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Marf on “PB Armistice Night”

Marf on “PB Armistice Night”

What happens when we are nice to our opponents PB regulars used to the hurly-burly of many of the site’s threads might have been shocked to read what happened overnight. After a heated and fractious discussion following the latest hacking story the former Labour MP and contributor here since 2004, Nick Palmer, suggested that we all look at our political opponents and try to write something positive. Extraordinarily people followed the suggestion and peace broke out. It was as though…

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Is hacking the story that won’t go away?

Is hacking the story that won’t go away?

Have we only just seen the beginning? Parliament might be in recess and MPs might be flocking to sunnier parts but judging by the past 24 hours hacking is a story that won’t go away. So much has been put on the record in recent days that it’s set off a whole series of other lines of enquiry which might or might not come to something. Where’s it all going to go? Will there be political casualties? How’s the media…

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Marf on the build-up to Rupert at Westminster

Marf on the build-up to Rupert at Westminster

The queueing starts for public seats Members of the public anxious to see this afternoon’s Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee have already begun lining up to be certain of the limited number of spaces that will be available. This is an extraordinary parliamentary occasion and a global media event. The start time is 2.30pm Rupert Murdoch, his son James and the ex-CEO of News International Rebekah Brooks, will be quizzed against the backdrop of the death of phone…

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