Monroe v Hopkins: The tort of defamation (3/3)

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[@Frederick.J.Marshall]

Probably one of the most disliked women in Britain.

[@somecuriosities]

Probably? There is no probably about it! 😂

[@silvialogan9226]

I do not know who Kate Hopkins is because I live in Canada, but she does not appear to me to be a very nice woman.

[@hori166]

This, i.e. libel for publically stating an untruth, would never happen in the U.S. where the former LOTUS (Liar of the United States) has harmed many people.

[@Nickelodeon81]

This is why the most hardcore nutters on 4-chan or 8-chan post anonymously.

[@lidlpropagandaministry2901]

The one dislike is from Hopkins