Not really. Defamation in England is not easy to sue for. The OP has to show that the statements were published, they are defamatory, and that the OP suffered

Not really. Defamation in England is not easy to sue for. The OP has to show that the statements were published, they are defamatory, and that the OP suffered serious harm as a result. It'd be for the publisher of the comments to prove (on the balance of probabilities) that the comments were either truthful fair comment privileged Suing someone for defamation is expensive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_defamation_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_defamation_law