xenia Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 If it can be proven that Cameron had knowledge of any of this, there is no way on earth he's not a dead man walking. He may even not need to resign, tory party scum are brutal with losers and Cameron's looking like a loser and a liability every day that goes on. He will rise above this in the elegant and gentlemanly way that only a man of style and breeding can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
players Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 He will rise above this in the elegant and gentlemanly way that only a man of style and breeding can. The pudgy-faced opportunist reveals his true self: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
players Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Just after 11.30am, there was one riveting and typical exchange, in which he tried all the manoeuvres which would normally have allowed him to create some diversion to avoid answering a question. And all of them failed. Robert Jay QC, for the inquiry, wanted to know how Murdoch had reacted to a letter from Max Mosley, whose involvement with prostitutes was exposed by the News of the World, pointing out that a high court judge had found that one of his reporters had engaged in blackmail to try to persuade a prostitute to tell what she knew about him. Was that acceptable behaviour? Murdoch went first for a standard manoeuvre. Ignorance. He hadn't read the letter. "I was out of town or something." Jay pushed on, suggesting he must have been aware of the judge's comment. Murdoch tried a different manoeuvre. He turned tough. So what if his reporter had threatened to reveal the prostitute's identity if she didn't co-operate? "I'm not as shocked as he is by that." Then, without pausing, he threw in a smear, oddly aimed at the former lawyer for the Sunday Times, Alastair Brett: "I'm more shocked by the behaviour of Mr Brett in not telling the truth of a lot of things." On any other day with almost any other opponent, at least one of these diversions would have worked, but Jay was not deflected. "Don't worry about Mr Brett. Have you read Mr Justice Eady's judgement?" Murdoch tried ignorance again. "No." Jay started to summarise the judge's conclusion, that "your journalists, or at least one of them, had perpetrated blackmail of these two women". Murdoch tried a quibble. "Two women, or one?" Jay simply ignored him. Murdoch tried a bigger quibble: this wasn't blackmail, it was just a journalist doing a favour for the prostitute. Jay was just beginning to reply, when things got much worse. Lord Justice Leveson joined in, like the headmaster walking in on a rowdy classroom. "I'd like to go into that for just a moment please, Mr Murdoch." Leveson bristles with intelligence and a courteous indifference to the status of his witnesses. Was Murdoch really saying that it was acceptable for one of his journalists to threaten to embarrass somebody by exposing their identity "even though there may not be a public interest" and then to offer them money if they agreed to co-operate? "I don't know that she was offered money, but …" "She certainly was offered money." "Well, I accept that for the moment, if you say so, I just … " "Look, Mr Murdoch, I wasn't there. I've only read the judgment. But I ought to make it very clear to you that I find that approach somewhat disturbing, because I don't think Mr Justice Eady is using too strong a word if he describes it as a form of blackmail. And, therefore, if it is the culture and practice of the press that this is acceptable, I would like to know that. I really would." So it was that this most powerful man was compelled to agree that he would go off and read the judgment, which he claimed not to have read; and to submit in writing his view about whether or not it is acceptable for reporters to engage in blackmail. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/26/rupert-murdoch-reputation-leveson-verdict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 He will rise above this in the elegant and gentlemanly way that only a man of style and breeding can. I don't know what makes you so dense, but it really works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banjodeano Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 He will rise above this in the elegant and gentlemanly way that only a man of style and breeding can. Oh yeah, i have heard a lot about his type, all the so called elegance and Gentlemanly ways, lol... i was reading all about the Bullingdon Club :suspect: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Oh yeah, i have heard a lot about his type, all the so called elegance and Gentlemanly ways, lol... i was reading all about the Bullingdon Club :suspect: I convinced some of the people typing such things on here don't actually believe in what they write. If they did it would be very worrying indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenia Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Sorry If anything I have posted has led to any confusion. I deeply and sincerely support this government, I deeply and sincerely feel that all socialists are simpletons. Anyone who believes that Cameron should be replaced by Milliband is certifiable. I trust that clarifies my position. Vote Conservative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosyRat Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Sorry If anything I have posted has led to any confusion. I deeply and sincerely support this government, I deeply and sincerely feel that all socialists are simpletons. Anyone who believes that Cameron should be replaced by Milliband is certifiable. I trust that clarifies my position. Vote Conservative. Dear Xenia It is with the utmost regret that I read your post. However, I am grateful that you have cleared up the confusion in our minds. Your words have hurt me deeply and I am now taking to strong drink. Please don't feel responsible. RosyRat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Darth Vader Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 If it can be proven that Cameron had knowledge of any of this, there is no way on earth he's not a dead man walking. He may even not need to resign, tory party scum are brutal with losers and Cameron's looking like a loser and a liability every day that goes on. Since when have serving ministers not sung from the official hymn sheet, as directed by the PM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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