taxman Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Wow, when will it ever stop? Everyone's getting it in the neck, and to think a couple of weeks ago the story was largely confined to The Guardian and interested hacks/politicos and celebs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
websters gue Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Stephenson resigns for hiring a former NI employee as a PR consultant. Where does that leave the Prime Minister? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Stephenson resigns for hiring a former NI employee as a PR consultant. Where does that leave the Prime Minister? Looking like a bit of a dick but I'd be surprised if it was terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Their all in it up to their necks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Stephenson resigns for hiring a former NI employee as a PR consultant. Where does that leave the Prime Minister? Stephenson is arguing that his personal links to News of the World executive Neil Wallis would hamper the investigation. I think that maybe he's gone because he knows the scale of the collusion between the Met and the News of the World, and he knows that this secret is coming out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Their all in it up to their necks To my mind the police angle is one of the most serious. Anyone who ever thought a News of the Screws journo was honest and law abiding needs their head examined, and we all know politicians like to get cosy with the media but the rozzers look like they have seriously been perverting the course of justice with close links to NotW hacks, their failure to properly investigate the hacking years ago and their, undoubted, backhanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gormenghast Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkey Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Stephenson argues that, despite having links to and accepting gifts from people connected to an organisation his force was supposed to be investigating, his "integrity is intact.' If this is true, then there is only one other possible explaination for his behaviour...he is really, REALLY stupid. Quite incredible that someone who is unable to grasp the most basic understanding of appropriate boundaries between a police officer and those he is called on to investigate, could rise to the very top of the force! What next, Mr Bean for Lord Chief Justice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Stephenson argues that, despite having links to and accepting gifts from people connected to an organisation his force was supposed to be investigating, his "integrity is intact.' If this is true, then there is only one other possible explaination for his behaviour...he is really, REALLY stupid. Quite incredible that someone who is unable to grasp the most basic understanding of appropriate boundaries between a police officer and those he is called on to investigate, could rise to the very top of the force! What next, Mr Bean for Lord Chief Justice? I think we've been misled by Columbo and Midsomer Murders and Kojak etc into thinking that top policemen aren't dullards and won't turn a blind eye if someone buys them a meal, pays £12,000 for a stay in a luxury health spa or slips a wad of notes into their back pocket. Less Inspector Wexford, more Chief Wiggum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fareast Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 The Bankers, the Politicians, the Police, the Press......et al.....What a shambles ! A good few of us on S.F. over the years have pointed out more than once how the U.K is on the skids in all manner of ways. We 've often been shouted down by those who have maintained that 's it 's no worse than it 's ever been. If so, why all the fuss then ? I can 't recall a time when the U.K. has seemed more morally, politically, culturally, educationally, socially and economically bankrupt-------and all at the same time ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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