Paleojudaica (Jim Davila) James Melville, 8 June 2020. This case is currently not accepting new pledges. Justice for Oladeji Omishore - funding a judicial review of the IOPC, Help stop climate-wrecking gas caverns in Larne Lough, Save university pensions, and save the planet. Peter Jukes Mark Goodacre The Foreign Office experience is a severe warning of the dangers ahead. 'Forgive me, sire, but art thou James Melville, from off of Twitter?' James Melville @peterjukes ! According to Beecher, the accuser he wrote of once starred in one of Jukes plays after joining an amateur acting group. The Wider Impact: But it's not only my reputation at stake. It is important also that the harmful tosh being spewed by people like Jay Beecher is not allowed to harm anyone elses lives and it is important also that such individuals are brought to book for their reprehensible conduct. And as with Melville, this again does not amount to a repudiation of the story, and the word premature implies he believes that it may yet be substantiated in some way. Its both flattering and hatefilled in equal measure., Dozens of users added to the joke, with even the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth having a crack, tweeting: Just popped into a local butchers shop. Jukes responded on Twitter and announced that he was setting up a legal crowdfunder against Beecher and his associates Jordan Kendall, James Bembridge and James Melville. The Justice Platform Ltd is registered as a company in England and Wales, company number 09534141. Re-tweeted tweets and favorited tweets are shown so that they are easily spotted! Peter Jukes. As explained by Daniel Trilling: The map linked to by the Sun closely resembles an earlier graphic that first appeared online in August, under the name the Traitors Chart. Both had previously threatened Byline Times months before. June 8, 2018, lunchtime: Cadwalladr puts the story to Arron Banks. @peterjukes [1], Its important to act respectfully and with care on social media. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window). Mr Melville said the Twitter reaction didnt bother him but that he felt people had misplaced priorities about it. A tweet with even worse commentary ("just the tip of the iceberg" was spread by Blue Tick account James Melville (with over Twitter 180,000 follower) and his editor at Country . [14] In the essay Why Can't Britain Do the Wire he argued that high-quality drama in the UK had suffered from a concentration of commissioning power, the dominance of soaps (such as the twelfth series of Holby City), and the lack of show runners or writer producers that characterise US TV drama production. I let myself down. Coronavirus Crisis: As Ireland Reopens, the UK Faces a Summer of Discontent. Beyond that, if any of the four do not settle out of court we could be looking at a long process without guarantee that any of the four have assets enough to pay for the legal costs, in which case I will (regrettably) have to secure funding in the hundreds of thousands of pounds. If you read something here that you liked, please donate a 1 or $2. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Your email address will not be published. Byline Times newsletter below, https://twitter.com/BylineTimes/status/1597986071379607552, https://twitter.com/kennardmatt/status/1555977779023429633, https://twitter.com/peterjukes/status/1538457869942673408. Both also have a history of derogatory comments about me. I have got a lot of followers, he said, and Im quite opinionated. It is very difficult to believe that he did not read the Tweets content, in which the allegation was laid out explicitly. Back to more emails from Cadwalladr to Banks on 23 June 2018 and him using private investigators to target journalists. pic.twitter.com/94JxIctVdb. ), but bringing the sources of this malicious libel to book is an expensive process, and there is no security that I could recover my own legal costs if it goes all the way to court and an inevitable victory. Keep going, was enough of a tweet for users to start trolling James Melville. [9] He and Ed Whitmore wrote the second series of the paranormal/science thriller Sea of Souls[10] which won the 2005 BAFTA Scotland Award[11] for Best Drama. Hoaxtead Research Photographs and videos show in the same page! [50], In 2018, Jukes and Stephen Colegrave founded Byline Times.