(almost a palindrome)
A couple of stories worth pointing out:
The former executive editor of the News of the World was arrested today. Oh and he happened to be a consultant hired by the Metropolitan police to advise the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner John Yates, the officer in charge of investigating phone hacking. Oh and he just happened to be advising them on "stuff" over the period back in 2009 when the Met decided there was no need to investigate phone hacking further.
All perfectly innocent I'm sure.
Secondly Rupert Murdoch gave the American Chamber of Commerce $1 million to lobby to weaken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the very act he may now be charged under over events in the UK. Theres also a picture of Elliot Spitzer because it is all but inevitable he is going to try to link his own downfall with other invasions of privacy of the rich and powerful probably as a springboard back into politics. After his shameful defence of the IDF's illegal boarding of a ship in international waters and the murder of nine passengers I can't say I view that as a good thing.
Oh just noticed this on the live stream from the Guardian (where else?) and it is probably worth pasting:
PA has published a list of the menbers of the Commons culture media and sport committee who will grill Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks at next Tuesday's hearing:
• Chairman John Whittingdale is a senior backbench Conservative. He quit his job in the City to work as an adviser to Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
• Tom Watson, Labour, took News International's Sun newspaper to court and won after it ran stories claiming he had been involved in a campaign to smear the Tories.
• Louise Mensch, Conservative, a "chick-lit" novelist, claims she has been "threatened" before by a national newspaper journalist.
• Philip Davies, Conservative, is a rebellious backbencher who is outspoken on crime and immigration.
• Therese Coffey, Conservative, was finance director for Mars Drinks UK before being elected last year.
• Damian Collins, Conservative, worked at Saatchi advertising before setting up his own marketing firm.
• Paul Farrelly, Labour, admitted last year he "wrestled" a man to the floor in a Commons bar "entirely in self-defence".
• Alan Keen, Labour Co-operative, is chairman of the All Party parliamentary football group and once worked as a tactical scout for Middlesbrough football club.
• Adrian Sanders, Liberal Democrat, is a keen campaigner on animal welfare issues.
• Jim Sheridan, Labour, a former trade union convener and chairman of the All Party parliamentary Scottish football group.
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