Mike Keith Smith

Mike Keith Smith

Michael Keith Smith (1953 – 3 July 2010, Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire), commonly known as Mike Smith, had been founder-chairman of the Conservative Democratic Alliance, a British right-wing pressure group. He was also the successful claimant in Keith-Smith v Williams, a landmark English libel case in 2006 that confirmed that existing libel laws applied to internet discussion. Michael Keith Smith died after falling from the keep at Portchester Castle on 3 July 2010.

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