THE BRITISH THREAD II

Did you see the interview on C4? She is heading up the internal investigation, so she should have got rid of most of the evidence that implicates her. She's also great friends with slimy Dave. I think she'll wriggle out of it. I also think she's as guilty as sin.

Yes, agreed. I certainly hope "Lessons have been learnt" doesn't cut it this time.

It might depend on who or what they have found out. The inventor of tabloid journalism, Mr Frank Harris no less, blazed the trail in that regard.

But certainly the Hounds are sniffing the air. Whether there is as much forensic evidence, as was deemed sufficient in the case if the IMF Chief, to arrest anyone I don't know but if there is less I can't see what all the fuss is about.

On the DSK arrest critera one might expect a couple of dozen people to be being questioned in separate police stations all around the Home Counties.

Now, Channel 4 says that NOTW targeted Met detective Dave Cook who was investigating 15 year old murder. They also say Brooks was informed at the time. The reason given was that the NOTW wanted to know if that detective was having an affair with a member of Crimewatch staff ... the woman in question was his wife.

Full story >here<

Yeah, I forgot to say that, the interview with some chief executive or other took place before they spoke about the police being tapped. Jon Snow said, they'd try for another interview tomorrow.

Everyone is getting very heated.
MPs are having an emergency debate, many are calling for an independent inquiry to run concurrent with the Police enquiry.
David Cameron has expressed disgust, but he must be a bit worried about being too close to Andy Coulson, who seems in it up to his neck.
News International have had a big spoke put in their wheel. Murdoch may have to dump Rebekah Brooks (Wade) to have any chance of taking over BSkyB.
I like it.

I do as well, I've hated Murdoch and his cronies ever since Wapping. It's snowballing, the latest is relatives of Soham, and 7/7. I still think/fear Coulson and Wade/Brooks will get off scot free and some nobody will go down for 5 years.

All the tories I've seen interviewed keep saying that this cannot affect the Sky takeover, because it's not part of the remit. I just think in 5 years time Murdoch will be more powerful than ever, regardless of what happens. I think his bloody mother is still alive. Sorry to be such a bummer.

Might it happen?

the clip I heard was something along the lines of "if ... if ... then ... if ... if ... then disgust"

he sure doesn't seem to be able to come out and say anything

Cameron is very close to Brooks/Wade. She's got a house in his constituency. She entertained him over Christmas. The stink of corruption goes all the way to the top.

Does that surprise you? It might be seen as an advanced form of Crimewatch when Media and cops get cosy. Only cosier.

I don't buy newspapers anymore. They have been got at by the Monstrous Regiment of Women. See how men only rooms in sporting and working men's clubs have been liquidated by astute use of lottery grants. There is one left I believe which resisted a £500,000 offer. Lord's capitulated on first request for £4 million.

When an orphanage gets some new swings there is a big feechewer in the local evening papers which are owned, in the main, by two companies based in London. Natch. Just to make sure everybody knows that lottery grant money is being used for charitable purposes as they assured us it would be when they brought the scam to our local shops.

People should do the football pools. Or the Scoop 6.

You really need to get over your problem with women. It's clouding your judgement

As is your uxoriousness which is basically patronising. Women not a problem!!! Ye Gods.

I gave some facts. There was no judgement involved. I spent ten years studying local evening newspapers and longer studying TV. I know what I'm talking about. They gave themselves away. Nothing to do with me.

I wasn't being patronising, and I've been widowed for six years now. So much for attachment. You do tend to place an inordinate emphasis of the influence of women. Which is always negative. In NOW scandal you stop the buck at Wade/Brooks not Roop or Jimmy. And not all fannies are untidy.

Is that American fannies or British ones? We must define the parameters whereof we speak.

the sense I got of the Cameron clip I listened to was that he was noticing the stench rising from somewhere on his jacket - the context you've provided makes it even mmmmm funnier

I'm glad you like to see our prime minister squirming with discomfort, because you're going to see a lot more of it over the next few days.

Sorry I got into a bit of a flap with spendi over profanisaurus definitions. He told me took look for a definition of post coital bliss, I told him there wasn't anything like that, but plenty of definitions of untidy fannies. British fannies of course.

What's negative about facts. How did a flashy woman sporting her charms get fronting up football programmes? That's like getting Frank Bruno doing Paris fashions. Cricket has no women commentators.



I did ask which idiot appointed a mad woman to a position like that. I also wondered aloud why a couple of dozen people were not being questioned in separate police stations around the Home Counties. Stopping at Brooks never entered my head. Stopping at Murdoch doesn't enter my head either.

Media disgusts me. The whole shooting match. It's out of control. Some programmes are straight theft. And from the poorest people. The lottery is theft. The south of England is receiving stolen goods. How's that izzy?

Newspapers are flattened out wood pulp with ink inserts. Competing for survival. What do you expect? It goes to people's heads does working in media. You live in the world of Mediacorps. They are all completely mad. It's the new Gestapo.

Before we get statrted on the North South divide, Southampton is the front line for Cameron's cutting agenda. We've a nasty tory **** called Royston Smith leading the council, and doing his best to toady up to Dave. He's forcing the workforce to sign new contracts accepting wage cuts or face the sack. The Unions have called rolling strikes. Our bins haven't been emptied for two months. Both sides are firmly entrenched, whatever happens in Southampton will affect the rest of the country.