[Abernathy]

Islington North, perhaps ?

[The Weeping Angel]

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/ ... ne-hacking

Two former Lib Dem cabinet ministers and a former party whip are suing the publisher of the Sun and the defunct News of the World, claiming that their phones were hacked for stories or to “exert political influence”, including when Rupert Murdoch was seeking approval for a takeover of BSkyB.

Journalists working at Murdoch’s newspapers are said to have unlawfully targeted the former business secretary Vince Cable as well as Chris Huhne, a former energy and climate change secretary, and Norman Lamb, a whip and sometime adviser to the then deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg.

The purpose of the attempts to access the men’s voicemail messages during their time in coalition with the Conservatives and to carry out other “unlawful information gathering” had been to source stories about them in order to “sell newspapers”, but to also influence political events, according to the claims lodged at the high court, which have been denied.

In the first period of the coalition government, Murdoch’s News Corp wanted to buy up the remaining 61% of shares that it did not already own in BSkyB for £7.8bn.

Cable, as business secretary, was to be the ultimate arbiter, but he was removed from his position by the then prime minister, David Cameron, after the BBC’s Robert Peston was leaked a tape in which he had told a constituent that he had “declared war” on Murdoch and expected to win.

According to Cable’s particulars of claim, the source of the tape to the BBC was Will Lewis, a former editor at the Daily Telegraph. That newspaper was the first to report some aspects of the recording, though not the comments about Murdoch.

At the time of the leak to the BBC, Lewis had moved on from the Telegraph to become general manager at News International, the previous name of News UK, owner of Murdoch’s newspapers’ publisher, News Group Newspapers.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Grown man runs for Parliament.

Sorry to quote my own post, but has anyone spotted this "Sue Gray row"? We ought to have heard about it by now.

I don't think even Sunak can be bothered.

[Andy McDandy]

Surely a row involves at least 2 parties in disagreement? This is more "Sun in Sue Grey Sulk".

[Youngian]

So want this bloke to have taken the Sun for six figures with a couple of lookalikes.

[Youngian]

Qualified legal experts are boring and smell of poo

[Bones McCoy]

Harry "Interesting" Cole confuses 'upset' and 'become' in hilarious thesaurus-based sitcom.

[Youngian]

“And they wrote Angela Heaney swallows anything.”

Could see Major putting out a statement saying he won’t support the Conservatives at the next GE like George Dubya over Trump.

[Bones McCoy]

Kate Ferguson - some kinda portmanteau princess?

[satnav]

How convenient that Ferguson shares a bed with the chairman of the Conservative Party.

[mattomac]

Not very good insiders if they don’t know what’s going on.

Remember this time they quote a Labour source.

[davidjay]

As I say to my mum when she repeats the latest bit of local sensationalism - "Look at it, think about who's involved. How likely is it?"

[Youngian]

Keir is leading another party.

Is this the best they can throw at him? Stick to ‘lawyer Starmer defended criminals.’

[davidjay]

If it worked with a bacon sandwich...

[Yug]

Right wingers think vegetarians are weirdos who should grow up and try a piece of meat, so this 'revelation' probably won't have the effect the S*n hopes it will.

[Youngian]

Apparently, Starmer isn’t a veggie but his wife and kids are so he goes along with their diet at home.

[Yug]

Away with your facts. This is the S*n - the newspaper of record which revealed the truth about the Hillsborough disaster. Facts are for woke pinko libtards.

[davidjay]

I wonder if this is to stave off the idea that they're ready to support Labour?

[Bones McCoy]

Given public attitudes to Ukraine, I'd think Kiev Starmer is a fantastic honorific.


Attitude to the war may differ at the Sun's board of directors, and their political running dogs.
I doubt whether even the Sun would have the balls to go into print for Putin though.

[Youngian]

Veggie Starmer cheating again