Katie Hopkins ‘faces bankruptcy’ and these 17 people are entirely as sympathetic as you’d expect

Katie Hopkins has applied for an insolvency agreement in a bid to avoid bankruptcy after losing a libel case involving food writer Jack Monroe.

The rightwing broadcaster and some-time columnist was ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds over tweets she sent in 2015 falsely implying Monroe backed the defacement of war memorials by protestors.

Monroe originally asked for Hopkins to apologise and donate £5,000 to a migrants’ charity but Hopkins refused to back down so it went to court and here we are.

Hopkins, who no longer writers for Mail Online or broadcasts on LBC, once said poor people in debt have no one else to blame but themselves. Here’s how people reacted online.

1.

It's rather nice to see horrendous people face consequences for their actions. Hopkins spread hate, bigotry and racism for years, she gleefully revelled in the pain of others and karma has simply turned up to kick her right up the arse. Today should be a national holiday.

— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) September 16, 2018

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https://twitter.com/Mark_DHolmes/status/1041294649460183040

3.

Imagine being @KTHopkins. Saying stuff like “show me bodies floating in water, I don’t care”, knowing you’ll be hated, but at least it pays the bills. But then it doesn’t pay the bills. You go bankrupt.

Hated, without the money to make it worthwhile. Fuck that.

— Limmy (@DaftLimmy) September 16, 2018

4.

She’s always been morally bankrupt now she’s financially bankrupt too. The road to redemption is long but it’s never too late Katie. I’ll even lend you a fiver. https://t.co/WJnFYoV3U1

— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) September 16, 2018

5.

https://twitter.com/zaanarah/status/1041305223078338563

6.

Katie Hopkins is bankrupt. Times like this, the British need to stand together, shoulder to shoulder and be like 😂 😂 😂

— Nadeem Ahmed (@Muqadaam) September 16, 2018

7.

https://twitter.com/simon_lindsell/status/1041275631949033472

8.

Ok, I take it back. Katie Hopkins was right. Mocking others’ misfortune can be fun! Hearing she’s gone bankrupt has had me pissing myself laughing all morning.

— Tiernan Douieb (@TiernanDouieb) September 16, 2018

9.

So Katie Hopkins is bankrupt. Financially or morally?#both

— Tom Pride (@ThomasPride) September 16, 2018