Carter-Ruck - Viral Market Leaders
Lefty gossiper
Political Scrapbook
is on particularly good form today:"After a difficult 48 hours which saw the law firm under assault from the blogosphere, politicians and the media, Carter-Ruck is to undertake a PR charm offensive with redeveloped online content and endorsements from “brand ambassadors”.
The campaign has enlisted the support of celebrity Labour blogger Derek Draper. “The combination of litigiousness and a cack-handed approach to all things online make Derek the ideal representative for the Carter-Ruck brand”, said Senior Partner Andrew Stephenson
Wonder if there could be a t-shirt in the making here?
2 comments:
Onwards and upwards.
Now can we consider the writ issued against The Guardian by solicitors representing a Mr Mueen-Uddin, "director of Muslim Spiritual Care Provision in the NHS, who was until recently vice-chairman of the East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre and was involved in setting up the Muslim Council of Britain". Who, morever, is doubtless an "all-round good egg", another one of the self-appointed great and good.
Phew!
Last week, The Guardian repeated a claim from a 1995 Channel 4 documentary, suggesting that "Mueen-Uddin is alleged to have been part of a group that abducted and 'disappeared' people. Witnesses at the time describe seeing him kidnapping a university professor and a journalist in Dhaka during the war."
Since the aforesaid all-round, good egg has the considerable financial backing of Jamaat-e-Islami, the Muslim Council of Britain and the East London Mosque/London Muslim Centre, The Guardian has withdrawn the contested paragraphs.
More at https://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/10/14/the-guardian-has-received-another-libel-threat/
I love the "celebrity Labour blogger Derek Draper"
If there is anything less celebrity-like than Derek Draper, I've yet to find it.