Hunt the Emails
Jeremy Hunt told Parliament in March this year: “at every stage of this process we have sought to be completely transparent, impartial and fair.” Apart from that bit where Cable “declared war”.
At the Lobby briefing this morning Christopher Hope of the Telegraph asked No. 10 whether there had been any inappropriate communication between the Murdochs and Hunt. The reply was “no”.
This afternoon from we learn that Hunt’s people were sending briefings, updates and supportive words about the bid to Murdoch’s men. The cache of emails will be released at 4pm – there could well be a killer line. Someone who has seen files declares that they are “devastating”. The hunt is on…
UPDATE: Spokesman for PM says he has full confidence in Jeremy Hunt. The hare is running.
The Hunt is dead man walking!
MP in lie shock? Let’s get rid of all the current incumbent MPs and start afresh. Only vote for a candidate if they are not already an MP!
VOTE UKIP!
Vote UKIP!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/20/ukip-meps-misused-eu-allowances
Guardian? WOW must be true!!! /sarc
buger me sideaways
this might be enouf to make them blow
“Full confidence”?
Oh dear – kiss of death
Even if true, they tried to divert EU money back to their efforts in the UK. Good on them!
Indeed. If they’d simply ‘employed’ their mum or boyfriend/girlfriend as a secretary or simply embezzled the money for themselves and bought a Ferarri like every other MEP then nobody would give a hoot.
The only reason other MEPs care about this is because UKIP is seeking to derail the fucker’s gravy train.
Werrity be thy name, Fox who art in a hole, Thy Cuddas come, will be done in corruption, Give Hunt this day our 5%, and forgive the Tory/News International/Liberal Coalition Govt. our sleaze, as Camoron forgave Coulson before us…
UKIP people are politicians too.
Stop anthropomorphising the politicians.
yep, but they are strate in what they say
Ah, this is the case in 2004? Recycled by the Guardian just before the Council and Mayoral elections carefully omitting any reference to its age and decrepacy?
I don’t think Dave has fully grasped the purpose of setting up a public inqury and who to appoint.
I’m not so sure about that. Hunt was the man widely rumoured to replace Dave.
I think Dave has copied Tony Blair and set up another Labour exonerating inquiry.
Jeremy should have used your industrial shredder, Tony.
And then sent us the bill. Just like St Tony of Basra.
hunt. His total sanctimony. On 11th July 2011, he told the House of Commons:
‘With respect to the BSkyB decision, I have at every stage in this process followed the procedures laid down in the Enterprise Act 2002 that was passed by the right hon. Gentleman’s Government. Not only that, but I have done more than those processes require, because at every stage I have asked for independent advice from the expert media regulator, Ofcom, and after careful consideration at every stage I have followed that advice.
Let me say gently to the right hon. Gentleman that he needs to show some humility in this matter. He attended Rupert Murdoch’s summer party and failed to bring up the matter of phone hacking. He was part of a Cabinet … which, according to the then Culture Secretary, discussed phone hacking and decided not to act, and we now know why. According to the autobiography of Tony Blair’s chief of staff, Jonathan Powell,
“We first started discussing…the failed relationship between the media and politics in 2002…We discussed the issue back and forth for the next three years, but Tony never felt the moment was right to speak out…Gordon, who was courting the press, had no intention of agreeing to anything that might upset them.”
Now is not the time for party political posturing. We have all failed—politicians, journalists and media owners—and we must all work together to put the problem right.’ [HC Deb 11 July 2011, col. 43]
It’s never a good idea to claim a degree of impartiality and integrity that you don’t possess, especially in such a high-handed and sanctimonious fashion.
And They n gave me a Brown envelope This Big !
Dead man walking?
Looks as though Hunt has just done a Muamba and has left Harriet sufferring with a dose of premature congratulation.
F*** me – even the BBC are saying he walks from the dock an inocent man!
Devestating? Is that a word…
Couldn’t happen to a smarmier bastard (other than Grant Shapps of course).
