The Official Newscorp/UK end of season finale/Rebekah Brooks did 9/11 thread

prolego otm and i dont see wtf shaun wright-phillips has to do with it tbh

No idea, isn't the chancellor first in line for this kind of thing? He's been very quiet recently though. Would love to know what they have on him.

I had to check the PM page on wiki for backup and found this lovely official Cameron photo on there.

there's always boris.

the chancellor was the one who recommended coulson! though that could have been a ruthless move aimed at eventually destorying cameron. he's very ambition.

xp

George has problems with escort and coke, yes?

It'll be interesting to see how much pressure there is from the Tory right / Telegraph / Mail on Cameron in the next few weeks. They only tolerated him initially because he was reasonably popular. If that starts to slip, he might have trouble within the party. On the one hand, his cuts have probably been aggressive enough for most of them, on the other, he hasn't been particularly hardline on Europe or law and order. I'm sure that the whole party had fed from the NI trough at one point but none are tied so closely or would make such a convenient sacrifice. I can't really see it happening though. Who would step in? Pickles? Davies?

Also interesting to think about what the ostensible removal of the Murdoch influence might mean for his personal politics moving forward.

problems?

It'll be interesting to see how much pressure there is from the Tory right / Telegraph / Mail on Cameron in the next few weeks.

Already kicking in:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100097264/sir-paul-stephenson-resigns-this-is-grave-news-for-david-cameron/

PIIICKLLLLLLLLLLLEEESSS

Cameron speaks:

Sir Paul Stephenson has had a long and distinguished career in the police, and I would like to thank him for his service over many, many years.
Under his leadership the Metropolitan Police made good progress in fighting crime, continued its vital work in combating terrorism, and scored notable successes such as the policing of the Royal Wedding.
While I know that today must be a very sad occasion for him, I respect and understand his decision to leave the Met, and I wish him well for the future.
What matters most of all now is that the Metropolitan Police and the Metropolitan Police Authority do everything possible to ensure the investigations into phone hacking and alleged police corruption proceed with all speed, with full public confidence and with all the necessary leadership and resources to bring them to an effective conclusion.

From Osborne's last speech three days ago!

We have discussed chocolate biscuits, Tupperware, secret treaties and what Mr Skinner said in 1971, the year in which I was born.

NADINE DORRIES FOR PM

Loving waking up atm. Every day is like xmas.

This doesn't look good for ERII either, this all happened during her reign. Can we expect a "One abdicates" speech over this too?

Maybe Liz, Charles, and Wills can all abdicate one after the other, leaving Harry as king?

I mean, a guy who wears a Nazi to a fancy dress party has got to make the government look good by comparison.

Nazi uniform
oh dear...

Let it cascade down to Beatrice, who can become queen only if she wears that hat all day.

Wearing a Nazi is the in thing, don't you know.

'ere, guvnor, I 'ad that Goebbells on me 'ead last week!

Ow man, we're gonna need a bigger boatload of popcorn if all of that happens.

It's Cameron's involvement that makes me think that they're all going to get out of this relatively unscathed. Junior takes one for the team and does time in an open prison, getting let out early for 'good behaviour', but that's about it.

― Servants of the SBankh (snoball), Sunday, July 17, 2011 9:51 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark

returning to this, if the met is like every other organization of human beings in history, those slightly lower in the hierarchy will want to fill the power vacuum left by the departure of the discredited former top brass. so some part of justice may be served by their ambition, kind of thing.

Pippa will probably end up Queen.

lol @ dorries for PM.
& i had the same holy shit! feeling at wondering if clegg could somehow become PM out of this. it would be so amazing. it would be worth how terrible it would be just for how awkward it would be.

cameron doesn't control events, no-one does. there are conspiracies, sure, but cameron is clearly not on top of this situation

yeah for the talk of osbourne being quiet i really do think it's weird that cameron's been so useless w/this - you'd have thought he'd be trying to get ahead of the story, & wonder if there's a fear of something that's stopping him from doing so.

also waking up every morning knowing more of this shit is coming OTM. there was a comment is free piece about how this 'isn't britain's worst crisis', which sort of misses the point, that it's britain's best crisis.

Surely the Tory Right would rather be in Opposition than have Clegg as PM?

they mayn't have a choice?

theresa may preparing to give a statement at 10pm on a sunday makes me feel like she might've killed bin laden?, or at least the bin laden of this story, rupert murdoch?

xp Clegg would have to be PM at least temporarily, but the TR would fight to have one of their number as PM.

NADINE DORRIES FOR PM

― prolego, Sunday, 17 July 2011 22:11 (18 minutes ago)

thought this said NANDO TORRES for a second

neither of them have scored in the last 6 months

the appraisal of telegraph blogwriters and other assorted bankrupts is rather wishfully END TIMES

cameron is ~gonna get thru this~

not without a few kickings, still

slam dunk from NV

Cameron is kind of obligated to be on the back foot with all this. every additional word he says about it reminds people of his involvement with Coulson. his hands are tied.

A roffly detail:

The prime minister is currently en route on a foreign trip. His location is being kept a secret for security reasons, according to the BBC. However he was informed about Stephenson's resignation before flying and is being kept informed in the air.

"Called Siberia, I think, don't worry, plenty of room."

he will make a new life in mexico

for Cameron to go, I think it'll take somebody senior in the Government to deal the first blow. Can't see that happening.

yah pretty sure georgie never did that

Wasn't one K. Clarke famously anti-Murdoch at one point? He's been quite quiet too.

What a day this was. Cmon Tuesday already.

So where is Cameron that he needs to be secretive, Afghanistan - surely too dangerous currently (and hasn't he just been there)? Iraq? Scotland?

Australia, obv. Murdoch's mom is already getting her knife ready.

libya?

He's en route to South Africa.

any chance if cameron cred was destroted lib dems would make common cause w labour and form new coalition?

the lib dem leadership would need to be completely removed, don't think there are any likely insurgents from outside the cabinet

triumphant return of charlie kennedy would be fun tho

"Secondly, once Mr Wallis's name did become associated with Operation Weeting, I did not want to compromise the Prime Minister in any way by revealing or discussing a potential suspect who clearly had a close relationship with Mr Coulson. I am aware of the many political exchanges in relation to Mr Coulson's previous employment — I believe it would have been extraordinarily clumsy of me to have exposed the Prime Minister, or by association the Home Secretary, to any accusation, however unfair, as a consequence of them being in possession of operational information in this regard. Similarly, the Mayor. Because of the individuals involved, their positions and relationships, these were I believe unique circumstances.

I'm still trying to get to get to grips with this bit. It's late and I'm tired, can someone re-write it for me in one sentence?

"I'm a coward and I hate myself but I hate Cameron even more."

Dunno but Cam's guys are spinning vehemently against Stephenson as we speak. Nothing so entertaining as a falling out of thieves.