+ + + Yates Names Ed Llewellyn + + +
In an email in September 2010, David Cameron’s Chief of Staff told Yates of the Yard that he would be “grateful” if the Prime Minister was not told about the Met’s relationship with Coulson’s former deputy, and phone hacking suspect, Neil Wallis. He is also alleged to have turned down a briefing on the phone-hacking situation from the police. Steve Hilton also claims he told Ed Llewellyn about the information passed on to him by the Guardian. Llewellyn claims that he did not pass this information on to his boss. Though it’s likely to be overshadowed by today’s other events, the pack smell blood, and it’s doesn’t look good for Dave’s £140,000 school chum and ultra-loyalist.
UPDATE: The Telegraph are keeping up the pressure.
First?
“Ed’s Dead Baby, Ed’s Dead.”
Ask these questions.
Who is the money behind Murdoch. Why has his organisation being allowed to hack Crown Ministers Phones which is a breach of national security. Was MI5 asleep and do GCHQ have the evidence of the crime.
Who gave up the telephone numbers of the families of service men who have died in the conflict over to the Press investigators at News International.
Democracy under attack by this organisation, WHO WAS HELPING.
Blair was close to Murdoch throughout the 90′s. Even rang him first after one election victory. Let’s hear what he or his former spin doctor Alistair Campbell has to say.
WHERE’S BILLY??!!
The most frightening thing in the Army? – an officer with a map.
The most frightening thing in civvy street? – an MP saying ‘let me help you’
It is inconceivable that Cameron did not know more than he claims. He has to go. It always appears the case that MPs simply do not have any honour to resign no matter what the crime, allegation or wrong doing.
MPs influence the Met when it suits ie do not disclose they employed Wallis as it might have consequences for Cameron, limit the number of investigations into MPs expenses, but when it does not suit they want to hang the Met. Cosy up next to Rupert to win elections. Two faced double standards apply to them all the time.Talking of which: when is David Laws going to be investigated, charged and prosecuted?? When is Clegg going to demand his resignation? When is Clegg going to put in a full days work?
currilous, corrupt politicians: we need a root and branch change at Westminster.
Not another Ed. Why is it all about Eds?
A pair of Dick Eds.
Ed Llewellyn to resign before the end of the day?
Is there a book open yet?
Paradise Lost?
He gets around
Can someone call the police. A fight has broken out in the bunker and I fear someone could get badly hurt.
Alistair Campbell on The Daily Politics yet again.
Shouldn’t he be forced to decare that he’s currently Labour’s biggest donor before participating in such programmes?
Thankyou for your call. I am passing this on to my AC Yates, in whom I have complete faith, to do a brief review and I’ll let you know later today what we are going to do.
FFS Fawkes, can’t you find someone at least semi literate to write your posts?
He already has someone semi-literate
The next PM is on Brillo. David Davies talking complete sense.
And Davis reminded Campbell that all this happened during Labour’s watch.
Like he said… stick it to ‘em!
Not a chance!
He’d get my vote, but, sadly, there’s a touch of the turquoise tracksuits about him
I hope you’re a member of 1922 reporting on a recent chat, but sadly I fear not.
Neil Kinnock who wants to hide everything.
I almost choked on my cornflakes when I heard Kinnock this morning.
The scary thing is that so many in the Labour party agree with him.
He wants a Ministry of Truth setting up under the next labour government. Particulary he wants truth about the wonderful nature of the EU to be disseminated.
Here’s some wonderful nature sending Kinnokio arse over tit for all you youngsters who missed it first time round…
Weee wouuld liiike to offer to send millions of affffricans over to UK. They would bring their experience of “truuuuth and Reccconciliation” committees.
Kinnochio – oh thank you your highness, please do.
So he takes the rap and later on he will get a nice peerage and all the trimmings. Job done.
With Llewellyn on this one. Do you really want government to be given an opportunity to interfere with police investigations or appointments except for terrorism? Imagine Yates had turned up at Nr 10 and Cameron had said: well, that does not really sound like an important investigation ….’
