Amadeus Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 4 hours ago, Cueey Lewis And The News said: Now added to her announcement on Twitter I posted that yesterday. Do keep up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Cueey Lewis And The News said: It’s not like Doug doesn’t have form in suing the ass off people to protect his reputation. But as they say never sue a man of straw and I bet Devon even uses somebody else’s pot to piss in. But Doug may well think that Douglas Council is awash with cash and have a go. Then he’ll be yet another idiot councillor who through his own incompetence has dumped a load of crap onto the ratepayer. Again. Why would the council be involved? This is an individual councillor posting something. It would be him getting sued and unlike MHKs we can't hide behind titles. Town hall would provide exactly zero legal protection in this case, I am quite sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 10 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: Not really. They haven't really been successful in the libel courts and since they have tried to use the Courts to suppress things that were true (a law has since been passed to try to stop this), it could be argued that there's not much reputation to lose. And likely any case would have to be heard in a Manx Court before a jury and in full publicity with them being cross-examined. This might be embarrassing. I would argue him saying that she stole when she has not been found guilty of any such offence in a court of law is cutting it tight, especially if the two are already on a PR offensive to try and clear their names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Amadeus said: I would argue him saying that she stole when she has not been found guilty of any such offence in a court of law is cutting it tight, especially if the two are already on a PR offensive to try and clear their names. Maybe cutting it tight, but what if they sue and lose? It's a very high risk strategy. And it could be argued that 'stole' isn't being used in a legal sense, but an informal, moral one (eg money that the NHS could have otherwise used). And no doubt there will be plenty of others who have made similar accusations - are they going to sue them as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Cueey Lewis And The News said: No he actually posted that. He’s a total moron. He is actually right though, and good on him, would much prefer he stole my vote that the sad old german. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 9 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: Maybe cutting it tight, but what if they sue and lose? It's a very high risk strategy. And it could be argued that 'stole' isn't being used in a legal sense, but an informal, moral one (eg money that the NHS could have otherwise used). And no doubt there will be plenty of others who have made similar accusations - are they going to sue them as well? How can they steal from the NHS though? The Government awarded contracts to various suppliers. That's not the suppliers fault. I still think they all took the piss but at the core of it is a bent Government. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 22 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: Maybe cutting it tight, but what if they sue and lose? It's a very high risk strategy. And it could be argued that 'stole' isn't being used in a legal sense, but an informal, moral one (eg money that the NHS could have otherwise used). And no doubt there will be plenty of others who have made similar accusations - are they going to sue them as well? They can’t sue everyone but a public official in the place where they live is a good target and a great way to make an example of someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Maybe Devon needs his Sis on board for this? Or maybe he has had??? If the contract 'to supply' was watertight how are they now trying to recover??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 42 minutes ago, Amadeus said: They can’t sue everyone but a public official in the place where they live is a good target and a great way to make an example of someone. No he's a dreadful target. Either no one will notice because it's in the Isle of Man or they will but they'll feel free to comment because it's in a 'foreign' jurisdiction. Either way it would look like they are trying to silence a democratic representative. And a Manx trial for defamation will have all sorts of pitfalls for them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: No he's a dreadful target. Either no one will notice because it's in the Isle of Man or they will but they'll feel free to comment because it's in a 'foreign' jurisdiction. Either way it would look like they are trying to silence a democratic representative. And a Manx trial for defamation will have all sorts of pitfalls for them. Doug has a couple of hundred grand he could throw at this easy. But as I said Devon hasn’t got a pot to piss in so why would you bother which I’d have thought meant that DBC itself could easily be a target. It would nice to see him get a Slapp though just to shut the angry mouthy little fucker up and take that smug self satisfied look off his face. It’s not just that one post there are other posts he made where he openly referred to them as criminals despite neither being convicted of any crime. Edited December 12, 2023 by Cueey Lewis And The News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 7 hours ago, Amadeus said: and unlike MHKs we can't hide behind titles. Wow you’re all that important Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 It is theft. Full on corruption, we all know it. Crooked. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 having read what devon is alleged to have posted he doesn't seem to have named anybody , so who would be entitle to sue him ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, WTF said: having read what devon is alleged to have posted he doesn't seem to have named anybody , so who would be entitle to sue him ? Never mind as he’s the sort of idiot knob that keeps on doing it until he gets hit with an action. It’s defraud now. Edited December 12, 2023 by Cueey Lewis And The News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 16 minutes ago, Cueey Lewis And The News said: Never mind as he’s the sort of idiot knob that keeps on doing it until he gets hit with an action. It’s defraud now. To be honest, if Dougie asked for a bit of a whip around to help take the smug little leftie shit to the cleaners, I'd probably help out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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