By Jo Best
Published: Monday 10 January 2005
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Name
Bill McComish
Location
London
Occupation
Waterstone's!
Comment
Hmm.
Declaring an interest- I'm a Waterstone's bookseller and union rep for the TGWU.
Dismissal is an over-reaction and unwise. The comments were long ago, on limited circulation, not commercially malignant and the company ignored his offer to retract them. Unwise because for any large company- let alone a bookseller- to censor an individual, invites bad PR. Not good for the divvy, that.
On the other. Waterstone's should be able to defend itself against defamation in principle. It's only equitable, surely?
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