Those who think Cameron’s staff failed on this one should start writing the next 1984.
Who cares!
Not me for one,couldnt give a flying fuck to be honest
Guardian,BBC and Labour are pushing an anti-tory agenda right now as they know when the legal people get hold of it Labour,Balls,Baldwin and Brown are done for,
They are trying to run up a good score before they switch ends and have to play into the wind
Exactly.
All this happened in the early years of New Labour. They wanted it hushed up so as not to ruffle any feathers at NI and upset the Murdochs, Rebecca Wade etc.
All this stuff about Cameron employing Coulson, is a convenient diverson.
The Tories need to grow a pair and hammer these facts home. The public knows how close Labour were to Murdoch for years. They only threw their toys out of the pram when he decided to back the other side.
Not that convenient for Dave, he really does have to answer the question regarding both his judgement in employing in effect is Labour’s cosy Cop/Journo/Adviser network, the fact that he could not create clear Blue Water from this Labour network of corruption just proves his enthralment with all things Blair. He has crippled his ability to focus the blame back to where it belongs by his misjudgement.
Not a great leader more an account manager for a PR company
Milliband has employed an ex NI hack with a questionable past.
When’s he going to start explaining his actions?
Who ?
Cameron’s buddy at prep school and Eton. His oldest friend.
Friendship means very little these days
All my friends support me
Yes, look at Osborne and Rothschild – Nat ditched George for Mandy, who attended his 40th birthday bash in Montenegro last month
Hilton 2 coulson 0
Hilton – that’s in paris right, and coulson is in surrey?
There’s been a lot in Paris.
Come again?
Llewellyn = Cameron’s gate keeper and chief of staff. Old Eton friend.
Swing, swing together:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-camerons-band-of-etonian-brothers-449043.html
Charlie Brooks husband of Rebekah Brooks another Eton friend.
Yates says e-mail exchange with ed.
Live chat for Murdochs evidence?
The same Ed Llewellyn who apparently didn’t pass on Guardian warnings about Coulson to Cameron in February 2009
Can this site please stop telling people to “get the popcorn”? We’ve run out!
Nicola Blackwood is a hotty.
She”ll surely give many tory voters a winning general election.
Nicola Blackwood’s making Yates sweat too.
She seems to take the stating-the-bleeding-obvious approach.
Let’s wait ’til we find out what Miliband and co knew…
Arise, Lord Llewellyn of Fallguy in the County of Mugshire…..
Llewellyn won’t go.
We don’t know what Yates was briefing about – he clearly was miles behind what was really going on, or was covering up.
How much did that title cost him?
Yates hardly damned him though.
Sky just showed Socialist Workers Party protesters outside parliament holding placards calling for Cameron to go. Funny how the honourable and principled members of the SWP didn’t call for Blair and Brown to go over their ties with Murdoch and Brooks. Or over Iraq, or K e l ly, or McBride.
Some of us did…
Sadly, not many…
Sadly, not enough…
Typical two faced plastic socialist wankers.
again ….. sssshhhh! …. we don’t talk about that!
If they are “workers” how come they have the time to stand outside Parliament on a Tuesday afternoon, they should be “working” shouldn’t they?
Is he related to Roddy? (I’m just interested in connections…all of them…just widening the conspiracy…in the public interest).
Or Desmond Llewellyn – think of all those gadgets.
It’s almost time, folks! Let the fireworks begin!
Camerons old pal from Eton, it looks like the PM bent over to help him !!!!!
I never knew ….. supposed I should have guessed
Ed Llewellyn, the same non-entity who thought it was just great for Cameron to visit Rwanda while his constituency got more than a little wet. Another well-timed trip abroad!
Listening to Yatesy speak sounds just like Blair in the broken cadence “look…….I’m a pretty………straight kinda guy”
Are they related?
The country is run by an elite backscratching gang, many based in chipping Norton=exclusive
It’s a shame that such an expensive education was wasted on such as idiot!
