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Andy Coulson - the scandal that won't go away
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According to reports in today's Guardian / Observer there are new disclosures linking Cameron's sidekick with the phone hacking scandal..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/03/phone-hacking-scandal-andy-coulson
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/03/phone-hacking-scandal-andy-coulson
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Of course there is. It's day one of the Conservative Conference.
I was going to start a thread asking why our political memories were so short - thanks for proving me wrong
They should have to follow the rules just like every citizen has to.
How things have moved on! Now the press, who've rejected the government regulator and set up their own, have announced who'll be on it. One member is William Newman. Who's he? You may ask. Well, take a look at this,
Newman was the Sun's managing editor at the time editor Kelvin MacKenzie published its infamous account of the disaster, published on the 19 April 1989 under the headline "The Truth".
The coverage accused quoted unnamed police accusing "some fans" of urinating on the dead, pickpocketing bodies and beating up police officers giving the kiss of life.
In the wake of widespread criticism Newman sent a letter to families and complainants defending the coverage.
The letter said that the Sun "cannot possibly apologise for the factsn ... it is the Sun's duty as a newspaper to publish information, however hurtful and unpalatable it may be at the time".
The Hillsborough Independent Panel said that the letter arrived at homes of the bereaved as funerals were being arranged, and offered "no apology other than a dismissive comment that the presentation of the story could have caused offence".
Newman went on to become the Sun's complaints ombudsman.
And the papers think Newman is a good choice to regulate them! Even stranger, they think we should believe he's a good choice to make impartial judgements on press behaviour!
From the article. Worthless then.
Anonymous source tells Channel Four David Cameron's media adviser would ask for recordings to be played for him at News of the World
Never a better opportunity for it to impact on the rogues.
Currently at defence closing statements...will be with the jury any day now
Thanks.:)
If that was aimed at me, I wasn't talking about Coulson.
You are very touchy aren't you? It was not aimed. It was an observation and a hint to all and sundry who might have posted something that the mods found objectionable.
I didn't make any assumptions. That's why I said "If", particularly since your post followed mine and you hadn't previously acted as the forum monitor. In case you are in any doubt, I was referring to members of your beloved Conservative Party.
I wasn't acting as a monitor. That's the job of the mods. And you have let yourself down by making a nasty unwarranted personal remark.