between that & vetting a proposed labour addition to the committee last night, the tories recalcitrance is nagl; just further compounds the image of them as resistant to any change, & mired in it all
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:59 (twelve years ago) link
Like anyone has listened to anything Neil Kinnock has had to say since "WELL, AWWLLLLLLLLLLRIIIIIIIIGGHHHHHT!"
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:01 (twelve years ago) link
lol
will all this be a huge anti-climax, y/n, paying special attention to how disappointing this kind of thing usually is. i guess it's interesting to see how brooks plays it under the spotlight and all.
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:03 (twelve years ago) link
is there any more news on the anonymous/lulzsec/antisec hack? The redirect was fun and all, but are they really now sitting on a huge pile of NI emails?
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:07 (twelve years ago) link
Anti-climax: information and reveal-wise I'd say yes. But they are put on the spot. Hope the MPs questions won't be too cringe-worthy or facepalm.gif
― Asamoah Nyan (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:07 (twelve years ago) link
's a pity Chris Bryant's not on this committee
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:10 (twelve years ago) link
ya it will be fun to see them shifting around in their seats like the grim reptilians they surely are
― MY WEEDS STRONG BLUD.mp3 (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:10 (twelve years ago) link
You're referring to the as-yet-unexamined David Icke theory about Hackgate, I take it?
― Neil S, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:11 (twelve years ago) link
is anyone running a book on how often they'll say I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO DISCUSS THAT
― MY WEEDS STRONG BLUD.mp3 (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:12 (twelve years ago) link
Face? Bovvered? Catherine Tate shoo-in for Rebekah role in any upcoming drama?
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01950/murdoch-bingo-hack_1950101c.jpg
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:15 (twelve years ago) link
Does anybody else think she's been pulling "Nicole Kidman" faces in all the photos recently, trying to affect the selection process for "someone to play me in the eventual movie"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:15 (twelve years ago) link
^ ha, yes. But it's still a gimme for Tate (if Mick Hucknall decides he doesn't want a career in acting).
Cheers for Grauniad suggestion, will prob do that along with Twitter and this thread.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:20 (twelve years ago) link
I am not expecting much new information to emerge from the hearings today. However from the imaginary film version perspective, forcing Rupert Murdoch to answer questions on the affair in a public forum must surely count as a dramatic highlight.
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:24 (twelve years ago) link
I am pretty ignorant re the MPs on the committee - given that they are politicians I presume that a fair amount of grandstanding / showboating is likely?
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.wikia.com/godfather/images/8/87/Michael_Corleone_senate.jpg
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
People have started saying WRONG a lot, I've noticed.
"We now recognise this was WRONG."
Such a handy word. It sounds forceful and conclusive, and yet it's such a fudge at heart. What KIND of wrong?
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
Notice how Stephenson is rubbing his watch with his right index-finger almost all the time
― Asamoah Nyan (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
Don't think the masons can help him now
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:28 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEszTzdUMcY
― ledge, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:29 (twelve years ago) link
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I guess Al Calavicci isn't showing up just yet.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:30 (twelve years ago) link
nicola blackwood POW
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:33 (twelve years ago) link
(Side question: What the fuck is Julian Assange doing playing rhythm guitar for Cher in that video?)
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:33 (twelve years ago) link
Per the NYTimes piece on News Corp's - News Corpse? Noose Corpse? - this will end with Murdoch literally buying Parliament.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:35 (twelve years ago) link
i am kind of bored now, there's only so long a man finding new ways of saying DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING NO REASON FOR ME TO KNOW ANYTHING can be entertaining
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:38 (twelve years ago) link
Phone hacking was not a priority for the Met, admits Sir Paul, unlike the "night stalker" rapist case, the murder of Stephen Lawrence...
Did a really good job on those two cases guys *thumbs up*
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
And know he's quite obviously beating around the bush.
THERE'S A REASON I HAD DINNER WITH NOTW A MILLION TIMES.. BUT I AGREE THIS SHOULD BE DONE DIFFERENTLY. The question was, WHY did you dine with them so often.
― Asamoah Nyan (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:43 (twelve years ago) link
He was hungry.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:45 (twelve years ago) link
lol at this:
@BBCMichaelCrickMichael CrickRumour among Cons MPs that Coulson kept diary since joining Cam. Sensational if so. Even Coulson memoirs 2014 cld wreck Cons election hopes
― Neil S, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
£1,000 a day and wallis was the cheapest option available?!
*changes career*
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
My workmates would give no fuck about this shit at all but I'm still tempted to use it as an excuse to be late tomorrow.
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:57 (twelve years ago) link
Woke up to this on the radio. How come everyone in the room keeps laughing?
― emil.y, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:58 (twelve years ago) link
Depressing lunchroom convo today: workmate peruses paper, says "oh, [AFL footy player] is resigning". I'm like "uh whatever... how about this Murdoch scandal?" and he looked at me like I grew 2 heads :(
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:00 (twelve years ago) link
I got that too Trayce, from people who read murdoch tabloids
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:01 (twelve years ago) link
We only have the Age at work in the lunch room, there was no excuse! :(
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:01 (twelve years ago) link
But, even my own bf had no idea about all this shenanigans, but he is in the middle of a masters thesis so I'll give him a pass.
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:02 (twelve years ago) link
A key phone-hacking suspect worked for senior detectives while he was chief crime reporter of the News of the World, the Standard reveals today. The activities of Neville Thurlbeck, which date back to 1995, trigger new fears of collusion between the Met and the press. Thurlbeck, who was arrested on suspicion of illegally accessing voicemail messages in April, has admitted working as an official police source under the codename "George". He gave a "substantial volume of information that was extremely useful" to Scotland Yard and the security services.
The activities of Neville Thurlbeck, which date back to 1995, trigger new fears of collusion between the Met and the press.
Thurlbeck, who was arrested on suspicion of illegally accessing voicemail messages in April, has admitted working as an official police source under the codename "George".
He gave a "substantial volume of information that was extremely useful" to Scotland Yard and the security services.
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:17 (twelve years ago) link
This is all turning out like a season 3 Bab 5 episode mixed with Jennifer Government :/
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:20 (twelve years ago) link
Could be worse, my boss defended Murdoch on Monday. Because he didn't know anything was happening, y'know.
― Scritti Eros Poli (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:23 (twelve years ago) link
KathViner Stephenson: 10 out of 45 press officers at the Met have worked for NI! #hackgate 3 minutes ago via web
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
everyone has just says 'ask yates' so far
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:37 (twelve years ago) link
Stephenson: 10 out of 45 press officers at the Met have worked for NI! #hackgate 3 minutes ago via web
it sounds like a technicality but i was surprised that this question was phrased based on current data - eg, how many ex-NI staff are there now, rather than over the past decade, throughout key periods, etc, how many ex-NI staff have there been on hand
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg740/scaled.php?tn=0&server=740&filename=lkpqg.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640
― I got ten felonies / bitch I'm Craig Bellamy (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
Finally!
I thought it'd be out last week as a special. Too much happening I guess.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
vaz's attack dog style is getting plaudits but i'm also taken by nicola blackwood's dry-as-a-bone supercilious approach. speaking very slowly as though to a slightly stupid six-year-old.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://in.reuters.com/video/2011/07/19/british-pm-discusses-media-in-nigeria
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
Yates up next.
― scraping wheatus off the wheel (NickB), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
boggling at how fedorcio attained such a senior position in any organisation, that was embarrassing
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
#scintillagate
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
Alistair Campbell on Daily Politics right now...
― natalie imbroglio (suzy), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:08 (twelve years ago) link