Think what a fool he’d be without it.
maybe I missed something but Yates ( who looks a class act) seemed tohave simply said that he offered an explanation of certain police terms and that Llewellyn declined. That does not sound a big deal.
Agree – nothing to see move along everybody.
Some protesters had to be removed from committee room.
Wonder the Met hasn’t shot them, any Brazlians in the room?
I’m a chuunnnt.
What happened at the begining???
The Big Bang.
I’m getting cheesed off with all this bollocks.
Me too. Media and Westminster navel gazing.
I suspect our 300 trillion debt is slightly more important.
Yates made it all sound like a load of fuss over some intercepted voice mails, which of course is what it is – deplorable behaviour of course, but is it really worth the resignation of all these people who inspite of this have done some fantastic work in their jobs, and have a wealth of knowledge and experience in counter-terrorism in Yates’ case, which it is foolish to disregard and difficult to replicate.
You sound like a moral relativist; it is simple if the practice of voice mail eaves dropping and the creation of a network of influence to keep it secret is wrong and illegal then this reveals at least gross misconduct of the individuals involved. That people in the positions in the Met we’ve seen go so far are not able to see this does really beggar the question as to their overall suitability for such positions. Just as Dave’s own goal that now prevents him from pursuing MilliMind on this whole sorry situation with the vigour needed.
It may be that the loss of experience in certain areas is regrettable and it would be wise to ensure that where both proper and legal those individuals are given the opportunity to use that experience again in operational matters, but there must first be a searching investigation to establish their culpability.
Can any one tell me which channel the Yates thing went to
Go interactive sky/bbc
http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=8910
Is that Murdoch’s wife sitting behind him?
Yep.
He sounds like she’s wearing him out.
Or she could be the reason he’s lasting so well?
Phoar!
Yeah – the chink in his armour.
“This is the most humble day of my life”
class!!!!!!!!!!
Oi Murdoch-stop nicking my lines.
Ye gods, looking at Murdoch pere…is he alive ?
Riga Mortis set in early.
‘Take him with you James but keep the old bastard quiet’.
Actually Rupert Murdoch’s mother – Dame Elisabeth Murdoch – is still alive aged 102. She is a very well known and liked philanthropist in Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Murdoch_%28philanthropist%29
Mr Burns and Smithers appear to be giving evidence to the committee now – whats going on?
Don’t worry Chief Clancy Wiggum will be along shortly
James Murdoch’s rehearsed his long winded answers.
Is he actually saying anything?
So a load of corrupt MPs are investigating a load of corrupt Police, officials and journos -Isn’t life grand.
Lets not pretend that we didn’t assume this sort of thing went on anyway.
What about Greece, what about the USA debt?
Where the heck is Balls? – even he will appear to spout sense in this nonsense.
Of course its being going on for years, but now the buggers have been caught at it and that’s the point. The tragedy is the entire political elite is so mired in it none of them can act in a clear manner to clean the rot.
Jim Murdoch is a bigger Bullshitter than Gordon
Twatson’s started.
Watson to Murdoch Sr – what did you do to investigate payments to police in 2002.
Question to Watson – what did YOU and your mates do to investigate the wrong doing in 2002….and 2006….and 2009?
PS: Spoken to McBride and Dolly lately?
murdoch senior v tom watson.
Watson’s big chance to shine as a tough inquisitor foiled because Murdoch is too old and doddery.
Ga Ga?
I don’t like Murdoch but I am glad he’s giving Twatson short curt answers.
Best bit was when Murdoch announced he’d slipped in the back of Number 10 on numerous occasions while Labour were in power.
NOTW 1% of our worldwide ops.
I never heard of that”
Tom Watson having to soften his act. Old Rupert is clearly frail
Cameron should go now before he pulls the whole party down with him.
Watson is obviously grandstanding.
Murdoch is a sly old b*gger, but Watson is odious.
What’s this got to do with phone hacking?
Ask c’unt Watson what he thinks about his colleagues being jaled for fraud.
And whether he still sees his old smearing sidekick Damien MacBride
Twatson asking questions Murdoch can not possiby know the answers to
Watson – the chutzpah of the guy.
