Could Corbyn sue Cameron for slander after todays speech

[Titanic99 10]

I've just been watching Camerons speech today in which he refers to Corbyn as "Terrorist sympathising" and it got me wondering whether MP's are allowed to sue each other if comments like that are untrue or if they have some sort of priveledges which prevents this.

 

I'm also curious to know the basis of this statement as it's a pretty odious statement about someone if untrue.

[poppet2 13]

If it was said in the house, yes it would come under parliamentary privilege.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_privilege

[IanG 10]

Do you think he would have said it if so, given all his advisers etc ?

[Titanic99 10]

That's just plain daft, so he can say what he wants and the recipient of the attack can do nothing about it.

 

Oh what a wonderful democracy we have!

 

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Do you think he would have said it if so, given all his advisers etc ?

 

I don't know, it's very harsh if not true and from reviewing some of his speeches on the net I cannot see any evidence that he's a "terrorst sympathiser".

 

Happy to be proved wrong though.

[willman 10]

Just search for MR COrbyns friends - these include Sinn Fein, Hezbollah, he's had excursions paid for by banned terroist groups and proudly supports Hammas.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11749043/Andrew-Gilligan-Jeremy-Corbyn-friend-to-Hamas-Iran-and-extremists.html

[IanG 10]

That's just plain daft, so he can say what he wants and the recipient of the attack can do nothing about it.

 

Oh what a wonderful democracy we have!

 

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I don't know, it's very harsh if not true and from reviewing some of his speeches on the net I cannot see any evidence that he's a "terrorst sympathiser".

 

Happy to be proved wrong though.

 

I'm no fan of Cameron but imagine he can back it up or he wouldn't have said such a thing, he's no idiot....well kind of;)

[Titanic99 10]

Just search for MR COrbyns friends - these include Sinn Fein, Hezbollah, he's had excursions paid for by banned terroist groups and proudly supports Hammas.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11749043/Andrew-Gilligan-Jeremy-Corbyn-friend-to-Hamas-Iran-and-extremists.html

 

It's an interesting article but most people would interpret the phrase "terrorist sympathiser" as someone who supported the killing and maiming of innocent people and there's nowhere that indicates he does.

 

I suggest it's perfectly reasonable to want the same outcome as these groups but not to support the killing of innocent people to achieve this.

 

I hope he gets the opportunity to clarify this issue with the public.

[blake 10]

to call Corbyn 'terrorist sympathising', at least in the past if not right now at this very moment, is probably not untrue at al. If it is untrue, then why hasn't Corbyn sued the numerous newspapers who have printed that he is 'terrorist sympathising', for libel?

 

I wonder if anybody would be able to sue Corbyn and Mcdonnell for claiming that they are 'peace campaigners' ? When nobody has ever seen either of them on a platform with Israelis, or Ulster Unionists, but just Hamas, Hizbullah, Sinn Fein and the IRA?

[the_bloke 17]

It's an interesting article but most people would interpret the phrase "terrorist sympathiser" as someone who supported the killing and maiming of innocent people and there's nowhere that indicates he does.

 

I suggest it's perfectly reasonable to want the same outcome as these groups but not to support the killing of innocent people to achieve this.

 

I hope he gets the opportunity to clarify this issue with the public.

 

He's a man that would gladly discuss with and promote the ideas of organisations and people that have deeply racist, homophobic, violent and extremist ideas in the guise of 'international co-operation'. He's either genuinely an idiot and believes everything that comes out of the mouth of anyone in opposition to the Government, or is extremely good at only seeing what he wants to see.

[Blackbeard 10]

One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter.

[drummonds 10]

I've just been watching Camerons speech today in which he refers to Corbyn as "Terrorist sympathising" and it got me wondering whether MP's are allowed to sue each other if comments like that are untrue or if they have some sort of priveledges which prevents this.

 

I'm also curious to know the basis of this statement as it's a pretty odious statement about someone if untrue.

 

it isn't slander if it is true. so it is fine to call the yorkshire ripper a murderer.

[Titanic99 10]

Interestingly the United Nations General Assembly uses the following definition:

 

“Criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the public”

 

From looking at Jeremy Corbyn he doesn’t strike me as someone who would sympathise with this viewpoint, and if there is any justice left in our democracy he should be able to demand an apology from Cameron.