Beckham Hacking: Mirror Cover-Up (Part I)
In an effort to be helpful, Guido has today written to the Mirror Group’s Legal Director, Paul Vickers, who is conducting an internal investigation into allegations of Mirror Group hacking and blagging. So far Vickers has discovered nothing, not a single bit of wrongdoing. Mirror Group CEO Sly Bailey will be so disappointed. Maybe this will help him:
How much hush-money did the Mirror Group pay David Brown to buy his silence about widespread hacking of celebrities and politicians done from within the Mirror’s newsroom? Tom Watson and the DCMS Select Committee don’t seem very interested in hacking when it was done by Mirror journalists under Piers Morgan. Perhaps Lord Justice Leveson’s inquiry will take a harder look…
UPDATE: Trinity Media’s press office confirm that David Brown left the business on April 5, 2006. So it would be more precise to say in the above letter that the settlement, rather than the sacking, was in 2007. The Press Gazette covered the story and the threat of an imminent industrial tribunal immediately after the sacking.
Watch the share P*ice plummet now:-)
But at least we didn’t hack into a dead child’s phone
Why are you called Bailey?
Perhaps it is because she is so creamy.
37… she can’t be Old, surely!
This is a smoke Screen. NEWS INTERNATIONAL. Are funded by people who want to control the Political discourse and stear countries to WAR, so that the Banker backers can get the country into eye watering DEPT. Any politician who didn’t aggree would be outed that is why they didnt and where terrified of being outed.
Your “theory” would be more credible if you could spell debt.
And “steer”,
and agree.
also where is the wrong “one”.
And didn’t keep spazzing out on the shift key.
And people have the temerity to suggest that these conspiracy theory types are just a bunch of retards.
We should increase our military spending whether or not we are at war.
… and understanding where to use the apostrophe.
I know I have dyslexia like all Great thinkers
For dyslexia there’s therapy, but there ain’t no treatment for stupid.
Oh dear, still illegal mate, not as if you’d notice from the widespread apathy by the left wing media and plod concerning it’s own dodgy patctices.
Guido,
How about the Sunlight Centre writing to Cameron and Clegg asking why David Laws has not beed referred to the police for an investigation whether he falsely accounted £56,000. Both talk about the social decay, greed and sick society following the riots. Could they start their cultural change at Westminster by ousting corruption and greed to bring about cultural change. The whitewash by John Lyons is simply not good enough.
The Sun reported Jacqui Smith has criminals on a release programme painting her house. Apparently she made a donation to charity. The article did not state what the donation was ie payment or kind. Either way the prison claims it was not aware prisoners were painting her house as they should have been working in the community. From recollection she made an insincere apology to the House of Corruption for having £116,000 of taxpayers money away including porno films. The standards of John Lyons demonstrated another whitewash.
Still just an allegation – not yet proven.
Post number 41 is in reply to post 5.
Oi!!
Wotulotonabart?!
Oiaintdunnuffin ‘n oi aintgotnuffincovardup!
Shurrupwiya!
When my comment comes out of mod, post 5 won’t be post 5 any more. That will really fuck things up.
The timings don’t change.
prove it
But at least we didn’t hack into a dead child’s phone
Bet you did, really!
Share Plice?
Can we just pause for a moment and thank Tom Watson and Ed Milliband for bringing us this circular firing squad and all the associated grief which is waiting in the wings.
Cheers Lads. Nice one !!!!
No, circuit-breakers will stop any fire directed towards the left. News International is the story, Cameron is tainted by association and the Grauniad/Mirror are plucky defenders of The Truth, supported & cheer led by the B-BBC.
Cameron is a turd.
Shanghai Stock Exchange…
We all Chinese here matey. Love HK and New Tellitolies, industlious people and inslutable.
Borrocks.
Shouldn’t someone contact all of Beckham’s previous domestic staff personally so that they can take up their cases directly through the Courts ?
Fucking Jaqi Smith, not content with dibbing into the public purse it seem she even had convicts on day release to paint her house
The cheeky cow
Her house or her sister’s house?
I wouldn’t be surprised if the convicts somehow submitted receipts for the painting work.
The Smith household didn’t seem to miss a trick when it came to claiming on expenses.