Reshuffle! Reshuffle!
Could get interesting.
The cabinet could use an influx of openly gay ministers.
Can’t you spell ‘devastating’?
Well we know what rhyming slang the BBC use for Mr Hunt………….
…..Steve Punt is still on the books and he’s OK with it. So there.
Or even Sir Anthony Blunt (What a right Sir Ant.)- AND he was a traitorous nonce to boot – Result!
*sigh* An almost perfect person
Devestating???
RIP Jeremy Hunt
*Sobs*
Balls has just come out with a load of shite in HoC. Just thought I’d lighten you all up a bit!
Balls in talking shite shock? Let’s get rid of all the current incumbent MPs and start afresh. Only vote for a candidate if they are not already an MP!
VOTE UKIP!
Dont try to sidestep the issue.
We may even have to cancel the Olympics because of the next General Election.
What bollocks are you spouting? The law now requires that the next election be held in 2015 and not before due to the fixed time of parliaments law implemented in 2011.
The ‘Abolition of Fixed Parliaments Law 2012′ would trump that by close of play today if enough MPs were in favour.
Like turkeys voting for Christmas I would think – don’t put it down as part of your yankee.
Sorry, can’t do that.
yop yop yop
The HoC is one of the few places in the country where you can say ANYTHING you want and not be held accountable for your words.
One of the other places is my garden shed where I can say ANYTHING I want and I will not be held accountable provided no one is listening.
Rupert has pulled up the drawbridge. Are Dave and Gideon inside or beyond the moat?
They are somewhere outside the orbit of Neptune, I fear.
They’re in the bog, farting and shitting their insides out.
And it’ll anywhere you want it to go!
honest! – trust me – I only speaks the truth!
Alex Salmond is a national disgrace.
His grandmother must be English.
I just hope that tomorrow, when Murdoch Snr is top of the bill, he spills the b*e*a*ns on Princess Tony, Mctw*t and the rest of the lousy Leiber crew.
He can spill what he likes, but see if it gets any airtime suckers!
Even if he does the news will be somehow absent from the BBC and Leveson’s final report.
Just as Tony Blair was cleared of any wrong-doing over Iraq.
The Iraq inquiry has not even published its draft report yet. There is time for his lies to be exposed as just that… Lies.
Ahhh, I meant the Hutton Enquiry of course. I’d forgotten the ‘Iraq Enquiry’ was actually another go at
burying the truthfinding the truth.Indeed, I am not holding my breath over that one either.
Why does the picture show him ‘on the vinegar stroke’?
I bet 10p there is going to be a resignation or two.
Hunt and murdoch are hand as well as gobv.? What’s next.
Are you foreign?
WTF ? MI6 must be involved !
Note to Guido Send this post to Bletchley Park !
I smell toast.
I smile at tits.
Liam Fox off the scene, May neutered, Hunt about to return to business our Dave is a canny operator
Yup, killing off the conservative one minister at a time. Anyone would think he was secretly a member of the labour party.
Dave Fabian is doing great things to the Tory party, long may he continue.
Secretly? It’s about a ‘secret’ as Liberace’s hom0sexuality.
I couldn’t possibly comment.
Mr Cameron must be ‘deeply shocked’ by these revelations. Mr Hunt must be preparing to spend more time with his family.
Whats the big deal?
Till the last minute, the deal would have gone through but the hacking story broke and it all fell through including the idea to make sky news a separate entity on its own.
This court case (I mean inquiry) is more of a witch hunt rather than looking at hacking, they said this, he said this, email says this, poshy lawyer showing his questioning skills.
I think his questioning skills are questionable Baron. Rumpole he aint.
Hey, get your own moniker. However, I do agree with your comments. In fact I’d go so far as to call him a pompous t.w.a.t.
He does like saying “Mr Murdoch” a lot, just to remind everyone its a Murdoch – and the head scratching behind the ear as he asks the question – whats that all about.
He’s got nits?
