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

[DexterTCN]

Smith looks like orville the duck.

 

[DexterTCN]

Is the Swan Lake thing important? Surely Hunt's diary would confirm where he was on the evening of 9/2/11?

 

[London_Calling]

I quite look forward to Blair talking about that trip (pre-97 election) to Australia to perform for Murdoch.

At least he's had a nice few days to sort the Middle East out top up the tan.

 

[London_Calling]

Not watching but you'd prob want to use the Swan Lake thing as it confirms Michel as a professional-level bullshitter.

 

[DexterTCN]

They'll get fuck all out of Blair unless he wants to put the boot in, which he most likely won't.

 

[gabi]

Blair's not gonna reveal much. Osborne's the next juicy target methinks.

 

[Pickman's model]

I quite look forward to Blair talking about that trip (pre-97 election) to Australia to perform for Murdoch.

At least he's had a nice few days to sort the Middle East out top up the tan.

he goes to the same tanning salon as george galloway and kilroy silk

 

[gosub]

he goes to the same tanning salon as george galloway and kilroy silk

if only:

 

[Roadkill]

Cameron has been defending Hunt's handling of the bid.

"Some people are saying there was some great conspiracy between me and Rupert Murdoch to do some big deal to back them in return for support. Rupert Murdoch has said that's not true, James Murdoch has said that's not true, I have said that's not true. There was no great conspiracy."

Because, of course, James and Rupert Murdoch are trustworthy sources, and so is a Prime Minister who during his election campaign promised no top-down reorganisation of the NHS whilst exactly that was being prepared.

Keep digging, Dave...

 

[Lock&Light]

Is the Swan Lake thing important? Surely Hunt's diary would confirm where he was on the evening of 9/2/11?

There's talk now of it being a mistake. Apparently it was the film "Black Swan" that Hunt went to.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Can you watch the trial anywhere online?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Can you watch the trial anywhere online?

The Inquiry livestreams from here.

 

[sleaterkinney]

cheers

 

[Streathamite]

Sacking Hunt, although it's certainly welcome, is merely the same thing again. Another fire-wall.

yep, but it removes a layer of insulation from Cameron

 

[teqniq]

Atm Cameron seems to be prepared to defend Hunt come what may, I am hoping this will prove to be a disastrous error on his part.

 

[Streathamite]

Atm Cameron seems to be prepared to defend Hunt come what may, I am hoping this will prove to be a disastrous error on his part.

I'm certain it will. ATM he needs to put as much distance between himself and everything murdochian - remember, he set up Leveson to massage away his personal closeness to them

 

[sleaterkinney]

Hunt - "good to be a hate figure, Maggie would be proud of me!"

 

[DexterTCN]

Lovely (though unchecked for errors) piece in the Indie. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/m...news-corp-revealed-7788308.html#disqus_thread

Tonight Downing Street said that “in the cold light of day” the texts looked embarrassing and the relationship was “all a bit unorthodox” but insisted that they were not inappropriate.​

...straw...camel...back....

Awesome, it's like watching some kind of tsunami eat everything and everyone up as it's going.

 

[Schmetterling]

Lovely (though unchecked for errors) piece in the Indie. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/m...news-corp-revealed-7788308.html#disqus_thread


...straw...camel...back....

Awesome, it's like watching some kind of tsunami eat everything and everyone up as it's going.

'I was bending over to polish my shoes while not wearing any trousers when I toppled backwards and, inadvertantly, fell onto the truncheon. And that is all I have to say on the matter. Thank you!'

 

[agricola]

I'm certain it will. ATM he needs to put as much distance between himself and everything murdochian - remember, he set up Leveson to massage away his personal closeness to them

The problem with that theory is that his closeness to Murdoch and NI cannot be massaged away, he was clearly very close to them for a variety of reasons and it would be almost impossible to plausibly pretend that he wasnt.

Cameron's real problem is more that this story has become about him, when there are very compelling reasons why it should be more about NI and Labour - after all, almost all of the worst behaviour that has come out happened on their watch, it is almost certain that they were aware of what went on from at the latest mid 2006 (and in all likelyhood several years earlier than this), and they were much closer to NI than the Tories ever were and for a much longer period of time.

 

[laptop]

there are very compelling reasons why it should be more about NI and Labour

In the history books, perhaps - after the Chequers meeting with Thatcher, of course.

But this stuff came out on Cameron's watch. That's what matters in politics.

 

[Santino]

It's what makes it particularly funny.

 

[laptop]

Meanwhile, yesterday I missed:
Operation Elveden police make 30th arrest

37-year-old woman, understood to be a journalist who works for News International

 

[elbows]

The shit is mounting up

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-questions-over-links-to-murdoch-7791515.html

George Osborne is "happy to be called" to the Leveson inquiry over his links to the Murdoch empire, it emerged last night, after his most senior aide was reported to the Cabinet Secretary over an alleged Budget leak to a News Corp lobbyist.

As Leveson enters what may be its most dramatic week, there were reports in Whitehall that Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, is planning to resign after giving evidence on Thursday. A spokesman for Mr Hunt denied that he was ready to quit, but a Whitehall source said the minister had told aides he was prepared to resign after his appearance.

