Where is My European Union?
As Greece prepares for a monumental decision, there is only one certainty: the European Ideal has been irrevocably damaged
Month: June 2015
Do Not Blink, Greece
The international game of chicken, being played out for the last five years, is reaching its climax. Alexis Tsipras has played a very bad hand extremely well, despite what doomsayers suggest
How the Guardian was Got At but the News of the World Got Away With It
15 years ago the Met’s Operation Two Bridges exposed a lucrative illegal trade between corrupt police officers, private investigators and Fleet Street. Nothing was done. But what happened to two Guardian journalists who were writing about police corruption at the same time?
Exploding the Myth of the Cook/Hames ‘Affair’
Overlooked evidence proves that the justification for News of the World’s surveillance of the senior investigating officer in the Daniel Morgan murder inquiry is an abject excuse
7 Suppressed Investigations into News of the World in 7 Years – Why Leveson II is Needed
A Bellingcat and Byline investigation for the first time can reveal Scotland Yard had intelligence Mazher Mahmood was corrupting police officers as far back as the summer of 2000
Breaking Bad BBC – Taking the Corporatism out of the Corporation
Writers and producers of BBC television drama are being stifled by the corporation’s top-down commissioning system. But public service broadcasting could easily be more pluralistic….
Andy Coulson Facing £750k Bill for Legal Costs
Prosecutors demands £3/4 Million from the former Downing Street director of communications to compensate taxpayers for prosecution costs. Judge says settlement must have “public approval.”
Tabloids, Killers and the Interests of the Public
How the tabloid obsession with child-killers led to questions in court, and questions of morality
Did Mazher Mahmood Mislead Leveson about the Dark Arts of His Past?
A repost of an article from last November when, the BBC was told, any coverage of the Fake Sheikh would be ‘prejudicial’ to CPS charging decisions which were “weeks away.” That was SEVEN MONTHS AGO.
Why is Rupert Murdoch Stepping Down as Head of 21st Century Fox?
After four years of a phenomenal corporate fightback after the phone hacking scandal erupted in 2011, is Rupert Murdoch’s resignation from the entertainment giant just a natural succession? Or is there some revelation pending in the wings?
More on the Mirror Group, the Dark Arts, and Daniel Morgan Murder Suspects
Forget phone hacking. It’s just the tip of an iceberg. Much more invasive illegal press practices are coming to light. Paddy French has more detail.
The IPCC Investigation into Former Met Commissioner
The role of Lord Stevens in the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, and allegations that the Metropolitan Police failed to disclose important evidence
Why was Andy Coulson Acquitted?
The inside story of how the Former News of the World editor escaped a Scottish perjury conviction