tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post4997346875577983192..comments2023-05-08T10:46:34.371+01:00Comments on Y Cneifiwr: Libel NewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-72251959019422885142013-06-07T16:36:37.616+01:002013-06-07T16:36:37.616+01:00Well said madaxeman!Well said madaxeman!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-54699810320216582242013-06-06T22:58:31.330+01:002013-06-06T22:58:31.330+01:00My own thoughts on this : http://wp.me/p1jRWZ-4YMy own thoughts on this : http://wp.me/p1jRWZ-4YAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-75122391776179432442013-06-06T18:21:27.167+01:002013-06-06T18:21:27.167+01:00@ anon 11:58 can you remember a simple fact? Mark...@ anon 11:58 can you remember a simple fact? Mark James used taxpayers money to counterclaim!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-35303281622673514062013-06-06T13:05:07.213+01:002013-06-06T13:05:07.213+01:00"SHE SUED HIM" - because he wouldn't..."SHE SUED HIM" - because he wouldn't retract. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-13790661716882815902013-06-06T11:58:51.995+01:002013-06-06T11:58:51.995+01:00the 'amicable' out of court settlement was...the 'amicable' out of court settlement was that Mark James pay her compensation. She had a no win no fee lawyer and tried to sue him for a 'liabelous comment' while defending her own comments as freedom of speech. It was never going to work adn she was always on to a loser. If he had started the legal proceedings against her, and he had lost his claim and her counterclaim, we'd all be saying what a just cause it was.<br />can we please remember a simple fact: SHE SUED HIMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-91927437322267260902013-06-06T10:57:59.508+01:002013-06-06T10:57:59.508+01:00No-one would have believed even Franz Kafka if he&...No-one would have believed even Franz Kafka if he'd dreamed up a tale like this one.<br /><br />You rely on your insurers, only for them to weasel out of their promises. Your house is taken by your persecutors, only for them to rehouse you.<br /><br />"Previously I did not understand why I got no answer to my question; today I do not understand how I could believe I was capable of asking. But I didn’t really believe, I only asked."Emlyn Uwch Cychhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384157218244458970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-50108591050646070902013-06-06T09:53:39.322+01:002013-06-06T09:53:39.322+01:00I'm sure most reasonable people would say that...I'm sure most reasonable people would say that Mark James had every opportunity to enter into discussions with Ms. Thompson's legal team bringing this to a satisfactory conclusion without entering into costly litigation, and as a Chief Executive of a council with the potential of costing the taxpayer an inordinate amount of money, this was most certainly the more professional and constructive way forward. <br />It is also becoming ever more obvious that he is using every opportunity to repeat the judgement in whole, publicly, which accuses Ms. Thompson of waging a vendetta and more, suggesting to me at least, an unwholesome enjoyment of his victory. If he continues giving interviews, repeating the Judge's comments in full, it makes one wonder who is actually waging a vendetta. In his position as a CEO following his initial victory statement, he should now be maintaining a dignified silence not displaying gratuitous self satisfaction. I believe a lot of people would agree that it is more befitting for a CEO of a council to cease repeating the judgement at every opportune moment, and to show some humility, especially as Ms. Thompson might now lose her home.Patricia B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-64777423483782419702013-06-06T08:29:45.578+01:002013-06-06T08:29:45.578+01:00Mark James is like one of those peevish little boy...Mark James is like one of those peevish little boys at school - we probably all remember one - who never liked to give in gracefully and always wanted to win. Never realising that their behaviour made them odd and that as a consequence no-one wanted to know them.<br />I always wonederd what happened to kids like that when they grew up and now I know.<br />Good luck to Jackie Thompson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-22110535732825461362013-06-06T07:35:00.674+01:002013-06-06T07:35:00.674+01:00Mark James, could and should have settled this ami...Mark James, could and should have settled this amicably from the outset. It was unnecessary for Mark James to counter-sue. He had every opportunity to do so. He had no right to risk taxpayers money. He should have used his own. I think had that been the case the outcome would have been very different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-10964333394558889922013-06-06T07:14:21.432+01:002013-06-06T07:14:21.432+01:00So, if Jacqui Thompson had been successful, Carmar...So, if Jacqui Thompson had been successful, Carmarthenshire taxpayers would have had to have forked out £250,000 for the Chief Executive's legal expenses? Disgraceful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com