i mean.. is rupert all there? as the french say, "is he alone in his head?"
....................................................................NOPE
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
This is amazing stuff.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
so many awkward pauses
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
Rupert goin' for the Confused Old Man sympathy vote here or what?
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
james is such a bully!
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
this isn't good enough...he is treating the entire process with contempt.
― LocalGarda, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
haha murdoch minor getting sarky, "oh would you like me to answer questions now?"
― c sharp major, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
the 'junior soprano'
MarinaHyde Couldn't Rupert have brought along an ear trumpet? It would have made a sympathetic prop 2 minutes ago via TweetDeck
props to my work proxy for cutting off all live radio + video feeds after 30 seconds, how do you do it
― ledge, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
Ach, just let him do the whole of the questioning.
― natalie imbroglio (suzy), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man have his lawyers told him to act like a senial old fool or is that just him? Is he going to die just to get out of this?
― I am Louise Boat (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
james has got a pretty bad high blood pressure flush.
― estela, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
shocked! appalled! ashamed!
― Samantha Mumbahton (seandalai), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
lol at the guy next to tom watson just fucking LOVING IT
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
did james actually just use the word "quantum" for like no reason at all? how do you learn to blather meaninglessly like that?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
drama
Watson is so darned brave, hard as nails
staring into the eyes of the monster
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
Just the Millie Dowler case, he don't care about the rest.
What are Tom Watson's politics like? Do we like him outside of this?
― I am Louise Boat (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
Aiannucci Armando IannucciYou know that bit in Celebrity Mastermind when the celeb goes completely blank on their specialist subject? Like that, but not for charity.
Yeah, "quantum" was balls. Job interview failure.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
there needs to be a killer question, maybe they're holding off so as to not influence later proceedings but
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
JM's voice is so fascinating, like he went to a hypnotise-people-into-having-sex-with-you course and learned how to soothe.
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
2.57pm: Tom Watson is engaging in a thorough and detailed questioning of Rupert Murdoch of the details of the phone hacking investigations carried out internally at News International - who knew what, and when. Rupert Murdoch, who is 80, appears to be having considerable trouble following the questions and finding appropriate answers. There are long pauses between the end of Watson's questions and Murdoch's answers.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 15:00 (45 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
spending time with an ilxor, as we have already figured out.
Tom used to be on the centre-right of the party back in the day so he's probably more or less considered a communist now
― don't be so dayo (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
TW's been playing it down saying there will be no denouement, i don't know what could happen that would be conclusive; how unappealingly they're coming off is probably not a bad result here
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
james still thinks they are running a show.
― estela, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
wow, "sit down and shut up, Junior"
wow wow
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
"We were the ones breaking the law, it was the Police's job to sort us out, bitch."
― I am Louise Boat (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
how unappealingly they're coming off is probably not a bad result here
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:02 (26 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I agree, that's a pretty decent pay-off and could easily bollocks his share value within minutes
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
they're being very careful not to commit themselves to any position that can be disproved later. committee can't do much about that rather than keep probing away. this was never gonna be the Murdochs' trial.
― don't be so dayo (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
― don't be so dayo (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 15:02 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol. shame. if ever the labour party needed someone who knows how to pwn the right like he is currently doing... wait, whatever happened to ed balls?
― I am Louise Boat (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!!!
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
looooool "broken our trust with our readers"
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
no-one has said that out loud yet, right. is tom watson caek's bro y/n
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder if they will come off badly, in others' eyes
I guess you get out of this what you want to put in
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
two summaries from bbc feed i'm wanting a 'Like' button for
1502: James Murdoch says it would be "more helpful" to ask him about details of decisions. Mr Watson replies it is "revealing in itself" what Rupert Murdoch does not know.
1501: Tom Watson - the man who once shouted that Michael Gove was a "miserable pipsqueak" across the Commons - is being very softly spoken in his questioning of Rupert Murdoch.
― blueski, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
Friggin' BBC feed!!!!!!!!!
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
it's on the guardian yohttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/jul/19/phone-hacking-rupert-murdoch-rebekah-brooks-mps
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
4/5 of our main free-to-air channels are carrying this
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
laughter when murdoch utters the actual sentence "i just did what i was told"
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
#backdoorgate
― Samantha Mumbahton (seandalai), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
ok what r murdoch saying "i just did what i was told" can someone gif this and loop it
― c sharp major, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha xpost
lol
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
This is getting more comic, more strange.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
lawd sugah twolling now
― blueski, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
so when's bonnie langford up
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
australia scotland translator required
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
aaaaaaaaaahahahaha, rupert can't do scottish xp
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link