Watson is showing us all exactly how good a c-u-n-t he really is
What an odious wanker
Murdoch doesn’t really give a fuck for this committee does he? He’s probably plotting their destruction as he speaks.
I hope so. I’d like to see then all shot down in flames.
I dlike to see the sanctimonious bastards all shot now – that would be grandstanding!!!!!
Doesn’t look good for the Murdochs.
Millions of people are going to think Mr Burns and Smithers.
Watson eh?
C’mon Whittingdale, shut Twatson up, he’s grandstanding.
-1 . He’s doing OK
Is Rupert senile or is he deliberately taking ten seconds before he answers every question?
He’s always done that. They reckon he sometimes used to take minutes before answering
Just playing a blinder.
‘I’m old, and you’re a twat, son.’
He’s playing a blinder!
Pretend to be an old duffer and not answer questions or incriminate yourself!!
Fucking hell, the old guy is barely lucid…
The Murdochs apparently trained for their appearance over the weekend. You couldn’t tell from their shambolic demeanour so far.
Are we in an episode of Quantum Leap or is Ronald Reagan appears to be channeling his evidence to the Iran – Contra hearings to Murdoch Snr
Old boy Murdoch’s fucking senile
Thats how it “looks” but let see how he is tomorrow
Sure…that’s what it looks like initially…but he’s thinking before picking his words carefully.
He’ll make sure Watson is crucified after this.
Oh please – I hope so. That sanctimonious fat turd needs to die a lingering, painful death…
Murdoch’s defence is the Manuel/Pinochet defence “I know nothing.”
Watson is not at all interested in the truth or facts, he just wants to grandstand and try to humiliate Rupert Murdoch.
Not difficult – there doomed I tell you; there doomed!!!
Where doomed?
Murdoch Tory boys now being flayed alive by Labour’s Watson.
Painful to watch.
Stumbling old autocrat and second rate American Business School brat just all over the place.
It always painful to watch an inadequate like Watson in action. I know Labour go in for positive discrimination in favour of the socially challenged but there should be some limits.
Watson didn’t land with a single punch.
But Gordon Brown asked him to come through the backdoor!
sounds like the kinds of thing Mandelslime would ask!
All the build-up and anticipation. What a let down.
Watson’s allegedly been building up to this moment for years and he’s completely useless.
The idle rich you despise- would they include the corrupt Labour MP’s currently languishing in jail?
Please plead guilty Rupert – this is like watching paint dry!!!
This committee is like some Kafkaesque hell. They even invited some loony protesters along to wave banners. What do the Labour Party and the BBC hope to achieve by humiliating the 117th richest man in the world? Unlike the oligarchs who were fawned over by Gordon Brown, Murdoch has made his own money by honest toil.
Do these moronic committee members actually believe that this man spends his time obsessing about the same minutiae that fills the lives of despicable little men like Tom Watson?
Why is Fatson getting so long?
30 years of hate from the Labour party.
He’s a great big fat f*cking prick.
Cant believe Guido didnt do a live chat for this!
Old chancer clueless but legally responsible as head of corp.
Now on to NofW closure.
Murdoch snr clearly doesn’t know a lot of what has been going on. I don’t think this is a ploy.
IMO he isn’t fit to be leading a company. I wouldn’t trust him with a kettle.
I think in the US right now, the executives of News corp are on the way to a judge to get him disqualified as unfit!!!
Tories think rich old men and their over privileged offspring are above the law.
They are not.
Like Lord Levy and Tony Blair you mean?
like Bliar!
It is better than Labours approach where Labour’s old men think they are the law
Kinnock made sure his kids did ok.
So this is Rupert Murdoch, the man that’s been pulling the strings of all UK politicians?
Yeah. Right.
Am I stupid but are those who want Mili to be prime minister suggesting prime ministers should interfere with police appointments and police investigations.
It seems appropriate that Cameron’s staff prevented the prime minister to be compromised. Why should he be briefed by police on investigations and who they hire and get the opportunity to influence decisions about individuals and investigations.
