Joey Barton

[Joey66]

He was a very bad lad, driven by a bad habit.

I was at school with the Barton's in that era - a big family - from St Johns estate Huyton - My late father knew the father - an OK guy - I had a lad in my class - hardly noticed him - the was though a certain fraction of the family who were always looking for trouble ...

 

[Sweeneytoad]

I don't like the fella but what a waste of tax-payers money that this has had to be heard in the crown court. Sue him for slander by all means but how is this in the publics interest to prosecute him at our expense.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I don't like the fella but what a waste of tax-payers money that this has had to be heard in the crown court. Sue him for slander by all means but how is this in the publics interest to prosecute him at our expense.

We're in a bit of a strange time in terms of online freedoms, that tory fickwut that got jail time (rightly) for going on whichever social media slurry pit to suggest setting fire to asylum hotel/s.

hang on.

 

[Harryflashman]

I don't like the fella but what a waste of tax-payers money that this has had to be heard in the crown court. Sue him for slander by all means but how is this in the publics interest to prosecute him at our expense.

Probably totally wrong but isn’t it indictable either way (magistrates or crown ) and Barton elected jury trial ?

 

[PhilM]

Probably totally wrong but isn’t it indictable either way (magistrates or crown ) and Barton elected jury trial ?

Somebody wanted the exposure and a pedestal to spout his nonsense from.

 

[Rita_Poon]

We're in a bit of a strange time in terms of online freedoms, that tory fickwut that got jail time (rightly) for going on whichever social media slurry pit to suggest setting fire to asylum hotel/s.

hang on.

hang on. (Everton ladies equalised).

The battle lines re online behaviour are being drawn, think linehan, think rowling, think t robinson, and this now escalation with barton.
Something had to be done, because online hate, encouraging violence and terrorism, was escalating and so the untamed wilderness of cyber space needed facing in some way.
(My concern is, there's still easy access to all sorts of forbidden stuff apparently available through tor into the dark web spaces, if the authorities can't get hold of serious criminals (drugs, murderers, people trafficking) then it does seem a bit of an overreaction to be choking up courts with the thoughts and opinions of joey barton). We have slander and defamation laws already, alter them if need be. Thing is, what can you take off someone that owns nothing, for instance... "bob the tramp has called some blond previous tory pm a sex predator, can't fine him or take his house off him, he doesn't have one - so what, stick him in strangeways with the rapists and murderers?"

 

[Harryflashman]

Somebody wanted the exposure and a pedestal to spout his nonsense from.

I did read the judge gave him a hammering for performing so if suspect your right .