Re: News International – the story continues : Fri May 04, 2012 11:43 am  

I see 'the government' (read the Tory party) have suddenly asked to become a core participant which would provide them with a representative barrister, discovery of the various witness evidence etc before hearings and a chance to act for redactions of documents before they are published. Dave is obviously absolutely pooping himself at what Coulson Brooks et al will say and disclose next week. Hopefully Leveson will turn them down in the interest of an open hearing. This looks like an attempt at censorship by the back door.

Re: News International – the story continues : Fri May 04, 2012 12:32 pm  

rhino phil wrote:

I see 'the government' (read the Tory party) have suddenly asked to become a core participant which would provide them with a representative barrister, discovery of the various witness evidence etc before hearings and a chance to act for redactions of documents before they are published. Dave is obviously absolutely pooping himself at what Coulson Brooks et al will say and disclose next week. Hopefully Leveson will turn them down in the interest of an open hearing. This looks like an attempt at censorship by the back door.

Probably want to get their hands on all the evidence so they can leak information on possible Blair and Labour's closeness / dealings to deflect possible from theirs??

Re: News International – the story continues : Fri May 04, 2012 1:10 pm  

Dally wrote:

Probably want to get their hands on all the evidence so they can leak information on possible Blair and Labour's closeness / dealings to deflect possible from theirs??

Probably both tbh. Hopefully Leveson will tell them to get stuffed.

Re: News International – the story continues : Fri May 04, 2012 3:08 pm  

Well Leveson says OK. I hope the Ministers remember they are on oath when they give evidence

Re: News International – the story continues : Fri May 04, 2012 4:49 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

Well Leveson says OK. I hope the Ministers remember they are on oath when they give evidence

They'll struggle to keep in line:

Lord Justice Leveson said that the government ministers would have to sign confidentiality agreements, as other core participants had done, and stressed that there should be no leaking of witness statements.

"I mean absolutely no discourtesy to ministers or those who will have to assist them, but the rule must apply to everyone."

Re: News International – the story continues : Sat May 05, 2012 12:01 pm  

Reportedly, Boris' PR man might join News Int'l. I thought we'd ended the close relationship between politics and press forever?

Re: News International – the story continues : Tue May 08, 2012 4:39 am  

The Met unveils new branding:

Re: News International – the story continues : Tue May 08, 2012 12:45 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

Well Leveson says OK. I hope the Ministers remember they are on oath when they give evidence

They'll have selectively forgotten anything incriminating but will have forensic recall about anything distracting.
Like Dave forgot he'd discussed BSkyB deal whilst having a nice cosy Christmas dinner round at Rebekah's house.

Re: News International – the story continues : Thu May 10, 2012 7:14 am  

ooooh goody, Coulson's up today, that should prove either enlightening or be another exercise in obfuscation and bluster. Meanwhile, talking of obfuscation: Did Coulson attend meetings for which he didn't have security clearance?

ooooh goody, Coulson's up today, that should prove either enlightening or be another exercise in obfuscation and bluster. Meanwhile, talking of obfuscation: Did Coulson attend meetings for which he didn't have security clearance?

[John_D]

Re: News International – the story continues : Thu May 10, 2012 3:02 pm  

Quelle effin surprise. Coulson afflicted by Wapping Amnesia Syndrome