Milly Dowler's voicemail was hacked by News of the Screws

MrMoonX · 4 Jul 2011 at 19:52

Dolph said:
As I said, I voted for the local conservative candidate, not for the Conservative Party. Perhaps you need to learn the difference?

perhaps you need to learn that candidates tow the party line otherwise they wouldnt be running for MP's for the tory party, they have whips for a reason

perhaps its just coincidence that Cameron and Hunt had dinner with murdoch and brooks last christmas, perhaps hammering out a how much will you donate to let us take bskyb kind of discussion

Dolph · 4 Jul 2011 at 19:56

MrMoonX said:
perhaps you need to learn that candidates tow the party line otherwise they wouldnt be running for MP's for the tory party, they have whips for a reason

The party line is largely defined by the type of candidate voted for though

Surfer · 4 Jul 2011 at 19:59

Can a mod "magic" away all the offtopic posts and dump them in their own thread (if that power is possible ofc)

Danthus · 4 Jul 2011 at 20:00

Surfer said:
Can a mod "magic" away all the offtopic posts and dump them in their own thread (if that power is possible ofc)

Seconded.

JudgeFudge · 4 Jul 2011 at 20:01

Murdoch and Blair were best of chums, but even Murdoch knew Gordon Brown would be a failure.

Biohazard · 4 Jul 2011 at 20:04

Dolph said:
I didn't consider her insane until I had her letter back.

Largely, I don't actually agree with the Tories on the Poor, unless you count IDS, but IDS (and Cameron to a large extent) are not 'typical' tories.

Do you write to them all?

Oh they are pretty much on this subject. The prominant ones are just forunate enough with the odd/sticky out personality or long history in the party everyone else is a backbencher who you don't hear of unless they've said something stupid or wrong. Goes for all political parties.

Yet, 'The Nasty Party' is already starting to cry again around the press up here, and it's hard not to see why.

Biohazard · 4 Jul 2011 at 20:06

Surfer said:
Can a mod "magic" away all the offtopic posts and dump them in their own thread (if that power is possible ofc)

In a stockhausen thread nothing is off topic, especially when it's Conservatism and the Murdoch empire. I can empathise, but what else are we going to do in a politically loaded thread?

All repeat the same message of how unbelievably crass and distasteful this alledged phone hacking was? Increadibly, but it would make for a dull conversation.

Surfer · 4 Jul 2011 at 20:17

All repeat the same message of how unbelievably crass and distasteful this alledged phone hacking was? Increadibly, but it would make for a dull conversation.

well my reply did suggest the issue of Accountability for discussion.

When you work for a company and you do something illegal when working on behalf of that company. Are you as a person arrested and that solves the problem (in the eyes of the Law) or does some commission or inquiry need to look at the conduct of NoW the company (oh wait...hasnt someone already done that haha

)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/17/phone-hacking-news-of-the-world

MikeHunt79 · 4 Jul 2011 at 20:38

Mr Jack said:
I hope we see an awful lot of people spending time at Her Majesty's finest penal establishments for this.

From the link in the OP:

"Detectives from Scotland Yard's new inquiry into the phone hacking, Operation Weeting, are believed to have found evidence of the targeting of the Dowlers in a collection of 11,000 pages of notes kept by Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator jailed for phone hacking on behalf of the News of the World."

cu3ed · 4 Jul 2011 at 20:55

Dolph said:
The party line is largely defined by the type of candidate voted for though

LMAO...tell me you smoke crack...please for the love of god....

and NOTW, like all of Murdochs papers are **** rags, always have been.

Locky · 4 Jul 2011 at 21:02

Biohazard said:
Not political in the slightest then?

have some rolleyes back, :rolleyes:

The SNP thread is that way.

Biohazard · 4 Jul 2011 at 21:05

Locky said:
have some rolleyes back,

The SNP thread is that way.

No hang on, is this thread not political what so ever?

It's shamefull and also a crime, but I think you forget this is a discussion forum perhaps.

Locky · 4 Jul 2011 at 21:09

This thread is no base for you dolph etc to argue about political issues.

This thread is about a girl who was murdered who had her phone hacked by a news paper.

But feel free to post what you like, it's an open forum.

Dolph · 4 Jul 2011 at 21:19

Locky said:
This thread is no base for you dolph etc to argue about political issues.

This thread is about a girl who was murdered who had her phone hacked by a news paper.

But feel free to post what you like, it's an open forum.

I agree, it's such a shame that the OP started it in such a way that it was inevitable..

Hatter The Mad · 4 Jul 2011 at 21:24

See, if this were SC this kind of derailing wouldn't be acceptable. But it is GD. And it's stockhausen

ColdAsIce · 4 Jul 2011 at 21:24

Boiling with rage at this, honestly sickening to know they hacked her phone ffs

I mean how could you sleep at night, listening to the messages of the family asking for her to come home safe and then delete messages, just so you can listen to even more! **** me

Duke · 4 Jul 2011 at 21:43

I hope they actually do something about this scum company.

Spektor · 4 Jul 2011 at 21:52

Some pretty low shenanigans, why the media even mentioned celebrities when so much worse went on than their pathetic existences gaining ever more publicity.

Rupert Murdoch looks frailer by the year though *crosses fingers*

the_director · 4 Jul 2011 at 21:53

The real problem is the utterly powerless Press Complaints Comission and the laughable idea that self-regulation works. Those defending Murdoch because he's not being on the frontline of such journalism is to ignore the culture created by such a figurehead who judges editors by newspaper sales and political acquiescence rather than proper journalism or behaviour that meets even basic moral standards.

This is an appalling story that will get some attention in the broadsheets whilst the tabloids will bury it underneath more important news about celebrities doing inane things and essentially pretend that this never happened. Hardly any reader is likely to stop buying the NOTW, which is the only action that will change this type of journalism.

Biohazard · 4 Jul 2011 at 21:59

Locky said:
This thread is no base for you dolph etc to argue about political issues.

This thread is about a girl who was murdered who had her phone hacked by a news paper.

But feel free to post what you like, it's an open forum.

We were discussing, and you are attacking me for defending this thread in the first place. Well done.