Don’t worry, call me stupid. Off to the pub!
Cheers
Is that 10 dollar girl on the front row Murdoch’s wife?
Could be the chink in his armour.
She’s worth a lot more than 10 dollars.
Me so horny! Me love you long time! Sucky sucky ten dolla!
Have you read the prenup?
*silent standing ovation* for Watson
hacker Baldwin and crook Campbell the killers of Kelly leading the ovation from there glass houses!
Murdoch use’s Cameron’s back door shock!
… and Brown’s apparently. No surprises there though.
and through Browns back door, ‘many times’
I always used the back door.
Gordon used it a lot also…no wonder he tried to hide his sexuality marrying sarah!
Most media watchers and those who know the NC busienss accept that Murdoch Sr empowered his business and gave them feeedom to work in their own way. As left wing socialist command and controll instincts are deep in Watson’s DNA he will not understand this.
Watson is being offered answers to his questions by someone closer to the action, but he clearly doesn’t want them – prefers to grandstand. The Watson bully is only just below the surface.
Murdoch snr mentions McMental, Sheridan moves quickly on.
Here we go.
Rupert’s pretty safe. The select committee (particularly Sheridan) are asking rather detailed questions which a chairman of a global organisation is unlikely to know the answer to. He is also being very careful about what he says. Playing the “I am very old card” will also get him sympathy.
Rup’s also mentioned he went to number 10 many times “by the back door” when Brown was in power.
Tom Watson, writing his obituary. Can’t wait to see the Scandal they find on that Fat Bastard………
it will concern his 2004 election campaign in Birmingham where he put out false lies/information about the local lib dems supporting mass immigration…which was proved wrong, and also his part in the Mcbride dirty hacking/tricks campaign aimed at the conservatives!
all in all…liebour are fucked!
See…Old Rupe is giving that Scots twat the right old run around…
“I went to see Gordon Brown many times”.
He ain’t so daft as he likes people to think he is.
Murdoch got in that Brown also invited him to No10 and to enter through the back door. Unfortunate choice of words.
Murdoch on the attack with stupid Jim Sheridan.
The old boy needs new batteries in ghis hearing aid. He’s only woken up when his US ops are mentioned.
That odious Hunt Twatson could do with a really good slapping every day of his life. The sight of his sneaky sideways smirking fat face turns my stomach. He thinks he is being so clever and all he has done is confirm what an absolute twat he is.
Twaston and Sheridan not interested in answers – just beating up on an old man – otherwise they would be asking James
Watson was supposed to be so good. Maybe only under the privelege of parliament.
He just seems out of his depth, a twat in other words.
Did anyone see Mrs Murdoch when he mentioned going to Browns house.
She pointed at herself and smiled.
Sheridan is no use, he needs to focus and not career all over the place.
That’ll be because he’s a fucking fat Jock lefty spastic I’d assume
I reckon Rupert should do a paternity test on James. He is certainly not a chip off the old block.
of course Rupert fired his smarter son for being too liberal.
James is the runt of the loitter.
Who is this Sheridan creep ? He’s fucking hopeless–stick to fiddling your expenses laddie, it’s all you’re good for.
Murdoch just said he isn’t responsible for the scandal.
The Scots questioner is thick.
Any muppet could run rings around this kangaroo court
The Murdoch’s are just playing contrite lipservice whilst thinking, no wonder Britain’s going down the shitter.
Most scots are!
Correction all the scotch are.
Brown invited me in through the back door – many times.
Gordon Brown says:
It’s how I invite all my special guests!
I think the choice of words was deliberate.
‘He never asked me’
Mandy always used brown’s back door.
Who’s the bloke sitting immediately behind James Murdoch? He looks so shifty he must be a lawyer.
Sheridan on Sheridan.
Murdoch seems ‘not to have direct knowledge’ on anything happening in his companies.
Murdoch at least knows where all Bliars and gormless gordons skeletons are!
Shame your such a dumb Cu Nt to see that BBC retard!
Jim Sheridan = moron.
