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
chief of staff again!
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
HE IS THE MOLE
Media committee's John Whittingdale is Facebook friends with Rebekah Brooks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8644425/Phone-hacking-Media-committees-John-Whittingdale-is-Facebook-friends-with-Rebekah-Brooks.html
John Whittingdale MP is also friends with Les Hinton, a long time Murdoch ally who quit last week.
Mr Whittingdale, the Tory chairman of the Commons’ Culture, Media and Sport committee, is the only MP among 93 “friends” of Mr Hinton on the social networking website.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
the nuances of what a scoping is
― MY WEEDS STRONG BLUD.mp3 (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
tom watson was repping for this guy, & a previous step he took in extending the enquiry, but yeah it's a significant enough conflict that you wouldn't think he'd be there
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
I want to compile a list of all the funny linguistic habits these guys have, it’s so peculiar hearing them speak. I liked the guy who said, 'i’d say that that’s slightly over-egging the pudding ... to put it mildly!’
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:13 (twelve years ago) link
senior police officers have a peculiarly clunky officious cant
― MY WEEDS STRONG BLUD.mp3 (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:14 (twelve years ago) link
are you writing cockney phonetically there
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:14 (twelve years ago) link
peculiarly clunky officious cant
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:15 (twelve years ago) link
haw
― MY WEEDS STRONG BLUD.mp3 (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:16 (twelve years ago) link
lol his 'no....no..' just now was quite reminiscent of hugh abbott's select committee appearance
― MY WEEDS STRONG BLUD.mp3 (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
no hand over mouth tho
you interrupted my flow
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
Sounds like Andy Hayman, "Gawblimey, on my muvva's eyes, I never took a bung in me life, straight up!"
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
quit it while i spit it blackwood
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
breakin ma flow blud
― MY WEEDS STRONG BLUD.mp3 (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
seriously what has ed llewelyn been doing is he just on ilx all day at work while critical issues pile up on his desk
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
Thought they'd actually have to go into the House of Commons.
― kip winger; radio ventriloquist (jel --), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
"Biographer Michael Wolff is suggesting Rupert Murdoch could resign before the culture committee."
Is that guy on crack?
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
remember that old rumour about how arthur lee blew his brains out onstage at the end of signed d.c.? michael wolff is talking about it re: murdoch's culture committee appearance
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
BBC live feed a shambles - anybody have a better one?
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:25 (twelve years ago) link