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Been watching this one for a while and at times hoping for it all to kick off big style, but at the moment where I thought the Guardian was going to go for the jugular and expose some dirt, it seemed to go quiet again. I started to wonder really whether the Guardian did have that much evidence to attack Coulson/NOTW or whether it was trying to make a lot out of odds and ends.
 
This is very concerning if its true...

"Several investigators said in interviews that Scotland Yard was reluctant to conduct a wider inquiry in part because of its close relationship with the News of the World."
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They mentioned it on Nicky Cambells show this morning on Radio 5, i was only half listening as i was chatting to the Mrs but i am fairly sure he said they'd had some texts/emails asking why the BBC wasn't covering such a story properly.
 
Labour are all over it now, in addition to Prescott, Alan Johnson is saying there may be a case for further investigation.

The honeymoon period for the Tories seems to be over, and its quite amusing to see that they already have multiple fronts they are vulnerable on before they've even done much in power.
 
The BBC reporter clearly insinuated that those making the allegations have axes to grind with Coulson. That's not news that's an opinion ansd a rather blatant one at that.....
 
Interestingly, there's now a Tommy Sheridan angle.

Top Tory cited for Sheridan perjury hearing

Published Date: 04 September 2010
By Andrew Whitaker and Mark Smith

THE Prime Minister's top spin doctor has been called on to appear at the Tommy Sheridan perjury trial, The Scotsman can reveal.

Andy Coulson, the Downing Street director of communications, has been directly linked to hacking into the phone messages of public figures while he was editor of the News of the World.

Now the under-fire adviser has received a letter from Mr Sheridan's legal team asking him to appear at the trial of the former Scottish Socialist Party leader this autumn.
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After a raid on Goodman's desk in August 2006, according to the New York Times, "several detectives said they began feeling internal pressure. One senior investigator said he was approached by someone from the department's press office, who was waving his arms in the air, saying 'wait a minute, let's talk about this'."

The investigator, who has since left Scotland Yard, added that the press officer stressed the department's "long-term relationship with News International". The investigator recalled furiously responding: "There's illegality here, and we'll pursue it like we do any other case." Scotland Yard says that operational decisions are made by police, not by press officers.

Former journalists told the New York Times that when Scotland Yard raided Goodman's desk, two senior journalists "stuffed reams of documents into trash bags and hauled them away". Police did not interview any other reporter or editor apart from Goodman. The material seized from Goodman and Mulcaire included paperwork which potentially implicated three named journalists. None was interviewed and, as the Guardian disclosed last year, the police failed to pass key paperwork to the Crown Prosecution Service.

The New York Times quotes an unnamed former senior prosecutor who was "stunned to discover later that the police had not shared everything. 'I would have said we need to see how far this goes' and 'whether we have a serious problem of criminality on this news desk', said the former prosecutor."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/01/andy-coulson-phone-hacking-allegations
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Backhanders innit. The Met are in this up to their necks.
 
Well it does seem some people smell blood.

Will Coulson lose his job - PLACE YOUR BETS !!!

Bet now!
 
According to the Guardian, Galloway has launched 'legal action' against the New of the World for hacking into his phone, just so he can get NOTW and News International people into court to answer questions. :cool:
 
corruption is the central issue, silly. coulson should be out on his ear, but there's a whole lot of more serious questions going on here...
 
killer b said:
corruption is the central issue, silly. coulson should be out on his ear, but there's a whole lot of more serious questions going on here...
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I can't see it personally, I see politicians who see a scalp for the having. Good luck to them :)
 
Tories employing minor crook is much more important than the Met taking backhanders from a massive crook. Of course! :facepalm:
 
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