You rate him far too highly.
How insulting.
The committee grilling the Murdochs are a bunch of amateurs. It’s pathetic to watch.
What else do you expect from a bunch of effete pinkos who affect an understanding of Kowlcha Meedya ‘n Spoort?
Lots of attempts at grandstanding, but they ain’t so grand and the’re sitting!
Someone should ask Murdoch’s young wife “What first attracted you to billionaire Rupert Murdoch?”
The sight of him in his baggy y-fronts.
Tumbrels and piano wire please, – Parliament Square Ishould do nicely.
Tumbrels and piano wire is too good for Watson of the cheap hair dye.
Oh dear oh dear another deluded fantasy of country bumpkin nell and the other rabid foaming at the mouth idiots fails to materialise.
LOL you spent all week whipping each other up into a frenzy about how the Murdochs would stitch labour up and spill the beans and do this and that there they both on the day are sat like rabbits in the headlights stuttering and mumbling their way through the whole event.
Another crock of delusional shite you’ve predicted that has failed to materialise in any shape or form and you call me mad LOL. Go back to living in your dreamland saddo’s obviously you can’t handle the real world.
Bet nell rolls out the old ‘keeping their powder dry’ chestnut like she everytime Dave has made another cockup or proven to be a wimp over the past few years he has been in the public eye.
Gormless Gordon is fucked, watson has more chance of job on cbeebies than liebour front bench..
Red Ed’s chance of washing away the last 13 years of corrupt liebour falls flat on it’s face!
James murdoch is quite impressive.
mmmmmmm ……….
R U Gay?
Is James Murdoch GAY ??
So these are two of the most powerful men in the world – ha haha haha ha ha ha haha hahahhaahhhaahhahhahahah
They are indeed a VERY strange pair.
But then, if they are so weird, why have ALL politicians been so beholden to them??
Not beholden just wanting the gutter press to pimp their narrative and publish planted stories. The political class loved the gutter press because they manipulate the public through it. All very cosy and comfortable for all concerned.
The public can’t be manipulated. You might have noticed that after two weeks of this wall-to-wall melodrama the opinion polls haven’t moved. That’s because the public recognise manufactured bullshit when they see it.
Smithers who is that one in the spectacles …. is he one of ours …. No? ….Release the hounds
So, as the end-of the-year pantomime gets under way, the MPs consider themselves so pure and honest. These sanctimonious bastards are enjoying their moment onthe telly. Can we hope that they all die during the summer and save the nation the burden of having to put up with them any longer
We’ve got a code of conduct, no idea if anyone pays any attention to it.
And clearly they haven’t.
– Its all below our pay grade.
Does anyone on this committee know how a company is run?
By defintion, no. Otherwise they would have proper jobs.
No. They are MPs and they can hardly run a bath.
I think Rupert and James have just realised that this is a walk in the park. It couldn’t be going any better for them.
“Mumbai to Manchester”
so only covers about 100 miles.
Karachi to Manchester–it’s even shorter.
big rupe is going to announce his retirement to his tropical island with his little chinese chick
she is a babe and he cant have long left
This is getting boring. Ask some decent questions like ‘when’s the 1st edition of the Sunday Sun being published?’
…and they did!!!!!!
First they said no. Then they said maybe. Then they said yes but not just yet.
No decision or immediate plans to launch a new Sunday paper.
Fucking hell! I looked up Murdoch’s Wiki profile. I didn’t know his mother’s still alive! She’s 102!
yes thats why he is still working. she is the evil MRS BIG.
jail the old bat
Perhaps the old boy had a’sportsman’s double’ in mind.
That fat Tory woman cannot be serious.
if you were licking that little pussy would you be worrying about fuckinh hugh grant being hacked . No well nor was rupe
I am beginning to like these Murdochs. Especially in front of these venal, expense fiddling, home flipping, taxpayer leeching arseholes on this ‘committee’. I never thought anyone could make me like the Murdochs, lo and behold a bunch of MPs come along.
