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I don't know. That sounds like a question for Damian Green.
Just because something is actionable doesn't mean that it will be actioned.
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It's because it's a statement of fact. He appears on the list as being handsy at parties. You can't argue that he doesn't. Whether or not he's handsy at parties is not what's in question here.
He could argue in a court that constant repetition of that fact is defamatory, but he presumably realised that might open him up to having to prove he isn't, which may not have gone as well as he would have liked.
ketsbaia
So why, then, when the Observer printed: "The list also includes Damian Green, The First Secretary of State and the Prime Ministers’ de facto number two. He’s accused of being “handy at parties.”." was it not sued?