[51]. A post from Peter Jukes on the Crowd Justice website: Life-Changing Libel About Me, Spread by Right Wing Activists James Melville is a Scottish communications and sponsorship consultant, as well as a freelance writer and political pundit, according to his Twitter bio. Good luck with this and thanks for all yr good work. The text reads: On 19 June 2021, I retweeted allegations about Peter Jukes @peterjukes which I have no reason to believe are true, and am not aware of any evidence to suggest are true. The earliest mention of it that I can find is on an obscure website called, , which said it had received a press release about the map. ", Get the best stories about the things you love most curated by us and delivered to your inbox every day. Subscribe to receive email updates from the case owner on the latest news about the case. None of this crowdfunding can be accessed by myself, and can only be used by my lawyers at Bindmans. I subs to Byline Times. It appears that Melville was recognised by a butcher in Fife for his social media career, but Twitter users found it funny and unconvincing. I attempted to bring this to his attention, as a consequence of which I was blocked. Subscribe to receive email updates from the case owner on the latest news about the case. Facebook told BBC News there was "no evidence" UK or EU users' data had been transferred to Cambridge Analytica. He wants to believe everyone loves him, Dramatist wrenched out of fiction 10 years ago by the fierce urgency of fact (and R Murdoch). . [42][43], During the 1980s and 90s, Jukes was an active member of the Labour Party and was involved in the investigations around the cash for questions scandal. [32], Since 2016, Jukes collaborates with Deeivya Meir on the podcast series Untold - The Daniel Morgan Murder. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The entirely fake allegation of child sexual abuse was published without the comments I had sent them,. Living like that is almost punishment enough in itself @Otto_English" The earliest mention of it that I can find is on an obscure website calledCountry Squire Magazine, which said it had received a press release about the map. Jukes' opening episode of the third season of Holby City[12] was described by The Guardian as the "televisual equivalent of Crack Cocaine. Both also have a history of derogatory comments about me. About me: I'm an author and dramatist who, in the last ten years, has dedicated myself to helping to fund accurate, accountable journalism first through the Byline.com crowdfunding site and the Byline Festival, and now the successful investigative newspaper and news site Byline Times. Senior Advisor and Writer. Not much is known about the personal life of the man from Fife, Scotland, but what we do know is that he loves sharing his thoughts on Twitter. Oh, and he gave refuge to a *queue-jumping* Jewish woman fleeing the Nazis. I'm co-founder and executive editor of Byline Times, host of Untold: The Daniel Morgan murder and co-author of the book with Alastair Morgan, pledged of 100,000 stretch target from 2,560 pledges. The Copenhagen Charter for an Alliance of Democracies. Beechers article claims that a man named Adam alleges that Peter sexually assaulted him in the 1980s when he was 12, apparently in Edinburgh. Nikolay Kalinin urges readers to support screenwriter Peter Jukes' crowdfunder as he commences legal action against Ghislaine Maxwell's mouthpiece Jay Beecher. [21] Paul Donovan of The Sunday Times called Bad Faith "the best radio drama I have heard in ages, and clearly destined to become a series". And the butcher said, You're @MaryRoseMuseum, aren't you? This analysis for JamesMelville's tweets has been compiled by whotwi via accessing Twitter. Jukes has been a book reviewer[38] and feature writer[39] for both The Independent and the New Statesman[40] on themes including nationalism, art in the computer age,[41] and apocalyptic religion. (1 page) Jukes devised and wrote most of the three seasons of the BBC One prime time undercover thriller In Deep starring Nick Berry and Stephen Tompkinson;[4][5] two 90-minute film length episodes of the BBC One series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries;. 1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes 1 7 This Tweet is unavailable. RT/fav! [15], His radio credits include the original BBC Radio Soul Motel (2008)[16] (a drama taking place entirely in social networking space similar to Bebo or Facebook) and, with the comedian and actor Lenny Henry, the plays Bad Faith and Slavery: The Making of. And the butcher said, are you James Melville from Twitter? Thank you: It has been a very dark time for myself, my friends and family, but the many messages of support from you all has been a ray of light. Summary On the weekend of 19 June this year I was hideously libeled by former UKIP leadership campaign manager Jay Beecher on the site Politicalite, edited by Jordan James (Jordan Kendall). From discussing politics and expressing his thoughts on Covid-19 and vaccines, to tweeting everyday little stories, like the one that actually made him go viral, Melville has a special place on