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Guido Fawkes begins legal proceedings against Tory MP after hosting reader 'consultation' poll

By Angela Haggerty, Reporter

July 24, 2013 | 3 min read

Popular politics blog Guido Fawkes claims to have initiated legal proceedings against anti-porn campaigner Claire Perry MP after conducting a readers’ poll to sway the decision.The site published a two-sentence report on 23 July that the MP’s website had been hacked and was hosting pornographic pictures. The piece signed off with the line “At least her website will be blocked when the new rules come into effect…” in typical Guido humour.The story prompted the Tory MP to take to Twitter to accuse Guido of sponsoring the hack.

Row: Guido didn't take kindly to Perry's accusations

Guido responded by launching a ‘consultation’ on the site after tweeting Perry: “Suggest you withdraw that defamatory claim immediately.” A total of 2,782 people voted, with 2,404 (86.41 per cent) saying Guido should sue. Guido said: “Reluctantly, Guido has instructed m’learned friends who will be writing to her today…”
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