DEM not gonna CON dis NATION: Rolling UK politics in the short-lived Cleggeron era

No mention in that one of emerging questions about the Wall St. Journal's own topcats (but surely he checked in with WSJ reporters to reassure them, how thoughtful). Four Demo senators also requested the FBI's investigation, which has now commenced, though very professionally hush-hush (so far). Be interesting to see if any of Peter King's fellow Crazytown colleagues will follow his possible lapse into lucidity, or will Rush warn them off (does he consider himself a rival of Rupert's? Or the enemy of my enemy etc? Might be too bad Beck has left Fox, although his defense of Rupert might not have had the desired effect, if he'd even bothered, in the last year or so). the xp mention of James Murdoch possibly violating Uncle Sam's Corrupt Foreigh Practices Act (may not be exact name) could lead to re-examination of Murdoch's American business licenses, for inst by FCC, re "fit and proper"clause (seldom invoked, though.) Latebreaking: Rupert may als oface probes Down Under.

lol at the idea of the FCC ever acting on anything other than enriching the current crop of broadcasters

uh somehow the UK and US politics threads got switched around

In that vein: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/14/hacking-murdoch-paid-us-lobbyists

This whole Neil Wallis thing is fucking nuts.

― dog latrine (NickB), Thursday, July 14, 2011 4:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

yeah add that to andy hayman becoming an NI columnist propagandizing for the met and, well, shit.

Brooks has resigned.

no sword handy for her to fall on?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8639163/Phone-Hacking-Rupert-Murdochs-daugher-in-furious-attack-on-Rebekah-Brooks.html

hmmmm

r b rebekah brooks shd do the decent thing and spread shit everywhere

yeah well obv she is now totally off the Murdoch pay-roll and will in no way continue to be supported by him

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/jul/15/phone-hacking-live-coverage

Maybe there's a good position opening up at the Prime Minister's office.

r b rebekah brooks shd do the decent thing and spread shit everywhere

anticipating this, esp if she left amid elisabeth-induced ~rancour~

i think elisabeth isn't taken v seriously within or outside the company.

brooks taking people out on the way down is too much to hope for. but let us pray.

not her style

but you have to wonder - why didn't this happen a week ago? thus presumably saving NOTW?

she apparently tweeted that "this time" her resignation "was accepted"

yeah the nominal story is that she offered to resign last week and they turned it down, but this week they accepted. obviously they are all liars, but that doesn't seem crazy.

why not?

oh that they are all liars doesn't seem crazy? no, no it doesn't. i just wonder what they're lying about exactly.

still plumping for a "kill NOTW before the police get their hands on our EXPLOSIVE SECRETS" angle

She says "I" 14 times in her resignation letter

so?

oh that they are all liars doesn't seem crazy? no, no it doesn't. i just wonder what they're lying about exactly.

― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, July 15, 2011 10:41 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

no i mean the nominal story seems plausible.

newscorp was clearly blindsided by how far this has gone. i think they were hoping it would blow over or that closing notw would do the job or something.

yeah they've never looked in control of this, every act feels like a flailing damage limitation effort

yeah, this matt wells thing is otm

A problem that News Corporation has faced throughout this saga is its inability to get on the front foot. Rebekah Brooks's resignation should have been accepted when she first apparently offered it, a week ago. James and Rupert Murdoch should have accepted the invitation to appear in front of the select committee when it was first issued, rather than have to be served a summons parliamentary officials. News Corp is still focused on sorting out a problem in the UK when the storm clouds are gathering around Les Hinton in the US. The FBI has just launched a criminal investigation and Democrat senators are champing at the bit.

Giles Coren: "I like Rebekah Brooks. She's a good person, and i'm sad that she's gone. And I don't give a flying fuck what Twitter thinks."

Twat

his sister's so lovely too

it's hard to believe that even as of last week they weren't grokking the depth of public outrage, but i after something blows over five, six times, you sort of expect it to blow over again

tbf i don't care what twitter thinks.

seems concievable to me that that extra week of Brooks' employment might have been used well behind closed doors, ie the Murdochs hashing out terms where she wouldn't be likely to spill beans/drop NI in it further still

might prove to be the opposite, granted

all this talk of a "desire to remain on the bridge" just makes me think of

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii293/Thee_DG/twok0031.jpg

nah i fully assume this is a tactical resignation and she's still in the inner circle

I'm paranoid so I'm convinced that Cameron + the Tories are in contact with News Corp and there's some manoeuvring to and fro going on here.

don't even think that's in doubt except the bargaining probably extends beyond Eton Dave even

still plumping for a "kill NOTW before the police get their hands on our EXPLOSIVE SECRETS" angle

there was that weird elliptical line credited to brooks, from her speech to staffers, that people would understand in a year why it was necessary. part of me is expecting the huge other story about hacking to break, but given that NI has tried to hack the sitting prime minister i can't really imagine what is bigger. NI killed pac? really?

i do think it's bizarre it's happening now, you would think it's become necessary in light of next week maybe.

for a guy that loves the public eye Blair's been v. quiet

I'm assuming it won't be hacking phones, it'll be computers and possibly break-ins (xp)

will she still appear before the select committee?

101 News Of The World Shocking Hacking Revelations Still To Come

Go on then, have a guess.

according to mon bruv it's computers + terrorism

+ security services

can't wait for the final montage of this end of season finale

although computer hacking is probably not such a good story for the_public

"It is right that Rebekah Brooks has resigned. No-one should exercise power without responsibility”, says Ed Miliband. Partially quoting Spiderman.

Funny how Giles Coren salutes the courage, strength and indefatigability of the woman who wrote the cheques that paid for his big house and put his kids through school,

xp not surprising that Miliband is a comics fan.

resigning on bbc/nuj strike day? what are the chances?!

Looks like Brooks won't be answering questions.. James' email to News Corp employees says:

"Next week, my father and I will appear before the CMS Select Committee and will speak to them directly about our determination to put things right."

basically just waiting to hear now that they also went out and committed their own acts of terrorism to create stories.