It’s Smith that should be wearing shackles and painting.
I wouldn’t trust her to sweep the floor, let alone paint a wall
Radio 5 Live have just touched on this (to show that they are not biased (?) – but did so in a very pained and pefunctory way).
Their conclusion? This is a nothing story, probably planted – dragged up by a rival radio station as a spoiler ’cause Smith, this week, has a show BBC local radio.
The excuse Smith broadcast (which 5 Live played) was as laughable as her expenses excuses. She lacks any self perception and to coin a phrase ‘there is something of the night’ about the values that she displays.
Do you think for one minute that they would have taken this line if it had been Cameron or another senior Tory who had done this?
I think the BBC have given up any pretence of impartiality. They are now just taking the piss.
There must be an odd atmosphere there; TVC is a hollow shell pending sale/demolition, the move to Salford is being painstakingly staged with staff being dragged kicking and screaming ‘oop north’.
Have the vultures scented carrion yet?
Quick, let Tom Watson know about this we all know how relentless he is when it comes to hacking!!!
I know a couple of chaps who are jolly good with whitewash
I’m really sorry, honest (smirk), for stealing over £100k. Yeah, thanks for that.
Well maybe if you’d let hubby do a bit of glazing himself you wouldn’t have got into the mess you did.
And before antone throws up the “But its not a dead child” line, I posted this yesterday.
The hacking of any phone is ilegal, It matters not who that phone belongs to.
All MUST be equal under the law.
mind reader.
All cases of phone hacking are equal, it makes me sick when i hear Ed milliband use his special voice when he says things like “Millie Dowlers phone !” pass the bucket.
Nice photo of the blonde bird. Is there any chance of some proper shots of her? You know the sort I mean.
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You would need quite a few litres to whitewash Sly Bailey.
Looks as if she has climbed out of a vat of the stuff.
nothing to see here move along LOOK; IT’S ANDY COULSON…….
Hey that’s what AlJabeebya are saying.
And that Guardian snooze paper too!
Hey do you think there’s some sort of unholy connection?
That piece you keep going on about proves nuffin – You need to know the source and the circumstances.
Obviously you don’t know, or don’t want to.
Does Murdoch own Trinity Mirror? If not we’re not interested
Wonder what Part II contains
The second part.
What margin for error are you using here?
I am Ben 10! I’m going hero!
Four Arms?
Heat Blast?
Neo-classical Endogenous Growth Ray! It can make gold turn to dust!
2nd attempt at window lickers Petition:
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rep*eal
P*eace
P*eaceful
P*eacekeeper
Pe*ach
Pe*anut
P*eat
Are not really words that require moderation.
Saw it on last thread.
I fully support the aims of the petition
But Billy, you can say ‘pеa’ if you really try, honest.
Ooh ‘ello Billy, let me sprinkle my woofle dust over your mouse.
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Bean sticks
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there that didn’t hurt did it?
+1
Signed.
I am Barack Obama and I support this message.
I love you Obama beach.
Did you get the flowers?
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I’m in all day…call anytime…soon?
I am Gordon Brown and I saved the world economy from ruins. Honest, no honest I really did. Sarah where are my bloody pills.
How come “speaker” slips through?
Just testin’.
What about Europ*ean?
Great blog BTW.
Myths and Rumours debunked
Most of us rely on our national newspapers, television and radio news to find out about what is going on in the EU. Unfortunately, amongst the clear and informative reports lie a large number of stories based on twisted facts or even lies. The stories can make entertaining reading, but many people believe them and often come away with a picture of the EU as a bunch of mad ‘eurocrats’. This link takes some of those stories and sets the record straight – sadly, we cannot keep track of them all.
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/communication/take_part/myths_en.htm
If my otiose comment at 1.14 pm ever basks in the light of Fawkes’ magnanimity, I apologise unreservedly to Bill and Ben for having doubted their wisdom.
I am a c*nt. End of.
You’ll get no argument from me.
That guy on the left has the look of someone who thinks he’s gods gift to women and goes round goosing all his female underlyings. Fucking cuпt, I hate him already.
Jackie Smith makes a donation to a charity before or after she is found out using prisoners to redecorate her house?
