Sunny Hundal (and many others) are questioning the pursuit of celebrity wife Sally Berkow for £50k compensation following her libel against Lord McAlpine (falsely insinuating he was involved in the most disgusting criminal acts).
In the Guardian Roy Greenslade asks for Ms Berkow's punishment to be "proportionate" http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2012/dec/13/lord-mcalpine-twitter?CMP=twt_gu
For proportionality to be brought into the equation one has to make a judgement on Sally Berkow's motives in making her false accusation.
Was this just an example of stupid impetuosity by someone well-known for her babbling incontinence on social media?
Was this a genuine error by a long-standing campaigner for justice in the area that was under speculation?
Or was this a deliberate attempt to smear the Conservative party, irrespective of the damage done to Lord McAlpine, and in the process gain an advantage for her own party (she is a member of the Labour party and campaigns for that party).
My view is that she knew exactly what she was doing and in a premeditated action libelled Lord McAlpine hoping that enough mud would stick to damage the Conservative party at the next election. Therefore one has to ask if someone had employed a "black arts" PR agency to carry out negative campaigning of this kind, what would they charge? Considerably more than £50,000.
Sally Bercow needs to be advised that she is getting off lightly.
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