Petiton for Coulson et al to get banged up!

[LadyDeliah]

Not really, but maybe I should start one!

"MPs have released a letter from a journalist jailed for phone hacking, alleging senior News of the World figures knew what was going on.

Former royal editor Clive Goodman wrote the letter to News International as he appealed against his dismissal in 2007.

Mr Goodman said hacking was "widely discussed" at editorial meetings until talk of it was banned by the editor."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14541848

[richardbach]

i am arl petishioned out

[LadyDeliah]

Lol, me too.

[HonaloochieB]

I don't know whether you mispelt 'Coulsdon' or 'Coulson', Lady D.

If it's Andy then by all means throw the book at him. Something hefty at that, maybe along the family bible lines.

If it's the suburb of Coulsdon I couldn't support any banging up as my Auntie Philomena lives out that way, and while we're not close I wouldn't wish banging up on her.

[Loz]

He'll be spending time at Her Maj's pleasure, don't worry.

[LadyDeliah]

Whoops, Hona, thanks for letting me know.

[LadyDeliah]

Loz Wrote:

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> He'll be spending time at Her Maj's pleasure,

> don't worry.

I sincerely hope so and I have no objection to my taxes being spent on banging the lot of them up for a very long time!

[ianr]

Anyone who's downloaded any of the new evidence available on the CMS Committee's page, note that the attachment of 11 August from Harbottle and Lewis is now available, after a period of inaccessibility, in what looks to be a more recent and larger version. It's the file that contains their detailed responses.

[Ed: ... including, at file p39, a copy of Clive Goodman's letter of appeal against his dismissal.]

[Applespider]

Ah... I thought there must have been some developments today since there was a police car and a few papps hanging around again this afternoon.

[ianr]

At the last committee hearing on 19 July James Murdoch said he relied on three things for his belief that the NOTW hacking was a case of a single rogue reporter. These were:

1) The police closing their investigation

2) The legal opinion of outside counsel

3) A Press Complaints Commision review saying there seemed to be no cause for further action

Re (2) the Harbottle & Lewis submission nicely undoes the confidence claimed to have been placed in their very limited investigation.

Re (3), it's nice to see this submission from the PCC:

Baroness Buscombe, Chairman, PCC to John Whittingdale MP, Chairman CMS Committee 26 July 2011

"I write further to your public hearing on 19th July.

"In it, you will recall, Mr James Murdoch made reference to News International "relying" on - among other things, including the police investigation - Press Complaints Commission reports regarding the extent of the alleged criminal activity at the News of the World.

"For the record, I would like to make clear that the two reports issued by the PCC in connection with phone hacking (the latter of which has now been withdrawn) were largely based on disclosures made to the PCC by the News of the World itself. The PCC, in common with the police, was relying upon information given to it by the newspaper.

"As is now clear, the information provided to the PCC was not correct."

I remember going to the PCC's report immediately after Murdoch mentioned it. That they were reliant on the NOTW's submissions was stated quite explicitly within it!

[LadyDeliah]

It's all unravelling!

[LadyDeliah]

The paps are back outside his house:

[ratty]

Would prefer to see Brooks get her comeuppance tbh. Seems that her and the Murdochs are hanging Coulson out to dry.

[LadyDeliah]

If Coulson gets it, I'm sure he'll grass the rest up!