Vanessa Perroncel: wronged woman to sue for libel?

February 9, 2010

It was impossible to digest each morsel of the fascinating John Terry story on the weekend, so, rather as a pair of star-crossed lovers are wont to delay revisiting memories of an exciting tryst, especially if it wasn’t captured on film by any reporters, we decided to defer ingestion for a day or so. That way, as happens when emotion is recollected in tranquillity, the PR-speak, alleged confidentiality agreements, counter-spin and sumptuous hairdos of all concerned, save Mr Terry himself, who prefers the lean, mean and keep ‘em keen look, become as meaningful as they really are, i.e., very meaningful indeed.

Cutting therefore to the chase, a strategy favoured by most WAGs worthy of the name, we cannot but declare that Ms Perroncel has been badly wronged. For as the lingerie model says:

“As Max [Clifford, for it is he] has already said, much of the material in the press is inaccurate.”

She adds that she has been the subject of “unsubstantiated and false claims.” These have been “very upsetting.” As a result, she refuses “to speak publicly about the speculation since it only seems to add more fuel to the fire.”

Is she, we wonder, considering suing for libel over the unsubstantiated and false claims?

 

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Supreme Court on Twitter

February 6, 2012

Something remarkable happened today. Yes, the Supreme Court launched its Twitter feed. It even has a Twitter policy, one of caveats, disclaimers and little by way of illumination but regardless: who would have thought that the successor body to the House of Lords would stoop to engage with the world of tweets, hashtags and retweets?

We look forward to the day when court business will be conducted via Twitter. Meantime, check out this link for an excellent blog on the Supreme Court.

Not so right said Fred

February 2, 2012
fred hat

So Farewell, then, Sir Fred Goodwin.

Now you are just Fred.

Not Right Said Fred, but plain Fred.

The Forfeiture Committee did for you.

No one had heard of it before,

But Dave said it had to act, and it did.

Trouble is that no one knows what to think.

Is it ‘Alas, poor Fred‘,

Or ‘Hurray! Sir Fred is dead!’?

We don’t know.

Do you?

By A. Mob, aged 1,378 and a half.

London Goes AWOL

January 31, 2012
CNN

STOP PRESS:

Fed up with being stuck on the Thames in south-east England, London yesterday decided to move. In a dramatic gesture which augurs ill for the Olympics, the city upped sticks and relocated to East Anglia.

Lawyers were not consulted about the move, and the city’s precise motivation remains unclear. However, financiers fear that London’s decision is a sign that it wishes to downsize. Moreover, a source from London said: “We no longer want to be Britain’s seat of power. If the Scots can deregulate, why can’t we? East Anglia is a nice place where nothing happens. It’s time for a quiet life. Please respect our right to privacy.”

Elsewhere, Birmingham did not do anything, but Manchester was seen to be packing its bags. “There’s an opportunity for us,” said Manchester. “We can become London.”

East Anglia said: “We don’t mind. It’ll be refreshing to be associated with something other than fens and flatness.”

A cartologist at CNN, which broke the extraordinary news, was later fired.