Sven Roeder 6:32 Thu Nov 27
Andrew Mitchell loses PLEB libel case
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Judge decided police probably telling the truth as the PC ' not the sort of man with the wit or imagination' to make it up.
Seems a fair summing up of PC Plod
Will cost Mitchell millions in costs and damages.
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Sven Roeder
5:31 Fri Nov 28
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Should be (but am not given the legal profession) shocked that a case involving a bit of he said/she said about pushing a bike through a gate racks up millions (MILLIONS) of pounds (£) in 'costs'.
How exactly?
Whole thing should have been settled in an hour long meeting.
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geoffpikey
5:28 Fri Nov 28
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wansteadman 1:33 Fri Nov 28
"Worrying that in a case of honesty involving an MP. It's assumed the MP is lying."
I don't think it's "worrying". It seems logical and predictable.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
5:26 Fri Nov 28
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Actually, I don't care. It seems to me that Mitchell's a cunt (along with most politicians), the copper is a cunt (along with most coppers) and the judge is a cunt (along with most members of the legal profession).
Frankly, they all richly deserve each other.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
5:14 Fri Nov 28
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Far Cough 8:35 Thu Nov 27
Try to keep up FC. It WAS one man's word against another's.
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wansteadman
1:33 Fri Nov 28
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Worrying that in a case of honesty involving an MP. It's assumed the MP is lying
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Phils White Gloves
10:28 Fri Nov 28
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Surely one would imagine that Tory politicians would learn how to conduct themselves in the public eye given their shoddy history.
He obviuosly thought that he would win this case with an air of pure arrogance due to his 'public standing'.
How wonderful it is to see the 'mighty' fall.
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hacko
1:47 Fri Nov 28
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Someone who's a chief whip is used to pushing his weight around.
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eusebiovic
12:29 Fri Nov 28
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An insecure threatened egotist will always fuck themselves over in the end...
Probably has a microscopic penis
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After8
12:06 Fri Nov 28
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I agree with ray winstone! Hell has frozen over.
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Hani
11:44 Thu Nov 27
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ray winstone 11:35 Thu Nov 27
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simon.s
11:42 Thu Nov 27
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This has brought a smile to my face. Silly cunt.
As somebody said earlier, what a massive waste of money this whole debacle has been.
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ray winstone
11:35 Thu Nov 27
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Pompous Tory cunt, hope he ends up in a food bank.
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zebthecat
8:56 Thu Nov 27
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As for Mellor...
...worked for a newspaper web site some years ago and David Mellor was one of the columnists. (Semi) accidentally went live with some test data and the alt tag for his byline picture read "arrogant tosser" for almost three months. Got into a wee bit of trouble for that one.
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zebthecat
8:53 Thu Nov 27
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missed a 'not' out.
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zebthecat
8:52 Thu Nov 27
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Shades of Jonathan Aitken and his "Sword of Truth" though as bad.
Hubris
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SDKFZ 222
8:43 Thu Nov 27
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Rumour has it than when the verdict was given Mitchell turned to the Judge and said 'I thought you people were here to f****ing help us?'
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Far Cough
8:35 Thu Nov 27
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In any case, it hardly seems a very scientific or logical way of deciding what was said. It was one man's word against anothers.
Only if it doesn't fit your view of what might have been said
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
8:28 Thu Nov 27
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The judge decided the copper was probably too thick to make it up. This probably says as much about the judge's intellectual snobbery as Mitchell's.
In any case, it hardly seems a very scientific or logical way of deciding what was said. It was one man's word against anothers.
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Far Cough
8:24 Thu Nov 27
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Well the judge thought he said plebs, is he a Labour activist?
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
8:22 Thu Nov 27
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Amazing stupidity from Mitchell as he snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.
Surely he had already won. Nobody (apart from Labour activists) really thought he said 'plebs'. Or at least, there was enough uncertainty for them not to give a shit. Then he pursues a libel case with an entirely different burden of proof that he was certain to lose.
Dick-head.
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gph
8:19 Thu Nov 27
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"The guy was a jumped up self important tart"
When A8 says stuff like that, it's gotta hurt...
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