I just wanted to post this fantastic piece of journalism Hugh Grant did. I'm not sure whether people will have already seen it, but do read it as it is a fantastic read and offers such an insight in to a lot of things... it would definitely suggest that the corruption is MUCH bigger than we're lead to believe.

 

http://www.newstatesman.com/newspapers/201...cameron-murdoch

 

Particularly love the final line in the piece. Made me chuckle!

That led to a brilliant confrontation between John Prescott and a News of the World "journalist" on 10 o'Clock Live last week. I'm sure it also contributed to that squalid rag's admission of guilt in some cases last week.

 

The whole affair still stinks. The original police investigation wasn't even thorough enough to be described as woefully inadequate. The man who "led" it now has a job with News International.

 

And, of course, the News International executives who consistently denied that phone-tapping was widespread are the very same executives who are giving "reassurances" about maintaining the independence of Sky News.

Here it is

 

I hope every single person who had their phone hacked and is offered a settlement tells Murdoch to shove it. We need as much evidence as possible going to court and I'd personally be very happy to see this despicable rag shut down for ever.

I hope every single person who had their phone hacked and is offered a settlement tells Murdoch to shove it. We need as much evidence as possible going to court and I'd personally be very happy to see this despicable rag shut down for ever.

 

Agreed. But, the Dirty Digger would likely just set up another one....

 

There are some very telling statements in this article, particularly to do with Coulson, Rebekah Wade and Cameron... All the chickens are coming home to roost.....

SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011

Souce: TheSocialShuttle.com

 

Aussie Victim of Britain's Phone Hacking Scandal

James Murdoch who has just been appointed as third in command of the mighty News Corp's USA operations has said that the phone hacking scandal in Britain has been "put in a box". But that Pandora's Box threatens to burst open in unexpected ways.

 

Collateral damage may be far and wide and open up even more lawsuits from those not directly hacked but who have also suffered because of the illegal phone taps.

 

It's already been aknowledged that model Elle McPherson was one celebrity whose mobile phone voice-mail messages were illegally listened to by the tabloid News of The World employees, but one of her innocent associates ended up being sacked because of it.

 

Mary Ellen Field was the Australian brand manager, legal adviser and confidante of Elle who advised and worked on McPherson's hugely successful range of personalised merchandise that has earned the supermodel a reputed $60 million dollar fortune.

 

When Elle McPherson discovered that messages between her and her adviser Field were mysteriously ending up as gossipy items in the media, she sacked the firm Mary Ellen worked for. As has been since discovered, Field and her employer were innocent of revealing Elle's confidential information.

 

On Friday the ABC radio broadcaster Mark Colvin spoke to Field's lawyer Mark Lewis who has issued court proceedings in Britain against News Corp on Field's behalf and who described the recent offer from News for compensation as not being quite all that it seems

Lewis responded to Colvin's question on compensation : " It's only partially true. What has been said by the Murdoch companies is that if a claim can be proved, that they will then compensate the people but the criteria that had been set out by Murdoch - I mean, it's very different, I mean we have a position where they're sort of playing Australian Rules Football and the game we're playing is cricket; they're just two different criteria. "

 

Yesterday the government finally admitted that Andy Coulson probably did attend meetings where security issues were discussed after denying it for months. Why is that news? Because he didn't have to go through the same level of security clearance as his predecessors or his Lib Dem counterpart. If he had been subjected the the same level of vetting he may not have got the job in the first place.

 

Funny how they released the news on the day of the Queen's Speech.