Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
In the films this is where he sobs in the bogs. Then, deep breath to compose himself and he walks back in, strings playing in a minor key in the background. How do you spell schaudenfreude?
Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail "hacked by News of the World"
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gosub
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bbbuuutttt he's going to lose all his olympic free tickets
In the films this is where he sobs in the bogs. Then, deep breath to compose himself and he walks back in, strings playing in a minor key in the background. How do you spell schaudenfreude?
not like that
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
he's gone - got to go. The idea that the govt coiuld ensure impartiality by appointing a pro-bid guy to an oversight role is so ridiculous as to be utterly unsustainable.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I think that's the image he might want to give out publicly, but it's clear he was happy to act as Murdoch's man as far back as November - and the evidence is that he went into that role with his eyes open and pursued this role in a diligent fashion.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
I can't watch stuff like this, I have a very sensitive awkward-reflex, I'm just following the Guardian blog on this one.
Thing is, his boss can't sack him. He's about the last piece of the firewall protecting the big man himself.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Iain Martin, Political journalist, The Telegraph
tweets: @MotoClark Hunt is a decent man, out of his depth with the Murdochs and Cameron. Should have resigned a month ago.
tweets: @MotoClark Hunt is a decent man, out of his depth with the Murdochs and Cameron. Should have resigned a month ago.
Well yes perhaps...but if he's a decent man he should resign and dish the dirt on everyone. I'd respect him more for that.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Tbf, it's no worse than their individual efforts of the front bench to show most disinterest to the electorate.
This is all Hunts way of saying to Osbourne and Cameron "Hey guys, I'm cabinet material, I too can show utter disrespect for any notion of propriety and public interest"
elbows
Well-Known Member
Thats not how it often works. They needed him to survive till today so that some of the heat from todays revelations will be dealt with by him resigning. If he'd already gone before today then Osborne, Cameron etc would take far more direct heat today as they are next in line.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
TBH that has probably happened quite a lot since 1997, though such things rarely get exposed in the way that this has.
magneze
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Cameron's judgement again. Funny how this keeps coming up ...
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
It's like Jeremy Kyle for posh people.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
'decent man' ?!?! What the fuck.
Hes a deceitful corrupt cunt who - like the rest of the tories - belive they are born to rule and that laws and regulations are for the little people and not for the likes of them.
Though I'll be sparing a thought for him crying all the way through the olympics - and that thought will be -
Hes a deceitful corrupt cunt who - like the rest of the tories - belive they are born to rule and that laws and regulations are for the little people and not for the likes of them.
Though I'll be sparing a thought for him crying all the way through the olympics - and that thought will be -
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sleaterkinney
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Politician in lying bastard shock.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
how did this man ever have enough smarts to create Hotcourses?
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
that's the fun bit...
Schmetterling
I saw something nasty in the woodshed!
And aaaaall because Davey-Boy wants to impress the wifey and the in-laws.....
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
grauniad have put together a timeline. Just on its own this should kill him:
Around midday: The European commission unconditionally approved News Corporation's bid to take full control of BSkyB on competition grounds.
12.57pm: Jeremy Hunt text to James Murdoch: "Great and congrats on Brussels. Just Ofcom to go."
2.30pm: The BBC publishes Vince Cable's comments to undercover Daily Telegraph reporters, in which the business secretary said: "I don't know if you have been following what has been happening with the Murdoch press, where I have declared war on Mr Murdoch and I think we are going to win."
3.56pm: News Corporation statement: "News Corp is shocked and dismayed by reports of Mr Cable's comments. They raise serious questions about fairness and due process."
4pm: Hunt has a phone call with James Murdoch, discussing Cable's comments.
4.08pm: Hunt texts George Osborne, the chancellor, to say he is "seriously worried we are going to screw this up" regarding the BSkyB bid, and, in a second text, says Murdoch is accusing Cable of "acute bias" over the bid.
4.58pm: Osborne texts Hunt: "I hope you like our solution."
5.45pm: Downing Street announces that Cable has been stripped of responsibility for the BSkyB decision and that responsibility has been handed to Hunt.
Around midday: The European commission unconditionally approved News Corporation's bid to take full control of BSkyB on competition grounds.
12.57pm: Jeremy Hunt text to James Murdoch: "Great and congrats on Brussels. Just Ofcom to go."
2.30pm: The BBC publishes Vince Cable's comments to undercover Daily Telegraph reporters, in which the business secretary said: "I don't know if you have been following what has been happening with the Murdoch press, where I have declared war on Mr Murdoch and I think we are going to win."
3.56pm: News Corporation statement: "News Corp is shocked and dismayed by reports of Mr Cable's comments. They raise serious questions about fairness and due process."
4pm: Hunt has a phone call with James Murdoch, discussing Cable's comments.
4.08pm: Hunt texts George Osborne, the chancellor, to say he is "seriously worried we are going to screw this up" regarding the BSkyB bid, and, in a second text, says Murdoch is accusing Cable of "acute bias" over the bid.
4.58pm: Osborne texts Hunt: "I hope you like our solution."
5.45pm: Downing Street announces that Cable has been stripped of responsibility for the BSkyB decision and that responsibility has been handed to Hunt.
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