Straight up racism here https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/07/peterborough-byelection-result-labour-sees-off-brexit-party-threat-to-hold-seat …pic.twitter.com/5Cmij4kB2b
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Thanks, that's useful to know and I was certainly not attacking the journalist himself. I wonder whether there could really be a libel/defamation case here though.
My editors have never taken something out but very often the lawyers have and no matter how much you argue there’s v little there for a libel case, if there’s a slight possibility they won’t let you risk it because it’s their job to prevent court cases.
I think my problem here is his framing. He would've have been in any legal trouble had he just said "Labour called the claims a 'racist trope'" rather than framing it as a denial, which implies that it was something that should be taken seriously and denied.
They should just put it on the side of a bus apparently that's ok.
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