Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Sky News 56 minutes ago

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Lord Grabiner 'To Lead News Corp Clean-Up'
....News Corporation has brought in one of Britain's best-known barristers to spearhead an internal probe into the phone-hacking scandal.

The scandal has so far claimed the scalps of several senior executives, the News Of The World and the firm's bid for control of BSkyB.

Tony Grabiner QC will chair a management and standards committee (MSC) set up by News Corp to investigate impropriety at News International, its UK newspaper arm.

Lord Grabiner acted for Liverpool FC's directors over the disputed sale to the owners of the Boston Red Sox last year.

The committee will be given a wide-ranging remit to access documents and employees connected to the hacking allegations that have engulfed the company during the past fortnight.


The developments come ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary committee hearing, at which Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp, James Murdoch, deputy chief operating officer of News Corp and chairman of NI, and Rebekah Brooks, who quit on Friday as NI's chief executive, will appear.

They follow a comment by the elder Mr Murdoch that a "distinguished non-employee" would take charge of examining charges of impropriety against NI.

By giving Lord Grabiner a free rein to supervise NI's probe and report directly to News Corp directors Joel Klein and Viet Dinh, the New York-based media group hopes to demonstrate that it is regaining control of events at the newspaper arm.


Mr Klein said: "The extension of the MSC is the next step in dealing with the issues surrounding News International.

"It will co-operate fully with all authorities and also lay the foundation for future standards. It is therefore vitally important that it is independent and properly governed.

"We are very pleased that such an eminent person as Lord Grabiner has agreed to be the independent chairman.

He will bring his undoubted experience and intellect to this very important role.

"His appointment clearly demonstrates that we are serious about putting things right that have gone wrong in the past."

The weekend's full-page apologies in national newspapers will be followed by further efforts to tackle the crisis in the coming days, although people close to News Corp suggested no other senior personnel changes were imminent.

On Friday, Les Hinton, chief executive of Dow Jones, former chairman of NI and a colleague of the News Corp founder for more than half a century, resigned over the hacking affair, shortly after Ms Brooks' departure had been announced.

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NM.

Ask members of your family when you were last right!


8-)





It is good to hear Cameron is in a hurry coming home!









Hope somebody has hidden the key to the toilet/lavatory,

NM.

We have always had data, and once collected and collated has been used for reasons other than the initial reason for its collection.

I do agree the hullabaloo at the present time is an exagerrated reaction, but it does bring attention to the hypocrisy of present political leaders as the duck and dive behind one another.

Have you not wake up to the fact that it is vastly more easy to hack into a mobile phone then a land line and the internet is now used by the general public and not by a few geek's using a Amstrad , and medical record's were not on data bases but filed in card board folders ..... and all this was less then 30years ago. double zero for effort.

An Andrex lorry was parked outside no10 today. lol
It was huge;

Anyone going to invest in Dyno - Rod , sp going to go through the roof, not down the toilet.

Dreamcatcher

Don't give up the day job

I cannot afford to can you?

Aids,

If one is a clean and honest chap, one doesn't have to fear anybody knowing all about you.

Tell us about your problems or what you are anxious about being known.


PS. I didn't think you would be able to do anything of interest to the general public.

Was Coulson giving information to Cameron and the tory party about labour party leaders policies or activities before the last election?

There were a large amount of "government" leaks in the lead up to the last election.

Were the leaks due to phone hacking?

Can No 10 under Cameron's supervision or leadership be seen as a house of "ill-repute"?

Just asking.

Time will tell

Labour knew all about the phone hacking in 2006. Why did they not do anything about it then?

HAhaha, What have labour done, full stop...........................................

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13971770

If the country ever votes for this clueless wonder they get what they deserve.

edit - its a bit painful to watch but shows him for what he really is.

Hays,

If you haven't noticed the tories are supposed to be in power.

(I agree it is difficult to realise this )

They were supposed to have the solutions to all our problems, not causing them.)

I heard to-day that Clegg is thinking of defecting to the tory party, as he has been told there is going for party leader.

Fred1new, post 11684, This man is going places, eh no. Are the pills running out Fred.
Stange comments ?

Fred
It is certainly clear that Labour didn't have any answers.

Its the so called clean and honest chap who has just as much to fear , maybe he doesn't want his boss to know his a cross dresser or his head master knowing his a member of the BNP

Hays,

Perhaps they didn't need answers. Cameron does!

Aids.

What is the fear? If he is an honest chap, whether he is "cross dresser", or member of BNP neither are criminal offences, and what is, is.

If anyone attempts to "penalise" or abuse him, because of his legitimate choice/s he would have redress in criminal and civil law.

Also, the likelihood of such information being assessed, or being utilised in present day's society is infinitesimal.