Martin Beale just won't give up! Following The Cheese Grater’s recent coverage on his suitability to hold a position on the Finance and Services Committee (censored by UCLU in CG24), Beale has hit back at the magazine with threats of ‘legal action’ and has attempted to suppress the article by demanding that it be removed from our website.
Beale had previously complained about the article ‘Beale’s Bell-end’ (CG23), claiming that many UCL students believed that he had written the article himself. Upon being informed that UCL students were not that stupid, Beale responded that our university contained numerous ‘numskulls’ who were unable to understand a simple parody of his Pi column.
Beale’s latest complaint is based around our reporting his homophobic statements, made by him at Debating Society; he claims that they are libelous, despite the fact that they were witnessed by a packed room, including members of The Cheese Grater. Beale has not helped refute this claim of homophobia by publicly declaring on Facebook that ‘That fag [The Cheese Grater editor] can rim me if he thinks his loose tongue will go unchecked’.
Beale has further strengthened his case by branding Cheese Grater writers as ‘clinically insane’ and suffering from ‘mental illness’. His recent actions display a disturbing refusal to take responsibility for his own comments. He has simply attempted to suppress what he knows to be true by threatening us with a libel lawsuit, wasting UCLU's time as well as ours. The Cheese Grater refuses to cave in to such attempts at oppression and intimidation and will continue to fight them.