Last night, Rupert Harrison, Mr Osborne's chief of staff, was reported to Sir Jeremy Heywood, the Cabinet Secretary, for allegedly briefing market-sensitive information from the coalition's first Budget of June 2010.
In an email to Fred Michel, News Corp's head of public affairs in Europe, four days before the Budget, and published last Friday, Mr Harrison wrote: "Obviously, I can't really comment on Budget policy decisions now, but I would just point out we have said nothing over the last few weeks or months that would suggest any extension of VAT".
The Labour MP Tom Watson wrote to Sir Jeremy saying that any "reasonable person" would understand that Mr Harrison was ruling out VAT on newspapers. He said the information was "clearly market sensitive and of direct interest to News Corporation". Mr Watson asked Sir Jeremy to investigate whether the contents of the email breached the code of conduct for special advisers and the Cabinet Office's guidance on government communications.

In another damaging development for No 10, one of Mr Cameron's top aides was accused of breaching Civil Service guidelines by inviting Mr Michel into a ministerial policy-making meeting. Emails released to Leveson show that on 2 December 2010, Rohan Silva, who at the time was deputy to Mr Cameron's strategist Steve Hilton, suggested that Mr Michel could attend a meeting at the Department for Energy and Climate Change to discuss carbon emissions.

But the apparent friendly relationship that Mr Michel shared with another No 10 figure, following the disclosure of text messages he exchanged with Gabby Bertin, Mr Cameron's press secretary, and Craig Oliver, his director of communications, will fuel fears that Downing Street was, in effect, on the same side as News Corp.

Im enjoying this. And now a song that isn't really appropriate but I feel like singing it anyway.

As I was walking down the street one day
I saw a house on fire
There was man, shouting and screaming at an upper-storey window
To the crowd that was gathered there below
For he was sore afraid

Jump! You fucker, jump!
Jump into this here blanket what we are holding
And you will be all right
He jumped, hit the deck, broke his fucking neck -
There was no blanket

Laugh?! We nearly shat!
We had not laughed so much since Grandma died
Or Auntie Mabel caught her left tit in the mangle
We are miserable sinners
Fi-i-ilthy fuckers

Ahhhrrrr-soles

 

[London_Calling]

Yep, word is Jezza will be leaving as part of a 'reshuffle'.

 

[butchersapron]

What word? Where did you hear it from?

 

[Random]

Yep, word is Jezza will be leaving as part of a 'reshuffle'.

Have you seen the threads full of people disgusted at you racially abusing refused yet? I don't think you've actually admitted it was racist, or apologised, have you?

 

[Random]

Here's a sample of some of the appalled responses, btw L_C, so you don't have to go searching.

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Bloody hell, that is way out of order! I thought better of you than that, London Calling...

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Shit, that's appalling. Down with London Calling. Bring back Refused As Fuck'

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I wasn't aware of that post, but I've checked the context. I'd call it unacceptable.

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I'm a bit wtf? by that L_C comment tbh. Fucking grim stuff. I'd never really noticed him much on here before.

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I knew he was a tedious little shit completely without any content but I didn't realise he was a racist twat.

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Yep, I'd struggle to come up with any context that excused that - full stop. LC - any explanation? Apology?

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That's shit. Driven away by inexcusable abuse.

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He got a warning?

what bollocks...

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spot on. Having looked at a few pages of the spurs thread I'd be prepared to accept the comment was some horribly misjudged attempt at an 'ironic' use of a racial epithet. Only thing to do in those circumstances is get a quick, genuine, apology in. Only looked at couple of the following pages, but what really pissed me off was LC's narky self justifications. Also, you don't have much credit in the bank when your default setting is arsey superiority.

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[Lock&Light]

Have you seen the threads full of people disgusted at you racially abusing refused yet? I don't think you've actually admitted it was racist, or apologised, have you?

There's a dedicated thread for that argument. You should stick to it.

 

[Athos]

Here's a sample of some of the appalled responses, btw L_C, so you don't have to go searching.

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Bloody hell, that is way out of order! I thought better of you than that, London Calling...

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Shit, that's appalling. Down with London Calling. Bring back Refused As Fuck'

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I wasn't aware of that post, but I've checked the context. I'd call it unacceptable.

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I'm a bit wtf? by that L_C comment tbh. Fucking grim stuff. I'd never really noticed him much on here before.

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I knew he was a tedious little shit completely without any content but I didn't realise he was a racist twat.

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Yep, I'd struggle to come up with any context that excused that - full stop. LC - any explanation? Apology?

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That's shit. Driven away by inexcusable abuse.

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He got a warning?

what bollocks...

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spot on. Having looked at a few pages of the spurs thread I'd be prepared to accept the comment was some horribly misjudged attempt at an 'ironic' use of a racial epithet. Only thing to do in those circumstances is get a quick, genuine, apology in. Only looked at couple of the following pages, but what really pissed me off was LC's narky self justifications. Also, you don't have much credit in the bank when your default setting is arsey superiority.

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What was the comment?