[Update] The News Corp scandal - Page 47

**Mick** · 17-07-2011, 16:12

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More good news

Not really - the timing is suspicious, her being arrested now means her attendance to the meeting on Tuesday, in front of a committee of MP's will be useless and pointless because she will not be able to say anything because she is now under a criminal investigation.

devilincarnate · 17-07-2011, 16:40

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Not really - the timing is suspicious, her being arrested now means her attendance to the meeting on Tuesday, in front of a committee of MP's will be useless and pointless because she will not be able to say anything because she is now under a criminal investigation.

Yes this is very very true as I have been watching the BBC news channel and they have said the same. Also why has her resignation been allowed and then got the message that she was going to be arrested just after she had resigned? All seems strange?

denphone · 17-07-2011, 18:25

And its just been mentioned on Channel 4 news that the Serious fraud office are to begin preliminary investigations into News International.

**Damien** · 17-07-2011, 18:39

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And its just been mentioned on Channel 4 news that the Serious fraud office are to begin preliminary investigations into News International.

They just can't catch a break

denphone · 17-07-2011, 18:41

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They just can't catch a break

It seems every day there is a new development and what will next week bring.

17-07-2011, 18:42

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It seems every day there is a new development and what will next week bring.

The Sunday Sun.

Sirius · 17-07-2011, 18:48

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It seems every day there is a new development and what will next week bring.

The development i want is that they can link one of the Murdochs to the hacking

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The Sunday Sun.

A new sunday comic

denphone · 17-07-2011, 18:49

The development i want is that they can link one of the Murdochs to the hacking

Whats the odds on James Murdoch being arrested soon.

17-07-2011, 18:51

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Whats the odds on James Murdoch being arrested soon.

Once Mr. Cameron whispers something in the ear of those in charge I'd say... none. Otherwise...

denphone · 17-07-2011, 19:32

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Once Mr. Cameron whispers something in the ear of those in charge I'd say... none. Otherwise...

I think you are underestimating the momentum of this crisis and David Cameron can't have any close ties to them now or his reputation will suffer greatly if it has not already suffered.

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Breaking news on BBC and that is that Sir Paul Stephenson resigns as Met Police Commiissioner.

Derek · 17-07-2011, 19:33

The Met Commissioner has resigned.

This makes me think, along with the recent scandals with Ali Dizaei, Martin Tiplady, Tarique Ghaffur and other scandals that there is something very, very wrong at the heart of the Metropolitan Police.

**Mick** · 17-07-2011, 19:35

Ok if you have not done anything wrong and are denying any allegations of wrong doing - why resign? ... Something not right at all here ...

**Damien** · 17-07-2011, 19:40

This story runs and runs. The scale of it far exceeds anything anyone was expecting. It does appear the main story is at Scotland Yard and the degree to which they favoured News International in the original investigation and to decide not to reopen the case in 2009. Another one resigns. Who else is next?

denphone · 17-07-2011, 19:41

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This story runs and runs. The scale of it far exceeds anything anyone was expecting. It does appear the main story is at Scotland Yard and the degree to which they favoured News International in the original investigation and to decide not to reopen the case in 2009. Another one resigns. Who else is next?

The Murdoch's and then perhaps David Cameron.

**Chris** · 17-07-2011, 19:44

We're in danger of running out of superlatives to describe this story. Mind you, even Gene Hunt knew taking bungs was wrong ...

The fact that there are a seemingly significant number of coppers in the modern Met - not in Gene Hunt's caricature of the 70s or 80s but the real, modern police service - that are willing to take bribes to pass on confidential information to the Press is a side of this story that has escaped scrutiny so far, as we've all been busy putting the boot in to Rupert Murdoch.

But, as others have observed, there seems to be a storm coming. Respect to Stephenson for falling on his sword, unlike Brooks, who hung around like a bad smell a good while after it was obvious to everyone outside the News Corp boardroom that her position was untenable.