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Zero Gravitas posted:Im pretty sure we speculated on a brooks/coulson affair in the original thread. Does anyone remember who called it? Holding out for a Coulson-Cameron affair. I dream big.
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From the very beginning I knew all of this had legs. All the people who said "Who cares? It's not going to go anywhere..." You always pull the thread, because it's attached to the string, that's woven into a rope, that's fashioned into a noose, that hangs around the guilty neck. The way they are painstakingly layering this must be hell for those in the dock. Starting small then working up. Slowly skinning them alive. Couldn't happen to nicer people.
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Rust Martialis posted:Holding out for a Coulson-Cameron affair. I dream big. I have heard rumour of something infinitely worse... I am sure you have too. I can't wait for it to come out. There's a certain German word for all of this... Also I hope Ross Kemp decks Coulson. haakman fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Oct 31, 2013 |
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Lots of love. The cherry on top of this is to hear this news broken in the most understated, British manner by the likes of Nick Davies on Twitter.
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haakman posted:I have heard rumour of something infinitely worse... I am sure you have too. I can't wait for it to come out. Cameron/Raisa?
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The Dark Project posted:From the very beginning I knew all of this had legs. All the people who said "Who cares? It's not going to go anywhere..." But you pull treads to cause things to become unravelled. Don't you?
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notaspy posted:But you pull treads to cause things to become unravelled. Don't you? Yeah, pulling the thread would unravel the noose and so let them escape with their lives... according to the logic of that metaphor anyway.
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Plavski posted:Yeah, pulling the thread would unravel the noose and so let them escape with their lives... according to the logic of that metaphor anyway. Maybe "gathering the individual threads, to fashion a cord, from which to create a rope, and finally tie a noose" would be a better metaphor.
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haakman posted:I have heard rumour of something infinitely worse... I am sure you have too. I can't wait for it to come out. If it's Roop and Brooks, that's already out? Sam Cam/Raisa?
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glitchkrieg posted:If it's Roop and Brooks, that's already out? Rupert / Cameron. Lord knows the Tories are in bed with News Corp already, Rupert probably required this to seal the deal.
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The horse.
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Chocolate Teapot posted:Sorry, but who's this "Raisa" name that keeps appearing? It's the name of the ex-police horse belonging to Rebekah Brooks that David Cameron rode. It was quite the scandal for a few days last year. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/9118305/Horsegate-I-did-ride-Rebekah-Brookss-police-horse-Raisa-says-David-Cameron.html
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Chocolate Teapot posted:Sorry, but who's this "Raisa" name that keeps appearing? Respected CiF columnist
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Chocolate Teapot posted:Sorry, but who's this "Raisa" name that keeps appearing? Mikhail Gorbachev's wife
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For those who need catching up on the days action, here's a couple of summaries from The Drum and Press Reform blogs.
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 Sure thing buddy. In fact most of us can't loving wait to hear the defence case.  
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I am guessing something involving magic will be the main defence.
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Brown Moses posted:Here's the Times' piece on the affair Lovely, I hope it sticks and this David chap isn't right.
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RandomPauI posted:Do Tories wear the red poppy pin for the same reasons that Republicans wear US flag pins? No, it's a universal thing. If you have a public image of any sort to maintain then you wear the poppy in November, regardless of where you are on the political spectrum. Poppy sales are for charity though, is that the case for flag pins in the US?
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HortonNash posted:Could they throw Rupert and James under the bus? Nope, literally everything that happens in this trial will be to keep them (and Lachlan) as clean as possible. In fact, given how few guilty pleas there have been, it's almost certain that there's not enough in the prosecution case to touch them.
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RandomPauI posted:I'd be surprised if less than 95% of pins were made and sold for profit. And I'd venture a guess that the vast majority of those were made in China. The poppy pins that you see most people wearing - including politicians - are from the Royal British Legion, a veteran's charity : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_poppy. They are made in the UK by disabled veterans : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy_Factory. Not that there isn't controversy surrounding them, particularly in Northern Ireland and we get the usual red poppy/white poppy controversy this time of year as well - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_poppy_%28symbol%29.
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There's now way Brooks will see the inside of a cell even if guilty of any of the charges. I highly doubt Coulson will either but he may be the fall guy.
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funkybluntster posted:There's now way Brooks will see the inside of a cell even if guilty of any of the charges. I highly doubt Coulson will either but he may be the fall guy. I've got £50 wagered with someone on reddit that says they both do at least a week inside, so they'd loving better. Seriously though, at the very least they're going to have to do a token sentence for PCoJ even if they get away with all the hacking stuff, I just can't believe there's a QC on the planet that's good enough to get them off entirely. Surely? Maybe? Oh gently caress it I'm going to need my chequebook aren't I? 
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Sex Vicar posted:Tomorrow's front pages are out. See if you can spot the outlier in tomorrow's coverage. Jesus, that Daily Heil headline...."Union thugs"
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Internet Webguy posted:Personally, my favorite is "Hacking 'Suspects'". That's the one that caught my attention to. I mean seriously, they need to qualify "suspects?" Like there's actual doubt that the state at least suspects them of being involved? Weak spin attempt, Daily Heil, weak.
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