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   XPost: uk.media, uk.legal   
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   "banana"  wrote in message   
   news:zup0zIA4LFBEFwXk@borve.demon.co.uk...   
   > David Mills isn't as 'clever' as some people say.   
   >   
   > He and his wife Tessa Jowell signed a document to get a loan from   
   > Hambros Bank, who then put a charge on the title of their house   
   > (commonly called a 'mortgage').   
   >   
   > He did this so he could "buy some other investments".   
   >   
   > And he says it's a "monstrous libel" to say that his wife was   
   > "complicit".   
   >   
   > His exact words were:   
   >   
   >   "I took out the mortgage to buy some other investments.   
   >   There was a narrow window of opportunity to buy them.   
   >   The suggestion that my wife was complicit is a monstrous libel."   
   >   
   > OH REALLY? WHY WOULD THAT BE?   
   >   
   > Any decent lawyer reading this will know what I'm going to say.   
   >   
   > It cannot possibly be libellous to say that someone has done something   
   > perfectly honest, decent, and above board! Because such an allegation   
   > can't damage their reputation. EVEN IF IT'S UNTRUE.   
   >   
   > Mills should know that - he' a lawyer. Indeed, he's both a barrister   
   > and   
   > a solicitor.   
   >   
   > The bottom line is that to be libellous against someone, a statement   
   > MUST defame or damage them. Libellous doesn't mean the same as   
   > 'untrue'.   
   >   
   > You gotta wonder how this dickhead got through his Bar exams.   
   >   
   > But I guess his father's involvement with MI5 and the New York mafia   
   > hasn't exactly been a handicap to him.   
   >   
   >   
   > From:   
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   > :   
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   > ***BEGIN ARTICLE***   
      
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   We're not talking of anyone intelligent here.  We're talking of someone   
   'complicit' with a NuLab politician aka a complete fool   
      
      
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