Twitter reacting to Katie Hopkins losing her Twitter libel trail will put a spring in your step
So the big news today is that Katie Hopkins has lost her libel trial.
“It”s taken 21 months but today the High Court ruled that Hopkins statements to/about me were defamatory. I sued her for libel. and I won.” writes @MxJackMonroe
And the whole internet is celebrating. Here’s just a few – we could have pasted in thousands.
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https://twitter.com/Trim_Bachelor/status/840209818036101120
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https://twitter.com/notchrisevans/status/840213413942964225
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Hopkins to pay £24k damages plus £106k costs. Sad. pic.twitter.com/rHAScH5m7R
— Sarah ESCQEdin (@CQEdinburgh) March 10, 2017
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Very telling that the fearless and uncompromising Hopkins was too chickenshit to actually turn up court for the verdict.
— Joe McNally 🕯 (@GaspardWinckler) March 10, 2017
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Footage from the Home of Katie Hopkins. pic.twitter.com/fC244GRno8
— An chead stad eile, An tSeipeal Ruan (@yascaoimhin) March 10, 2017
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Pretty pleased with my work this week as head of Katie Hopkins' legal team.
— Mr Roger Quimbly (@RogerQuimbly) March 10, 2017
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BBC News – Jack Monroe wins Katie Hopkins libel tweet case https://t.co/swFaybMKMr
Is there a justgiving to help poor Katie? pic.twitter.com/HWWN4DKAeN— Pascal Jacquemain 🇫🇷in🇬🇧 #BloodyMigrant (@jacquep) March 10, 2017
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https://twitter.com/KhadijahMalik7/status/840211913262936065
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Just started the Katie Hopkins diet.
Lost twenty four thousand pounds already. pic.twitter.com/IlotNkvxGp— Peace, Love & Sour Power (@alanknox) March 10, 2017
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This is the one time I can truthfully say that I'm not sorry to hear about Katie Hopkins.
— Mr Roger Quimbly (@RogerQuimbly) March 10, 2017
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If Katie Hopkins really does say "what everyone is thinking" then my guess is she is currently saying "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
— IAN HYLAND (@HylandIan) March 10, 2017
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Fuck it. I'll stop worrying about the free-speech implications of Katie Hopkins libel case ."Waiter! A bottle of Schadenfreude, please"
— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) March 10, 2017
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https://twitter.com/NickMotown/status/840236605214461953
And as @EmmaKennedy says, “Hopkins is going to have to pay in excess of £107K. Oh boy. That’s an expensive tweet.”
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer person.
READ MORE Click here to read how the High Court tried to describe Twitter. It’s a complete mind f*ck