{"id":145,"date":"2004-10-15T17:03:49","date_gmt":"2004-10-15T17:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2004\/10\/15\/robert-kilroy-silk-twat-once-again-and-ukip-get-in-a-tizzy-also-again\/"},"modified":"2004-10-15T17:03:49","modified_gmt":"2004-10-15T17:03:49","slug":"robert-kilroy-silk-twat-once-again-and-ukip-get-in-a-tizzy-also-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2004\/10\/robert-kilroy-silk-twat-once-again-and-ukip-get-in-a-tizzy-also-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Kilroy-Silk: Twat (once again) and UKIP get in a tizzy (also again)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via the wonderful place that is B3ta<\/a>, where I spend far more time than is strictly healthy, comes the news that our old friend Kilroy is threatening to sue a webmonkey over the delightful video which has been at spoof site www.ukindependence.org<\/a> for the last few months. (Warning: video features naked Robert Kilroy-Silk – not safe for work…)<\/p>\n

From the B3ta Newsletter<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Tony Bennett, Research Assistant to Robert Kilroy-Silk writes:<\/p>\n

“I represent Mr Kilroy-Silk and the U.K. Independence Party. You are advised that your site will be reported to the Police and we are currently taking the advice of a libel barrister as to its contents. I am a Solicitor as well as a research assistant.<\/p>\n

“You may wish to consider removing the site forthwith.”<\/p>\n

So the battle is on. Should Mystery Bob capitulate to legal threats? Or should he stand strong and proud – free to mock silly old fools who spout racist crap against Arabs?<\/i><\/p>\n

Please note that the Tony Bennett in question is not the Easy Listening crooner<\/a> once named as having the best voice of the bunch by Frank Sinatra, but a UKIP goon and failed candidate who made headlines by vandalising roadsigns<\/a> and more recently with his claims that the Prophet Mohammed was a paedophile<\/a> (reg req). Lovely chap. Not at all barking…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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