His questioning skills are to steer the ‘Enquiry’ towards finding the ‘correct’ result.
We’re All In This Together !
Hunt: “M’lud, it was that big – I’d have never guessed he had it on him. Of course I bent over and took the lot. I’m a good boy I am.”
Yes it was that big ,and afterwards i couldn’t sit down for a week
Why can’t anyone explain why Leveson doesn’t want to know about relationship between Brown, Blair and the Labour Party? As for Hunt, we know Cable was lying when he was talking to the Murdochs so perhaps Hunt was as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_Dossier
Britain’s biggest selling popular daily newspaper, The Sun, subsequently carried the headline “Brits 45 Mins from Doom”, while the Star reported “Mad Saddam Ready to Attack: 45 Minutes from a Chemical War”, helping to create the impression among the British public that Iraq was a threat to Britain.
I wonder where these newspapers got these silly ideas. Surely they weren’t being briefed with such misinformation by the Blair government.
I’m sure Leveson won’t be looking into that at all.
What he said….
Don’t mention Tony and Gordy, Little Ed, Big Ed – 14 years of sucking up to The Sun and Murdoch. And no doubt prior to 1997, they were sucking up to The Sun to change sides – where is Mandy?
This is called Module 3: “The relationship between the press and politicians”. Except that it isn’t. Presumably Leveson is going to devote his report to “The relationship between The Murdochs and the Conservatives”. He can’t write about anything else cos he’s shown no interest in anything else.
It looks like the S&P has been dragged in. Page 100.
Dynamite stuff.
Alex Salmond called. He had a very good meeting with the Editor of the Sun in Scotland yesterday.
The Sun is now keen to back the SNP at the election. The Editor will make his pitch to the Editorial team tomorrow.
Alex wanted to see whether we could help smooth the way for the process.
[snip]
He also asked whether we could go for dinner at Bute House before the election campaign kicks off on the 22nd March.
On the Sky bid he will make himself available to support the debate if consulation is launched.
I’m going to get to the bottom of James Murdoch
Chris Bryant is already on the case!
The way I see it. Tory party…Honestish but stupid…..Labour….Totally dishonest and dangerous.
You missed out the Lib-Dim’s, treacherous, stupid, dishonest and dangerous.
Who is Jeremy Hunt?
Didn’t he use to get pissed, shag loads of nubile chicks and then drive some Heath Robinson car around the Nurburgring at 200mph?
Isn’t he that comedian who, incapable of humour, tries to engage his humourless audience’s sympathy by making a dispay of socialism?
Isn’t that Ben Elton?
Nothing, unless you grease the big gadge’s palm first.
Innocuous comment : Did these servers by any chance reside in a bank in Panama City or … erm … say for instance … well… Geneva ??
A must see
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/debt-crisis-live/9222355/Debt-crisis-live.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financevideo/9223693/David-Ruffley-berates-Fitchs-MD-as-complacent-and-smirking-at-Treasury-Select-hearing.html
The murdoch’s , Rebekka Brookes Cameron , Osbourne all having a jolly together
no dodgy deals being done ,
nothing to see here move along
Oh Hunt ? Is the name Hunt with an “H” ??
Oh now all is clear .
Sorry my hearing’s awful
Fisrt off I understood his surname to be something quite different …. poor chap
Hunt was always a Murdoch cheerleader.
Silly Huhne.
Who the hell is Christopher Hope?
Like anyone gives a flying fuck, Brillo
Piss off Brillo – hard enough avoiding your crappy joke of a political programme than to have you twittering.
So Mr Murdoch ; You no nothing , you never spoke to anyone , nobody ever sent you an email , you never attended any meetings , your phone never rang , you never met with anybody involved in anything , and everything else you don’t remember , even though your company was paying out millions of pounds to people you never thought once to ask to who and why
JM : Correct !
Thank you Mr Murdoch for sparing us some time from your busy schedule
and coming here to tell us the truth , you leave here with your integrity intact
You’re very welcome, Sir Penis. By the way, thank you for subscribing and buying into our products. Daddy is everso grateful.
