Jackie Smith fights defamation claim
Controversial US radio host Michael Savage is suing the Home Secretary – Jacqui Smith – for defamation after his name was included in a list of undesirables banned from entering Britain, purchase including members of the Klu Klux Klan and Hamas. Mr Savage’s lawyers are demanding an apology and a substantial sum in damages, medicine but the Home Secretary, purchase who is fighting the demands, insists the decision to ban Mr Savage was the right one, according to the Independent.