Would her accountant point out that the donation could be offset against income tax?
She really is a shameless Hunt.
Its immaterial. The ‘donation’ was for something she should not have done. In any event, it was not a ‘donation’, it was a payment for services rendered.
There are too many charities about using their bogus tax status and exploiting unpaid labour to compete unfairly against honest tradesmen and women. The sooner the laws on charites are reformed to stop these scams the better.
Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has defended using day-release prisoners to paint her home, claiming they “didn’t have anything else on”.
So you must be naked to paint Jacqui’s porno pad?
Poor souls. Painting her second home. That’s the big one.
If she’d had them paint her ‘first home’ box room, they’d have been done in an hour.
Has she come out of the closet?
The thumbs disappear and along comes this.
Ex-cell-ent
Jacqui Explains Why She Had Inmates Paint Her House.
Because it was the right thing to do and anyway Gordon said it was alright as he had used the same crew to clean up his flat.
That’s it Guido – you grab ‘em by the short and curlies!
All three of the above have one thing in common the are all how can I put this ?
They share a racial profile that rhymes with news
So who cares
Bring on the typhus
Beckham wasn’t a blues.
He was a red.
Nurse! He’s gone into a fugue again!
are the BBC and Guardian running with this?
They’re running away from this.
Sly by name, sly by nature?
These people are struggling to tell the truth. I don’t believe a word they say.
Just listening to the BBC trying to defend their piss-poor Libya coverage compared to Sky’s on Radio 4′s Media show at the moment!
Hilarious!
BBC say more people were watching BBC News than Sky.
5 million rather than 260,000.
Luckily BskyB bid is dead, so BBC can round up those pesky 1/4 million traitors at their leisure.
- and we know where they live – bastards!
Oh, the BBC are getting an absolute pasting from the presenter! Do try and listen on i-player later if you can’t catch it now!
I have fallen out of love with the Beeb.
So I’m biased.
but there coverage was not a patch on Sky. Same during the riots. BBC reporting twitter crap..Blackheath is on fire..says unconfirmed source..now it isn’t says other unconfirmed source..oh, hang on..
Yawn
We cannot risk our star reporters. We like them to report on the action from luxury hotels paid for by the licence fee.
Sorry but all our star reporters are allocated to the “Story of the Century”…..Coulson …….. these criticisms of our coverage in Libya are nonsense as the story doesn’t even compare in importance to “Hackgate” and our only regret over the Libyan Events is that it pushed Coulson off our top spot otherwise we would have had continual coverage of it with endless lefty commentators and Tom Watson MP given prominent spots on all our news channels.
We would also have been able to broadcast a “Newsnight Special” but regrettably we had to cover Libya instead
It’s delectable, isn’t it.
I would NEVER jump to the US just for more cash.
“Compared with genuinely loyal United heroes like Giggs, Scholes and Neville, Beckham’s been a treacherous, money-grabbing, club-hopping, fame-hungry, egotistical little weasel who likes nothing better than making everything all about HIM.”
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1257721/David-Beckhams-green-gold-Manchester-United-stunt-load-tosh–cause-truly-supports-himself.html#ixzz1VwwCmfhC
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1257721/David-Beckhams-green-gold-Manchester-United-stunt-load-tosh–cause-truly-supports-himself.html
That’s a X from me.
Experience over the last decade has taught us that government ‘inquiries’ are anything but, with their foregone conclusions of ‘systemic error’ where no one in particular is to blame.
Leveson’s extraordinary claim that it was ‘inevitable’ that members of the inquiry board should have some social connection with those being inquired into says it all.
Don’t forget the financial incentives for inquiries to ignore the evidence and the background intimidation which is inherent in situations where people might get found dead in fields.
Here is something that may interest the rabid right wingers around here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14646975
“Some of France’s wealthiest people have called on the government to tackle its deficit by raising taxes – on the rich.
Sixteen executives, including Europe’s richest woman, the L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, offered in an open letter to pay a “special contribution” in a spirit of “solidarity”.”
Make those who caused the debt pay for it.
What a crazy idea.
Because shes worth it?
Any rich person in France is a raving socialist.
Any rich person who is french and have sense don’t live in france.
Could do it here.
