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tweakabelle -> RE: News of the World (7/17/2011 3:36:08 PM)
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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer
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Frigging hell, Sir Paul Stephenson's resigned now. If the Met Police Commissioner's job isn't safe, is even Cameron's position shaky?
Gadzooks. Interesting times, eh?
Give it a week, and we'll be reading about God's resignation, too . . . .
These two paragraphs are tucked away at the end of the Guardian's report of Brook's arrest:
"Mark Lewis, the lawyer for the family of the murdered 13-year-old Milly Dowler, whose phone was hacked by an investigator working for the NoW, said the timing of the arrest was "very odd". "The police might have thought that for operational reasons it was important that she didn't speak on Tuesday," he said.
The Labour MP Chris Bryant said: "It is unusual to arrest by appointment on a Sunday and that just makes me wonder whether this is some ruse to avoid answering questions properly on Tuesday in the Commons committee."*
Conspiracy theorists should have a field day linking these comments with the resignation of the Met Police boss. Stephenson's resignation is odd to say the least, not only in its timing, but also in its stated aim of shielding PM Cameron from the scandal's fallout.
I'm finding to increasingly difficult to see how any of the Murdochs can survive this scandal. Already Millibrand has called for the break up of News Corp's media monopoly. Soon, News Corp's shareholders are going to be faced with a choice between the Murdochs and a viable company.
It could very well be that choice has already arrived.
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/17/rebekah-brooks-arrest-phone-hacking
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