Same here. It’s like watching two different games at once. The pols are trying to look big so they can brag how they stood up to and ‘defeated’ the Murdochs. Meanwhile the Murdochs are doing the minimum they have to – and no doubt planning their next few moves.
Rupe’s comment about McMental inviting him in through the back door was a corker.
They Murdos are doing the minimum necessary, which is pretty minimal. Barcelona playing a First Round Euro qualifier at Fishguard Villa.
Wendy Murdoch is the power behind the throne.
Its a show trial isnt it? More heat than light, in fact its all show boating and a pathetic sound bite hunt. Tom Watson skipping over years and switching between decades in seconds, hopping around like a demented hare in the search not for truth but for show.
It looks like a charade, it feels like a show trial and while there is so much more going on right now that has the potential to sink us all in short order this show trial is meaningless. It massages the egos of the political scum class, puffing themselves up to look like they are actually important.
Its funny how the Eurodebt disaster and imminent implosion of the EU monetary system is thought less important and serious than a pathetic blame shifting game about the political class and their friends in the gutter press and a few bent coppers. The political class have no real power to decide the big events, no authority to steer the UK PLC through the euroslime storms ahead.
In fact this whole fabricated show trial waste of time highlights perfectly just how low the political class has sunk, just how powerless they have become now, and its all their own fault. They have no power to decide anything of real importance because that is done by faceless functionaries working for the euroslime in Brussels.
And while that fat slug Twatson is allowed to ramble on trying to score political points while trying to avoid implicating his own set of politicians events of far greater importance are being decided on our behalf by people we have never voted for and have no control of. Understand this and you have to look at this charade with shame and dismay. Look how low our political class has sunk, in just one generation they have gone from deciding the fate of a world power to deciding the fate of an old scapegoat who they used when it suited them and now abuse because it suits them. Total and utter scum.
Is this old fart actually gaga?
Forks out a million and no one in London tells him!!
Loose change to them.
So Taylor gets 700k and the going rate is 60k
But none of that was hush money.
Anyone believe that?
You can see the BBC headlines already. “Committee give the Murdochs a severe grilling. Tom Watson Magnificent. Beyond doubt it’s all Cameron’s fault”.
Questions the BBC will not ask.
When will the labour government ministers, in charge at the time, come before the committee.
Why did Miliband employ Baldwin.
What did labour do about phone hacking when they were in power.
Why didn’t Gordon Brown tell the truth.
And
What was Tom Baldwin’s involvement in the leaking of Dr. Kelly’s name?
James Murdoch appears to have the measure of the committee. The select? committee are not doing well. Maybe we should have some MP’s like him he is a smooth operator.
Out of this whole ludicrous sideshow, the one person who i’ve really come to hate and who I think has behaved disgracefully and shabbily is the late entrant to the show…Yvette Cooper. This ghasdtly hag ( probably 43-4 looks about 65) has plumbed new depths of partisanship and tribalism with her on air and parliamentary demands that Cameron quits, conveyed in her usual shrill and strident manner and has confirmed ,finally, that she is unfit for office; her sheer awfulness nearly makes one sorry, nearly, for Ed. Balls.
For shizz, I can’t follow this dribble. Can someone get that Nicola Blackwood to read James’s prepared stuff? notw hackgate hacking
No. Yvette Cooper has spoken clearly and well. The only thing she has noot done is ask David Cameron to resign. She should have done that.
Load of rubbish. A show trial for the benefit of two parties – the parliamentary committee who can claim to have asked questions, and the Murdochs who can claim to have answered questions.
The questioning is well below CEO pay grade… it is laughable that either Murdoch would know the details of ‘investigative journalism’ and Coulson/Brooks (or Morgan for that matter) would have free rein as long as circulation was up. This is an opportunity to ask the details of proprietor/political relationships over the years, and this is a question that no-one wants answered.
I can’t see Llewellyn doing anything wrong on this matter. He insulated his boss from an ongoing police investigation. Was this the only time that Yates sought to brief Downing Street on unearthed dirty linen? I bet it wasn’t…
Murdochs 10 ——- Committee Nil.