Vernon is just more combative than James. They often have similar advocacies, but James is more of the selfie/instagrammy type than Vernon, who prefers to work through TGP than to push his agendas in person... probably the difference is that Vernon started as a print guy, while James, starting as a DJ, has always been more of a multi-media personality.

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The case, technically, isn't very strong. As we all know, TGPh wasn't the primary source of misinformation, and it was the biker pages and Nuffsaid society spreading the guy's real name and info around calling for blood.

The problem is, there's a chance of a civil case prospering, because you don't need to prove that the information was wrong or that TGPh was the primary source... just malicious intent (which is highly debatable) and the lack of due diligence.

Granted, Deakin and others also posted, but they're not media outlets per se... just people... so TGPh is the easy target.

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Either way, TGPh has stepped back to remove itself from the story... so all the trollsters only have Deakin's page to play on, now.