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James Dyson loses libel claim against Daily Mirror publisher (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by GreyShuck to c/unitedkingdom

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James Dyson has lost his libel claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror.

The inventor, 76, gave evidence at the Royal Courts of Justice for two days in a trial against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) over an article published in January 2022.

In the Daily Mirror article, the journalist Brian Reade referred to the engineer as “the vacuum-cleaner tycoon who championed Vote Leave due to the economic opportunities it would bring to British industry before moving his global head office to Singapore”.

Reade continued: “Kids, talk the talk but then screw your country and if anyone complains, tell them to suck it up.”

Dyson brought the high court claim against MGN, describing the allegations in the article as a “vicious and vitriolic” personal attack.

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[–] TheMongoose@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago

In the Daily Mirror article, the journalist Brian Reade referred to the engineer as “the vacuum-cleaner tycoon who championed Vote Leave due to the economic opportunities it would bring to British industry before moving his global head office to Singapore”.

I feel unclean for agreeing with the Mirror, but I'm so glad Dyson lost this case.