Twitter. @peterjukes. I put it up and while I have quite a high profile I didnt expect it to take off. by Peter Jukes, About me: Im an author and dramatist who, in the last ten years, has dedicated myself to helping to fund accurate, accountable journalism first through the Byline.com crowdfunding site and the Byline Festival, and now the successful investigative newspaper and news site Byline Times. I understand this is a slam dunk case of serious harm (what could be more distressing and damaging than an allegation of child sexual abuse? The former England rugby player Brian Moore, who is also a qualified lawyer, had some advice: To @TheBembridge Ive seen your so-called apology to Peter Jukes and as a former lawyer who did defamation work I just wanted to tell you it wont be sufficient to defend a libel claim. There is nothing in thePoliticalite article to indicate that Beecher made any enquiries as to Adams credibility or the plausibility of the allegation, and Peter has expressed scepticism that he even exists. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. a land of puppy farms, rain-soaked holidays, dingy bars, drugs mule celebs, verbal diarrhoea and squeaky fiddles, also now deleted. Thank you. Keep going.This sort of thing is happening a lot now. Zelo Street A list of tweets where James Melville was sent as @peterjukes. Long live decent British queue-jumping - the one that gave us a global reputationpic.twitter.com/1kKKKrlUSX", "BBC - Drama - Inspector Lynley Mysteries Episode Guide Series 4", "BBC - Press Office - Sea Of Souls credits", "Book Reviews: A SHOUT IN THE STREET: THE MODERN CITY. And the candlemaker said, are you Cookmeister from Twitter? Beecher clearly is especially challenged intellectually and he plainly is desperate for social elevation. Several days ago, however, this noxious nitwit emerged out of the dark hole that is the Phantom Zone in order to shockingly and without any evidence accuse the talented screenwriter and Byline Times editor Peter Jukes of child abuse in an article for the far-right Politicalite website. Peter Jukes. The Politicalite post was amplified on Twitter by an anonymous troll account, and a Tweet from this account was in turn promoted by Melville and Bembridge, neither of whom have any apparent link with Beecher. False allegations of sexual abuse have become the stock in trade of many right wing figures. $45.00 (hardback)", "Anxieties of influence: Melancholic or Marxist? The deletion of the article and creation of the new Hijacked Labour version of the graphic occurred just a few days before the Sun article appeared. "[28] But it was the format of the book ("a courteously lucid deconstructionist text, which is part documentary lecture, part collage of quotations and photographs" according to The New Yorker[29]) which was commended by John Berger a "dream of a book" following the traditions of Walter Benjamin: Benjamin dreamed of making a book entirely of quotations, and there have been some remarkable books which are creative responses to that idea, like Peter Jukes's A Shout in the Street. Religion Clause (Howard M. Friedman) I understand this is a slam dunk case of serious harm (what could be more distressing and damaging than an allegation of child sexual abuse? Good luck with this and thanks for all yr good work. Bembridge, meanwhile, has a mitigation defence: Last night I retweeted a tweet which I apologise for retweeting related to @peterjukes. That article, since deleted, had a publication date of 21 August. The entirely fake allegation of child sexual abuse was published without the comments I had sent them,. I let myself down. The Wider Impact: But it's not only my reputation at stake. On Twitter, Beecher has stated that he is unconcerned as to whether the claim is true or not, but that he is is entitled to publish the allegation. People have to see the penalties for the politics of personal destruction and character assassination which also undermine the tragic and very real accounts of the many survivors of sexual abuse, The Costs: The first and not inexpensive phase of this legal case is to write letters to all four involved in this libel, and see if full apologies, costs and appropriate compensation can be achieved without going to court. As The Spectator magazine explained: "Greg Wise plays the harassed producer trying to put together a drama for which Lenny Henry has provided sheafs of research printouts from the internet but no script 'Whose story is this?' According to his LinkedIn profile, Melville is the Managing Director of the marketing consultancy East Points West and has a Masters degree in Politics from the University of Edinburgh. There are no public comments on this case page. 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