No law says you can’t give all your remaining untaxed wealth to HMRC if you wish.
Didn’t Sir Alex Ferguson offer to give every single penny earned (and every single penny obtained) to Gordon Brown to help sort out the deficit?
No he stashed it in tax based investments like all the other football millionaires.
Oh. and much as I hate L’oreal and their science that involves giving women free make up then asking them leading and vague questions about how they feel …. I can’t remember anyone blaming the global crisis on people spending too much money on cosmetics.
>Make those who caused the debt pay for it.
Those on benefits have spent all the money already.
On the smaller sum, practically no regular here supported Gordon’s bank bondholder bailout. I’m not sure Gordon’s got the money to repay the taxpayer.
Didn’t Bettencourt give away billions to some photographer and Bernie Madoff? I’m surprised that she’s got much left to tax.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliane_Bettencourt
Yeah you worship a fucking P8adophile tosser.
Choudary you are just a scumbag coward.
Anjem might be coming to an American Penitentiary soon.
God (Not that devil Allah) willing.
(Not) surprising that there are actually motions to OUTLAW sha r iah (and other ‘foreign laws’) in the USA.
Tom Watson and Ed Dowler Miliband can’t say the words Daily Mirror. Labour and openess do not go hand in hand, however political point scoring, denial and lying are just up their street.
I am a classy skunk, Milliblink is not.
“If he watched porn films, I can argue with him about that. But if he makes a silly mistake on a claim form, and I am silly enough to sign it, that should not undermine everything he has contributed to my career and everything we have got together as a relationship.”
From telegraph right
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8719318/Prison-inmates-paint-Jacqui-Smiths-home.html
A Member of Parliament is responsible for every single item that goes on a claim form therefore it was her mistake that it was on the form.
But what else would you expect of the woman who had parliament illegally searched?
So how many of you expect Sly Bailey to get the same soft touch treatment?
: “Rumour that Saif Gaddfi is hiding in David Held’s office at the LSE probably untrue.”
Next, Megrahi the modern day Lazarus petitions the Scottish Parliament for his old cell back in Barlinny.
His life expectancy was based on National Death Service treatment.
Or based on the average life expectancy of Gordon Browns constituents, anything over 55 is a bonus.
He was in Greenock jail, not the Bar-L. They do have some standards there, you know.
Dear Ms Curtain I appreciate that living down in Lundon you may be unfamiliar with the correct spelling of Barlinnie But its a bit like us up here being unable to spell manchestr or livurpool or Birminghammm or sutton coal field …….
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14651735
Mr McIntyre’s lawyer Michael Oswald said the watchdog’s report, as yet unpublished, vindicated him.
Believe it when I see it…
How did his Lawyer get this leaked information ? Is this a sign of corruption ? Has there been a criminal offence committed by who ever leaked this ? Is mcIntyres Lawyer bringing his profession into disrepute by commenting publicly on a report which has not yet been been published ? Will MCIntyre been investgated for incitement to Riot ?
The emasculation and effeminisation of The Police continues with the lily livered Police complaints authority upholding Jody McIntyres complaint. Expect grovelling apologies from Police Placemen anxious to tow the Political line in lieu of their next promotion.
Thicko.
Toe. Tow means something else.
I have looked up a number of dictionaries and cannot find any which define “Tow” as “something else.” Are you sure?
Jody Clearly needs a team of special 50+ WPCs who could call him “love” and “brave” and offer him cushions.
And help him up those stairs onto the roof of Millbank Tower, oh hold on he managed that himself !
Crikey. Mad Dog’s compound now looks like the Tottenham riots.
We now see that Cameron is not a fit a statesman, i think he should invite Gordon Brown into Goverment so his answers to the crisis can be used.
As usual your comments make no sense.
He wants Gordon the moron back.
I know, he must be insane.
I want to live in Scotchland. I hear that it is as barren as the desert. And women are are not respected. That is very good. And it is a very tribal country, riven by factional infighting. I Just know I’m going to fit right in.
My people had lots of litle Scotchland flags, remember that?
I still have a flag.
Can I now join this bountiful socialist republic ?
I can offer Mr Salmonhead $15 billion if he overlooks my somewhat chequered past.
