Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail "hacked by News of the World"

[butchersapron]

Roy Greenslade in the Guardian is calling for Clegg to instigate a vote of no confidence.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/18/phone-hacking-nick-clegg-lib-dems-david-cameron

TBH, I don't think it necessarily has to be Clegg. A vote of no-confidence seems to becoming a real possibility though.

There is zero chance.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Johnson and Cameron have no love lost, Johnson is the 1922's leading candidate for a right-wing takeover, if Cameron gets pushed overboard.

Which merely points up the dearth of credible replacements for Cameron, and the cretinism of the 1922, to be fair.

 

[Kaka Tim]

What chop though Tim. He's been chopped.

Ah yes - wiki says

Hayman resigned from the Service on 4 December 2007, following allegations about expense claims and alleged improper conduct with a female member of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and a female Sergeant

Must have missed that. Have we run out of bent coppers with heads on the block then? (for now anyhow)

 

[temper_tantrum]

Which merely points up the dearth of credible replacements for Cameron, and the cretinism of the 1922, to be fair.

Very true!

 

[ViolentPanda]

David Laws?

Mornington Crescent!

 

[magneze]

There is zero chance.

He'll struggle on until the recess and hope it blows over by the time parliament are back then?

 

[belboid]

There is zero chance.

and right on cue, Cleggy gices a rather more robust defense of Cameron than Bojo managed.

"it's crucial people also know the police will continue to do their very important work to keep us safe."

Who's 'us' in this context Nick? And isn't that half the problem?

 

[Kaka Tim]

No way is clegg going to back a no confidence vote.

It would end the coalition and that would be an end to the lib dems noble, self sacrificing work in saving the country from economic disaster.

If (and its still a pretty big if) Cameron's position becomes untenable, the tories will force him to resign. Hauge, Davies or Boris will replace him and we'll be back where we were. My bet would be on Davies as he can play the 'new broom' card.

 

[butchersapron]

He'll struggle on until the recess and hope it blows over by the time parliament are back then?

There will not be a vote of no confidence tabled. He can do what he wants, handle it shitly or greatly hope it blows over et - but there will not be a vote of confidence in the next two days.

 

[Badgers]

BBC stream at 16:37

Downing Street adds to the list of David Cameron's contacts with senior media figures. It says the list now includes a sixth meeting with Rebekah Brooks and a lunch with the BBC.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Isn't Andy Hayman next in line for the chop?

Hasn't Hayman already left the Met?

 

[MellySingsDoom]

Mornington Crescent!

 

[DaveCinzano]

Hasn't Hayman already left the Met?

It's FISH tonight, Lily.

 

[skyscraper101]

In yet another U-Turn, Cameron is cutting his Africa trip short and is now coming back to the UK tomorrow. He only landed in S.Africa this morning

 

[claphamboy]

there will be a lot of pressure to call an election though - and possibly a vote of no confidence - which if they tories lost, they wouold basically be morally compelled to call an election, and the lib dems might feel that they could gain from the crisis by leaving the coalition government, although I'm not sure how iron-clad the coalition agreement is

lol, I don't know what drugs you are on marty, but can I have some?

 

[MellySingsDoom]

More live Graun coverage (full whatnots of today's events here):

4.38pm: My colleague Vikram Dodd tells me that the home affairs committee has Lord Macdonald, director of public prosecutions at at the time of the first phone hacking prosecution in 2007, to appear before it tomorrow in a special session. Macdonald has been criticised because he has subsequently agreed to do some work for News International.

 

[laptop]

He'll struggle on until the recess and hope it blows over by the time parliament are back then?

Certainly MPs will want a lot longer than two days to see which way the wind's blowing - in effect to find out whether it does in fact blow over over the recess.

 

[DotCommunist]

In yet another U-Turn, Cameron is cutting his Africa trip short and is now coming back to the UK tomorrow. He only landed in S.Africa this morning

hangs up the pith helmet before it even got an airing

 

[magneze]

Certainly MPs will want a lot longer than two days to see which way the wind's blowing - in effect to find out whether it does in fact blow over over the recess.

Dang, I was getting so used to people resigning or being pushed out.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

In yet another U-Turn, Cameron is cutting his Africa trip short and is now coming back to the UK tomorrow. He only landed in S.Africa this morning

Let's hope he gets detained by Customs and Excise as he re-enters the country. Can't the police arrest him on suspicion of something or other? Running the country while under the influence of NI should be the initial charge.

 

[magneze]

Dodgy Disco Dave Dropped

I hope this is a headline we can look forward to.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Sting singing on the roof of the barbican.

I'd prefer 15 minutes of mantra-filled oompah, to be fair.

 

[invisibleplanet]

Hasn't Hayman already left the Met?

Yes, for News International.

During Hayman's recent visit to the stocks, he was ''pilloried as a Dodgy Geezer''.

Also:

Mr Hayman was reminded of a live radio broadcast in which he told Lord Prescott that there was no evidence his phone had been hacked.
Mr Hayman, the MPs reminded him, said he would “eat his words” if he was proved incorrect.
The Labour MP Steve McCabe asked Mr Hayman if he felt he owed Lord Prescott an apology. “Yeah,” he replied. “Of course I do.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...-Andy-Hayman-pilloried-as-a-dodgy-geezer.html

 

[butchersapron]

Who is the mate?

IPCC asked to investigate conduct of Yates, over reviewing hacking inquiry & allegedly inappropriately securing job for friend's daughter

 

[Streathamite]

The media/PR strategy in the US appears to be very different than over here. Here it's oh so humble apologies. Over there the WSJ today publishes an editorial claiming the journalism that uncovered all this is the equivalent of the wikileaks embassy stuff i.e they're trying to kill our boys. Along with a host of other aggressive attacks they'd not dare print over here. Plan to poison the atmosphere against people who attack Murdoch before any real US revelations come out.

fortunately, they can't go too OTT with using the WSJ as their attack dog; given the prestige of the WSJ - and who reads it - it would damage/cheapen the brand too much in it's readership's eyes

 

[T & P]

Courtesy of B3ta...

 

[butchersapron]

fortunately, they can't go too OTT with using the WSJ as their attack dog; given the prestige of the WSJ - and who reads it - it would damage/cheapen the brand too much in it's readership's eyes

They just did.

 

[agricola]

Who is the mate?

IPCC asked to investigate conduct of Yates, over reviewing hacking inquiry & allegedly inappropriately securing job for friend's daughter

Neil Wallis, according to the BBC (edit: and the Guardian now).

 

[butchersapron]

Sweet

 

[Streathamite]

I reckon Prescott's trying to get himself clear of the inevitable New Labour clusterfuck that's going to happen when relationships between former ministers and N.I/

tbh, why should he care? His rep - good or bad - is what it is - and he knows full well he's had his time at the centre of power. I think this is just a joyous revenge on an old enemy, that he's always secretly dreamt of, as have probably most Labour politicians who were there in the 80s