don't know if anyone ever told him that.

No one was ever charged or sued. The publicity assured that the last few housebound seniors with no friends or internet connection also heard about it. 

/before Streissand effect, now that I think about it
//results still could have been predicted

BolloxReader: Gyrfalcon: Yeah, that's going to work.

There is no First Amendment rights in the UK. And it is very possible for them to file a lawsuit against you there in court, you lose by default when you laugh, and then the financial world hands your assets to the plaintif in accordance with international agreements.

Worse, in the UK you can be arrested and jailed for saying mean things that hurt people's feelings.

Her first Twitter response to the warning was: "*gulps*".

I can see the adam's apple move as I read it.

Gyrfalcon: Yeah, that's going to work.

Came here to make a comment about the Streisand effect, but it looks like namegoeshere covered it already, so we'll just see how this plays out.

TheSneakerWhore: #whocares

We have "Smart" and "Funny" tags. I wish "Dipsh--" were an option.

Ugly son of a biatch, ain't he?

/bring it, porky

QuesoDelicioso: Ugly son of a biatch, ain't he?

/bring it, porky

/To dress down: a legal liability. *oink*

Nice face, nice tits, too bad about the gunt. At least she's taking some 8 year old dressed as a ringmaster out trick or treating.

Does UK law require that the person spreading the falsehood know that it's a falsehood? Because I'm pretty sure that that's a critical component, and as far as the people spreading it on Twitter were concerned, it was reported by the BBC, and as such, fact.

So yeah- fatty should probably just stick to suing the BBC.

#twitter-twats

cptjeff: Does UK law require that the person spreading the falsehood know that it's a falsehood?

No. "It was true" is a defence but "I thought it was true" is not.

What if someone were to say "I believe he is a pedophile"
Does british law make a distinction between "I believe" and "He is"?

Aeon Rising: What if someone were to say "I believe he is a pedophile"
Does british law make a distinction between "I believe" and "He is"?

Depends on the specifics. "it is alleged that..." is often used by the UK media and seems pretty safe.

That video clip in the article is on a still image from Top of the Pops. That just makes me think of Nirvana being on that show and Kurt Cobain giving the mic a blow job. Link

No one involved or mentioned in this story has ever done anything lewd, improper, inappropriate to me.