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

What is the deal w/Brooks?? Is she going to testify?

in about two minutes, yeah

xxp

they have put themselves on very public record about a bunch of events that can now come back to bite them pretty hard if we get further evidence uncovered

i'm now waiting for her to appear, sleep be damned xp

there's no master plan here, this feels more like a throw of the dice

"I would like to welcome Mr Rebekah Brooks"

NV, seriously don't think they will feel bad about how it went down. Mensch and Watson were good and sharp.

xp Ok I suppose so. Maybe my bloodlust is too big

I suspect both Murdochs know they're fucked and are just trying to scrounge what they can

poor rebekah. everyone's gone home :(

i'm now waiting for her to appear, sleep be damned

she's so dull I'm actually being put to sleep

well, that and the three-am-ness

xpost yeah, also fucking Marbles having destroyed the tone.

poor rebekah. everyone's gone home :(

only lobby journalists allowed back in post-pie, not the public/other journalists

i think rebekah is wearing the exact same jacket as in the photo at the top of this thread!

frustrating to have "zero visibility" on mulcaire's files

yes, very frustrating to not know what prosecutors know

haha yes, it is the same jacket

xp to sic: yeah, if anything's guaranteed to put me down it's this bag crapping on in the small hours

Lex :-)

i think rebekah is wearing the exact same jacket as in the photo at the top of this thread!

Yup

ugh people on twitter need to learn

REBEKAH not rebecca
BROOKS not wade
WENDI not wendy
DENG not murdoch

Dodging dodging dodging

nitty gritty here

this "who approved the payments?" tack must be promising, because none of them have wanted to answer it properly

"Don't particularly remember any instances" of having talked about payments to private detectives...

Fucking hell, she doesn't remember 11 years ago. Rupert's senility must be catching.

"Michelle?"

Watson's sinking his teeth in this good 'n proper

again, either she's certain they can consistently maintain this story or this is an enormous gamble

BBC News saying Wallis was informally advising Coulson while Cameron was in opposition...

"I first heard Glen Mulcaire's name in 2006."

Even I'd heard of him in 2006 ffs.

Brooks is stonewalling but I prefer her at least being definite to having to endure Murdoch Minor's meaningless wordsoup

Ask her what code name they gave Mulcaire.

how significant is that (re Wallis)? Tory heave against Cam, or pre-emption of revelations?

"You've been conducting an investigation for six months, did you not have time to find out?"

Watson reallllly thinks she's bullshitting

Probably because she is bullshitting.

Indeed

forensic use of the word "incredible" there

rebekah brooks just said it would be unfair to out a paedophile!

this is finally good stuff here

"i've had a few"

rebekah brooks just said it would be unfair to out a paedophile!

― joe, Tuesday, July 19, 2011 7:02 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark

Haha yeah good call :)

And now, the end is near,
And so I face the final curtain.
My friends, I'll say it clear;
I'll state my case of which I'm certain.

I've lived a life that's full -
I've travelled each and every highway.
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Regrets? I've had a few,
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.

I planned each charted course -
Each careful step along the byway,
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

How can she remember that she can't remember?

Obviously told to say the ridiculous phrase "Operation Motorman" as often as possible too.

they can get a footballer's mobile phone number and PIN within a week or two but they can't find out who's been employing law-breakers in their own company in the space of 12 years or more?

waaaau at Brooks' expression after those Morgan quotes

and she's on the ropes now, wordfluffing like James M

Cameron now 4-1 to go.

this Louise Mensch is good

did Mensch just use the word "licit"??

yes, an excellent blend of solicitous and savage