mj.scuba Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 no it isn't - it's about the fact that hague has consistently followed (and enforced) the tory line on anti gay policy - he wants to suppress others human rights to be open and proud while he gets on with business himself. In this day and age I also think that closet gays who take on trophy wives to cover up are engaged in a sort of domestic abuse, unless it was all agreed in advance in which case it's simply deceitful. Which tabloid do you read? You seem to have swallowed wholesale the tabloid gossip about Hague's sexuality. He did admit sharing a hotel room with his advisor, who may be gay. Are you one of these bigotted people that thinks you should keep your bum to the wall when a gay man is in the room? Maybe Hague is more liberal than you give credit for, he probably thought nothing of sharing a room with another man who happened to be gay, and why should he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sidney Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Is the Conservative party full of homosexuals ? now forgive me for being ignorant where does it state anything about lies in that heading ?..Just because youve taken it off topic doesnt mean the thread titles changed. I'd ignore him or you'll end up banging your head against the wall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sidney Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Isn't it just as bad to make people "come out" who don't want to as discriminating against gay men? I think so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferno Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 no it isn't - it's about the fact that hague has consistently followed (and enforced) the tory line on anti gay policy - he wants to suppress others human rights to be open and proud while he gets on with business himself. In this day and age I also think that closet gays who take on trophy wives to cover up are engaged in a sort of domestic abuse, unless it was all agreed in advance in which case it's simply deceitful. Typical hypocritical tory scum. Sources who worked at the News of the World have confirmed an allegation, made at the Leveson inquiry by maverick blogger Paul Staines, that the paper paid him £20,000 to buy up a photograph of a special adviser to the foreign secretary, William Hague, which they subsequently never published. Staines's claim is potentially explosive because the now-disgraced former News of the World editor, Andy Coulson, was acting at the time as the Cameron government's press adviser, and is likely to have been involved in what proved to be a successful battle to save Hague's job. The photograph was bought at the height of a controversy about Hague sharing a hotel room during campaigns with a 25-year-old special adviser. Hague was forced to issue a detailed statement denying he had had a gay relationship, and the recently appointed adviser, Chris Myers, resigned. Staines, who runs a gossip site under the name Guido Fawkes, told Lord Justice Leveson in sworn testimony: "We also had pictures of the special adviser in a gay bar … We took the photos to the News of the World. They bought them for £20,000 and never published them. I don't know very much but I know you don't pay £20,000 for photos not to publish." He went on: "The News of the World was in regular contact with Downing Street, and perhaps to curry favour or for whatever reasons, they chose to buy up those pictures and take them off the market." News International, the owners of the defunct tabloid, declined to comment on the allegations, saying they were not prepared to disclose details of payments made. But two former executives at the paper confirmed the deal, on condition of anonymity. They said the purchase was negotiated via the paper's political staff, and authorised by the editor, Colin Myler. One source claimed Myler bought the picture in order to "keep it off the market for a week" because he was planning to expose allegations of spot-fixing at Pakistan cricket matches, and wanted it to dominate the headlines that week. But, according to Staines's testimony, he sold the photograph the week after the cricket story, which ran on Sunday 29 August 2010, along with printouts of on-line chat from a website. The following week, after a statement by Hague describing his happy marriage and denying any gay relationships, every Sunday paper bar one carried news stories about the issue, with speculation about the foreign secretary's future. The sole exception was the News of the World. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/09/news-of-the-world-guido-fawkes-hague?CMP=twt_gu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sidney Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Typical hypocritical tory scum. Sources who worked at the News of the World have confirmed an allegation, made at the Leveson inquiry by maverick blogger Paul Staines, that the paper paid him £20,000 to buy up a photograph of a special adviser to the foreign secretary, William Hague, which they subsequently never published. Staines's claim is potentially explosive because the now-disgraced former News of the World editor, Andy Coulson, was acting at the time as the Cameron government's press adviser, and is likely to have been involved in what proved to be a successful battle to save Hague's job. The photograph was bought at the