I suppose Jeremy can take solace in that he is not called Mike
Oh yes he is….
n0ughty pathetic schoolboy kkuunt
Or Warwick
Only the crosshairs can save him now.
Or maybe somebody whining that his e-mails have been hacked. That might help.
This reminded me of you
http://www.hbo.com/real-time-with-bill-maher/episodes/0/244-episode/video/the-least-interesting-man-in-the-world.html
You’re projecting again Jimmy.
Ah the classic “I know you are but what am I?” riposte. I think I can safely say you are without doubt the dullest individual on here. And that is against some very stiff competition indeed. Congratulations.
No, really Jimmy, you’re projecting. And the revelation is needling you so much you’ve been drawn into a reply of more than one sentence.
It must be lonely being a Blair apologist, I can kind of understand how you would want to project your lonely inadequacies onto others. Don’t kill yourself Jimmy. Suicide doesn’t solve anything. Although Blair’s would cheer me up a bit.
Well that zinger certainly showed me.
That’s more like it Jimmy. Stick to single sentences otherwise people know you’re upset.
Hardly. I suppose I ought to be vaguely flattered that for whatever reason you’ve chosen my leg to hump but I’m afraid the only positive spin I can put on it is that out there you have some family or other carer who are getting a brief respite.
Now you’re sounding whiny again Jimmy.
Single sentences. Keep it snappy.
Dave must be pleased. If it weren’t for Hunt then his dinner date with James and Rebekah would be the headlines.
It’s a conundrum all right.
A Sacrificial Lamb ?
NI = nest of vipers.
Are we supposed to believe that malpractice was the sole preserve of Rupert Murdoch’s empire?
Does that mean that The Mail, The BBC, The Gurniad, The Telegraph and assorted other papers were beyond suspicion, just like The Labour Party?
Who in politics and the police and the CPS knew that NI were hacking, and decided to do nothing?
They could do what they liked as long as they were printing Alistair Campbell’s news briefings as unquestioned fact.
The second that changed Labour went for the nuclear option. The astonishing thing is that they (Labour) seem to be (so far) coming out of this smelling of roses.
It seems extraordinary that NI’s malpractice, wrongdoing pre-dates Cameron’s Coalition, yet Leveson is not pointing the figure at ZaNuLabour appointed cops, lawyers, civil servants and the big boys in Blair and Brown’s government.
Much of the hacking was going on long before Call Me Omnishambles Dave took office. Yet XaNuLabour are getting off lightly.
Who knew, what and when?
Love to stop and chat but I’m really busy pip pip
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17827773
In for a penny in for a pound.
Oh come on ! a little torture never hurt anyone ‘ Anywho i have seen a dossier on those oil workers and i firmly believe they were about to launch a chemical attack on the capital which they could have organised in just 45 minutes There is overwhelming evidence to support this and as a result , my extremely large fee !
Toodle pip
just off to the Middle East see if i can stir up another war !
Have you noticed Jimmy Murdoch is a lot happier talking about Tv than he is NofW.
I have tried phoning JH this afternoon to discuss one or two things but he wont return my calls!
There is absolutely no truth in the suggestion that
News international ran out of Brown Envelopes !
Correct I gave them loads. They didn’t send them all back though and some were empty !
I took the time and trouble to write an e mail to Hunt when he asked for views on the Bsky B deal.
I never had an acknowledgment or reply.
I suspect it went straight in the delete folder .
Call me Dave : I never discussed the BskyB takeover with James Cameron !
James Murdoch : yes i did discuss BskyB deal with Cameron
OH DEAR !
Breaking News : Cameron “I have full confidence in Jeremy Hunt”
I think you had better start worrying who if anyone has any confidence in you !
Call me Dave instigated this enquiry,should have remembered never ask questions unless you know the answers.He obviously does know whats going on in his Government.
I’m starting to have doubts about the honesty of politicians
LOL – He’s toast!!!