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Hypocrisy of the Phone Hacking Scandal.

Having looked at all newspapers this morning, I must say that I was disappointed in at most 2 paragraphs in each paper, about the arrest of a Detective Constable a member of Deputy Commissioner Sue Akers Operation Weeting team. Who has allegedly given first hand information to the Guardian, this allegation came about when information that had not been released by Scotland Yard in fact the arrest had not even taken place appeared on the Guardian Website reporting the arranged arrest of James Desborough.Officers of the MPS Directorate of Professional Standards Anti-Corruption Unit had arrested a serving MPS officer whilst he was sitting at his desk on suspicion of misconduct in a public office relating to unauthorized disclosure of information as a result of a proactive operation. The detective has been suspended from duty and is on bail due to return September 29th pending further inquiries.It stands to reason that the exclusives that the Guardian have been overtime able to print must have allegedly come from inside sources,although the Guardian when asked if payments had been made to the Police, said in a statement "In common with all news organisations we have no comment to make on the sources of our journalism" Whatever the outcome of this investigation we must maintain the Freedom of our Press.

Dawn Hardy ● 5340d7 Comments

Have you ever been given a severance package if you have, did you per chance tell your perspective employer about it after all why should you it has nothing to do with them. So why should Mr Coulson have divulged this to Mr Cameron,do you think that Tom Baldwin has told Ed Milliband all that he received from the NOW and Times.The Guardian of course has first hand information given to them on a regular basis and is never ever wrong is it? I seem to remember Gordon Brown having to apologise when proven wrong,for information given to him by the Guardian where he tiraded the NOW for a good 20 minutes in Parliament.Does no one else wonder how they get this information I mean we have a very expensive investigation going on into the NOW which was started by allegations from the Guardian,why has no politician ever questioned as to where and how they get this information. Surely if the NOW are in the frame then all newspapers must be looked at in exactly the same way. We cannot permit one newspaper to be condemned purely because it's owner want's to buy up the rest of BSKYB. It's unfortunate that Europe OK'd the deal otherwise this investigation would not know be taking place. It is and so all newspapers should be investigated to ensure that in future no political whim will ever put them in this kind of predicament again.I noticed that you gave no comment on Mandy Mandelson's enriched life style after all a magic wand must have been waved, let's see 13 year's ago he didn't have 2 pennies to rub together and had to borrow 243k from a chap who his department was investigating because of this he had to resign his position. Now 13 year's on he's as rich as Croesus and can afford 8 Million Pounds for a Mansion in the heart of London. That's a bloody fine wand.

Dawn Hardy ● 5333d

Mr Connelly I gave you a very good response but unfortunately an ERROR occurred on the SERVER and it was not PROCESSED. I will however TRY again!!!

Dawn Hardy ● 5333d

"Andy Coulson resigned from the NOW in January of 2007 he received a severance package of several thousand pounds over a period of months also medical insurance and a company car. He went to work for David Cameron in July 2007.So what!" - Dawn Hardy Dawn, you would make a great reporter for this free press you profess to adore. Only a lying hack could convert the quoted figure of "£153,000 between October and December of 2007" (Guardian) into "a severance package of a few thousand pounds".Still, why let truth get in the way of a rant?

John Connelly ● 5333d

Andy Coulson resigned from the NOW in January of 2007 he received a severance package of several thousand pounds over a period of months also medical insurance and a company car. He went to work for David Cameron in July 2007.So what!However the little man Watson is not content with just destroying the Murdoch Empire he is also doing his damnedest to ensure that the TV Media plus the other Newspapers will never disclose any wrong doings by Politicians again, if he has his way the Freedom of our Press will be taken away and they will be like Europe who are forbidden to write about any politician.Mr Watson has written to the Electoral Commission suggesting that the money Mr Coulson received as severance pay may have counted as hidden donations to the  Conservative Party. Tom Watson must keep digging the alleged filth on Coulson and the NOW to try to keep interest in the scandal, when the truth is that these allegations and they are just that. are really of no interest to we the ordinary people in fact if the truth be known we actually miss the gossip on stars and politicians.Now Mr Watson has proved very good at finding alleged information,I ask him when is Tom Baldwin-Ed Milibands right hand man going to be questioned by the police after all did he not work for the NOW? that's out of the way so how about working for the good of the people on some factual information that we would all love to know.The question for 10 Mr Watson is how is it possible for an ex-politician now a Lord who in December 1998 was forced to quit government after details emerged of a secret loan of 373000 pounds from his ministerial colleague Geoffrey Robinson to buy a home in Notting Hill-despite Mr Robinson's business dealings being under investigation by the then Mr Mandelson's department.He was brought back by Tony Blair in October 1999 and made Northern Ireland Secretary until he was forced to resign a second time in January 2001 over allegations that he attempted to help with a passport application for the Hinduja brothers, who had sponsored the Dome's "Faith Zone".June 2001: Is re-elected as Hartlepool MP remains for 3 years then takes up a position in the EU trade Commission November 2004.March 2007: Announces that he will not seek a second term at the EU after the completion of his tenure in 2009, apparently in order to prevent Mr Brown - who was expected to soon be prime minister - from removing him.Returned to Government October 2008 as Business Secretary under Mr Brown this is the same time as it is announced that he will be appointed to the House of Lords. Of course we all know about his arranging for Kraft's 7 Billion Pound Loan that the now Lord Mandelson arranged but what we don't know is how in the space of 13 years between December 1998 until present he has amassed a fortune that enables him to offer 8 Million Pounds on a house in one of London's most exclusive areas. Mr Watson your starter for 10 starts now!!!

Dawn Hardy ● 5335d

We need the Freedom of the Press to ensure that our duly elected Members of Parliament do not have another spending spree at we the taxpayers expense.

Dawn Hardy ● 5338d

Allegations are not proof, it is politically expedient at this moment in time to decry newspapers.

Dawn Hardy ● 5338d

Freedom to what, destroy peoples lives, print lies, hack phones and computers

Patricia Nicholas ● 5339d