height of a controversy about Hague sharing a hotel room during campaigns with a 25-year-old special adviser. Hague was forced to issue a detailed statement denying he had had a gay relationship, and the recently appointed adviser, Chris Myers, resigned. Staines, who runs a gossip site under the name Guido Fawkes, told Lord Justice Leveson in sworn testimony: "We also had pictures of the special adviser in a gay bar … We took the photos to the News of the World. They bought them for £20,000 and never published them. I don't know very much but I know you don't pay £20,000 for photos not to publish." He went on: "The News of the World was in regular contact with Downing Street, and perhaps to curry favour or for whatever reasons, they chose to buy up those pictures and take them off the market." News International, the owners of the defunct tabloid, declined to comment on the allegations, saying they were not prepared to disclose details of payments made. But two former executives at the paper confirmed the deal, on condition of anonymity. They said the purchase was negotiated via the paper's political staff, and authorised by the editor, Colin Myler. One source claimed Myler bought the picture in order to "keep it off the market for a week" because he was planning to expose allegations of spot-fixing at Pakistan cricket matches, and wanted it to dominate the headlines that week. But, according to Staines's testimony, he sold the photograph the week after the cricket story, which ran on Sunday 29 August 2010, along with printouts of on-line chat from a website. The following week, after a statement by Hague describing his happy marriage and denying any gay relationships, every Sunday paper bar one carried news stories about the issue, with speculation about the foreign secretary's future. The sole exception was the News of the World. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/09/news-of-the-world-guido-fawkes-hague?CMP=twt_gu I don't think the Guardian is a good source of accurate information in relation to anything political... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferno Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 The source isn't The Guardian, it's Staines and NOTW staff. Read the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 The source isn't The Guardian, it's Staines and NOTW staff. Read the article. Oh that's OK then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy 20 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Gay or not, they know how to shaft you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Typical hypocritical tory scum. Sources who worked at the News of the World have confirmed an allegation, made at the Leveson inquiry by maverick blogger Paul Staines, that the paper paid him £20,000 to buy up a photograph of a special adviser to the foreign secretary, William Hague, which they subsequently never published. Staines's claim is potentially explosive because the now-disgraced former News of the World editor, Andy Coulson, was acting at the time as the Cameron government's press adviser, and is likely to have been involved in what proved to be a successful battle to save Hague's job. The photograph was bought at the height of a controversy about Hague sharing a hotel room during campaigns with a 25-year-old special adviser. Hague was forced to issue a detailed statement denying he had had a gay relationship, and the recently appointed adviser, Chris Myers, resigned. Staines, who runs a gossip site under the name Guido Fawkes, told Lord Justice Leveson in sworn testimony: "We also had pictures of the special adviser in a gay bar … We took the photos to the News of the World. They bought them for £20,000 and never published them. I don't know very much but I know you don't pay £20,000 for photos not to publish." He went on: "The News of the World was in regular contact with Downing Street, and perhaps to curry favour or for whatever reasons, they chose to buy up those pictures and take them off the market." News International, the owners of the defunct tabloid, declined to comment on the allegations, saying they were not prepared to disclose details of payments made. But two former executives at the paper confirmed the deal, on condition of anonymity. They said the purchase was negotiated via the paper's political staff, and authorised by the editor, Colin Myler. One source claimed Myler bought the picture in order to "keep it off the market for a week" because he was planning to expose allegations of spot-fixing at Pakistan cricket matches, and wanted it to dominate the headlines that week. But, according to Staines's testimony, he sold the photograph the week after the cricket story, which ran on Sunday 29 August 2010, along with printouts of on-line chat from a website. The following week, after a statement by Hague describing his happy marriage and denying any gay relationships, every Sunday paper bar one carried news stories about the issue, with speculation about the foreign secretary's future. The sole exception was the News of the World. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/09/news-of-the-world-guido-fawkes-hague?CMP=twt_gu What was this photograph of then?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferno Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 What was this photograph of then?? Read the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.