Farage is a Clear and Present Danger to the Establishment | FT
Ed’s Retreads | Londoner's Diary
Ed’s Cowardly Zionism | Speccie
The Rise and Fall of Huhne and Pryce | New York Times
Now Ed Says He’s Not a Zionist | Dan Hodges
Rebels ‘a Dozen Names’ From Coup | Speccie
Dave Makes Me Despair | Allister Heath
Will Ed Stand By His Claim to Be a Zionist? | Dan Hodges
Soon LibDems Will Be Denying Knowledge of Coalition | Iain Martin
No One Does Scandal Like the Men in Sandals | Alex Wickham
End the Whips System | Graham Brady
Ed’s Retreads | Londoner's Diary
Ed’s Cowardly Zionism | Speccie
The Rise and Fall of Huhne and Pryce | New York Times
Now Ed Says He’s Not a Zionist | Dan Hodges
Rebels ‘a Dozen Names’ From Coup | Speccie
Dave Makes Me Despair | Allister Heath
Will Ed Stand By His Claim to Be a Zionist? | Dan Hodges
Soon LibDems Will Be Denying Knowledge of Coalition | Iain Martin
No One Does Scandal Like the Men in Sandals | Alex Wickham
End the Whips System | Graham Brady
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013
Saturday Seven Up
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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2013
Huhne Fights to the Bitter End
Chris is a fighter to the bitter end, this is the email he sent to the PCC this evening:
From: Chris Huhne
Sent: 08 March 2013 16:10
To: Charlotte Dewar, PCC
Subject: Harassment complaint
Sent: 08 March 2013 16:10
To: Charlotte Dewar, PCC
Subject: Harassment complaint
Dear Charlotte Dewar,
My partner, Carina Trimingham, and I have been harassed by press photographers as we left and returned to our home in London today.
Under Clause 4 of your Code journalists must not persist in photographing individuals once asked to desist. We ask that you make editors aware of our request that this activity now cease. We have been frequently photographed over the last few weeks and there is no public interest in further photographs of us being taken or in the continued presence of photographers outside our home.
I would be grateful if you would make editors aware of our position.
Yours Chris Huhne
Smile for the speed cameras…
Yesterday evening Guido and Fleetstreet Fox took to the airwaves on BBC Radio London to offer their opinion on what comes next for Chris Huhne.Roll on Monday…
Tory MP Calls For Thompson Answers
As this afternoon’s tape piles the pressure on Mark Thompson, Tory MP Rob Wilson tells Guido:“Mark Thompson’s story has changed on several occasions since he first wrote to me saying he knew nothing about the Jimmy Savile allegations. The Pollard Review accepted his account. This recording and the Helen Boaden solicitor’s letter to the BBC cast a dark cloud over Thompson’s version of events. Pollard and the BBC must now reveal all the evidence as I have requested in my recent letters to them. Both the integrity of the enquiry and the BBC is at stake as is the reputation of Mark Thompson.”This one will run…
Audio Tape Reveals Mark Thompson DID Know About Savile
Ninety seconds of audio released by The Timesmedia correspondent Ben Webster has undone former BBC Director General Mark Thompson’s evidence to both Parliament and the Pollard Review over what he knew about Savile. The damning tape from an interview last October has Thompson admitting that he knew the fateful Newsnight investigation was into Savile and about“sexual abuse of some kind”. Fast forward to 9.15:
In a letter to Tory MP Rob Wilson on 23 October 2012 Thompson said he“never heard any allegations or received any complaints about Jimmy Savile”. On 21 January 2013 Thompson again denied knowledge of the Savile scandal during his time running the BBC. As Guido exclusively revealed, Thompson told John Whittingdale, chairman of the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee, that “neither Caroline Hawley…nor the leadership of BBC News told me what the investigation had been about.” Really?
It shouldn’t be forgotten that this Webster interview proves that Thompson knew that Newsnight had investigated Savile for child abuse in 2011 and yet still allowed the BBC to broadcast lavish tribute programmes to him that Christmas. Over the ensuing nine months – while Thompson was trying to secure his new job at the New York Times – he maintained he knew nothing about Newsnight’s Savile inquiry. This looks a lot like a smoking gun…
OBR Letter to Dave in Full
The chairman of the OBR has written to the PM stressing the“uncertain” effect of government policy, after Dave said he had their backing that zero growth was not his fault. Worth noting how Labour paint the OBR as a bunch of jokers when they disagree with their message, but the second Cameron gets a slap they have nothing but praise…
Guardian Plain Packs Scoop Plain Wrong
“Government to legislate for plain cigarette packaging this year”, claimedTuesday’s Guardian scoop. A “senior Whitehall source” vows “there will be legislation”, reported Patrick Wintour. All pretty certain then; no chance of having jumped the gun. Step forward David Cameron on Thursday: “The decision has not been taken”. Doh.
Huhne and Pryce Sentenced Monday
Monday 11th March, 2pm, Southwark Crown Court.One last weekend of freedom…
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