Surely 50p and a deep fried Mars bar should be enough in payment, also it appears Scotland isn’t in the EU, well when it comes to free uni places for the rest of the world, become a student costs born by others.
“not a fit a statesman” is nonsensical.
“i think”? Capital “I”, please.
“Government” not “goverment”.
You honestly think the snotgobbling retatard has any “answers” to “the crisis”? What “crisis” are you blathering about?
Wossa ratatard wenits at home?
En passant, me astropophe button aint werkin eiver
dumb ku nt Chocolate Moussa.
This eves dropping of the voicemail is imho just the tip of the iceberg and it will suite many hacks, ex cops and curent cops to keep it that way.
Private detective agencies was the prefered method of the press hacks, that way they had no direct link, and the agencies would/do subcontract to specialists. Far more technical stuff was employed than just listening to voicemail. Bugs, secret recording, computer Trojan Keyloggers, listening devices placed in roadside telephone junction boxes etc.
The Police National computer is the honeypot of info but so is DVLA, as are NHS records, as are bank records, as are tax records, as are duty sergeants, as are duty hospital porters, as are 999 operators as are local government databases etc.
Big brother may be watching and recording but he can be made to sing like a canary if the price is right.
G`day peeps
http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2011/08/hard-facts.html
Another class post by OH
Yup. The Mirror is up to its neck in hacking.
The Koran is silent on the sins of cellphone hacking.
O/T
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029178/Australian-MP-Craig-Thomson-used-official-credit-card-pay-prostitutes.html
Socialists kicked out in Portugal, due to lose in Spain, kicked out of Egypt & Lybia, floundering in the UK and hopefully led to defeat by Obama Beach…soon to be down and out down under.
But we are still stuck with the Camerrhoids.
Better than the theiving Ku nts at Liebour who would make up a dodgy dossier with their own shadows before starting illegal wars whilst hacking weapons inspectors and getting prisoners to paint their houses whilst sharing their coke with jounos from Liebour Tv and radio in salford!
much prefer to those ku nts!
They all look the same to me.
I can’t think of anything funny to say other than I wish Colonel Gaddafi well in runing for Mayor of London.
Well, he’s certainly good at running.
i bet he will get legal aid as well.
Has he taken his case “directly to the European Court” yet, as he asserted?
I would not normally say this about people with his condition, but there are times for exceptions. This is one.
What a spaz!
U go gurl!
So what.
Listen you slag, just think yourself lucky you didn’t get a right spanking.
didnt he incite the riots!
Are the police and courts going to have a word!
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/yard-fees-protest-probe-inadequate-123449097.html
The police watchdog has ruled Scotland Yard inadequately investigated officers for using excessive force against a wheelchair-bound student fees protester, his solicitor has said.
The force also faces criticism for failing to pass on Jody McIntyre’s case to the Crown Prosecution Service, added Michael Oswald of the law firm Bhatt Murphy.
Here’s an idea. If you don’t want to get hit, don’t wheel yourself into the middle of a riot.
Found this on the imnternet
Jody is a wheely stupid spacker
If they had not re-acted like that it would have sued them for diablism!
that would be diabollackle
Al ja Beeba 5 Lies have been hailing Jody the hero…yet they failed to mention the fact that he is wanted for inciting the violence at the recent riots when people were murdered and lives destroyed!
Will he get 4 years like the salford scum…..not to be confused with the BBC salford scum!
what a Ku nt.
Hope he drives off a large cliff in his chair!
Or pushed…which ever is more efficient!
therare idiots useful idiots and the jodster
Why should I pee in the soup, when the Mirror is backing me to
dump Ed and become PM…….
Get real Guido . Take a holiday.
Wow! This is just like Scooby Doo. If it hadn’t been for you pesky kids….
The sponging Celebs and the crappy Press deserve one another.
Well done Guido. Keep at ‘em.
No doubt Jacqui will have claimed back the ‘donation’ on expenses.
I am trying to find the original “abiter aangereden door scootmobile!” to see how it compares to poor oppressed Jody Mcintyres disgraceful treatment by you disablist swine!
12 seconds and on youtube. Other version takes ages and does nothing.Sort of like a labor government?
Can’t wait for part 2!