Savage set to sue British Leftist politician

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"She quit as Home Secretary almost three months ago but Jacqui Smith hasn’t been forgotten — not, at least, by the American “shock jock” whom she banned from Britain.

Michael Savage, one of 16 people on a list of “undesirables” drawn up this year by Ms Smith, has given her until tomorrow to agree to pay more than £100,000 in damages and costs or be sued for libel. She must also retract allegations that he incites violence, and apologise, he says.

Mr Savage, 67, whose controversial Talk Radio Network show has eight million listeners, has been accused of racism and homophobia. He is the third-most popular radio talk-show host in America. The Home Office said that he was “considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence”.

In an interview with The Times Mr Savage said that he had tried the diplomatic approach with the Home Office but now wanted action. His British lawyers had sent Ms Smith a letter saying that if she did not comply they would issue a personal writ against her immediately.

He accused Ms Smith and the Home Office of putting his name on the exclusion list to provide “political balance”. He cited Home Office e-mails that his lawyers have obtained under the Freedom of Information Act showing that one official accepted that he had never incited violence. Another document said his name would show that those excluded “are not all Islamist extremists”....

Mr Savage said: “Why do they continue to dig their heels in when their own e-mails condemn their position? I am a member of the American media, a commentator. I provoke people to thought, not to kill.”

The Home Office has said it will fight a libel action and that there is little prospect of Mr Savage’s name being taken off the exclusion list.

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Posted by John Ray.