Is now the moment to take the 150-1 David Cameron bet?

Is now the moment to take the 150-1 David Cameron bet?

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Is it conceivable that he could be the next cabinet exit? The hacking saga has moved dramatically overnight with the reports that former News of the World editor and the man who was the Number 10 communications chief from May last year until January, Andy Coulson, could be arrested today. If that is correct then it brings it very close to David Cameron – who first appointed Coulson while he was opposition leader and then took him to Downing Street…

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BREAKING: “Coulson to be arrested tomorrow”

BREAKING: “Coulson to be arrested tomorrow”

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Guardian What will this do to Cameron’s position? The latest development in the hacking affair is a report in the Guardian that ex-Number 10 Communication Director, Andy Coulson is to arrested tomorrow. The paper reports: “Andy Coulson has been told by police that he will be arrested on Friday morning over suspicions that he knew about, or had direct involvement in, the hacking of mobile phones during his editorship of the News of the World. The Guardian understands that a…

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Could the hacking damages bill reach a billion pounds?

Could the hacking damages bill reach a billion pounds?

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What’ll this do to the companies’ share prices? Channel 4 news is reporting that according to police estimates there are potentially upwards of 4,000 victims of the hacking scandal. Clearly we won’t know the details of each case but many, if not most of the victims, could have some sort of legal redress against News International or one of the other media organisations. Given the reported pay-outs so far, all settled quietly out of court, then we could be talking…

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Has Dave really been “profoundly damaged”?

Has Dave really been “profoundly damaged”?

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Telegraph Is the Peter Oborne verdict correct? Amongst the mass of coverage this morning on the hacking scandal the piece that for me stands out is the one by Peter Oborne in the Daily Telegraph in which he looks at the impact on Cameron from the affair. Oborne asserts that “.the series of disgusting revelations concerning his friends and associates from Rupert Murdoch’s News International has permanently and irrevocably damaged his reputation.” He goes on:” Until now it has been…

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The first phone-hacking polling is not good for the NOTW

The first phone-hacking polling is not good for the NOTW

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There’s a Survation poll in conjunction with Channel 4 just out and the findings are pretty negative for News International and the News of the World. To what extent could the allegations of phone hacking into active criminal cases effect readership of The News Of The World? 88% of all readers of The News Of The World surveyed said they were aware of the new phone hacking allegations. 52% of all readers said that if the allegations proved accurate they…

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Hacking: What are the polls going to say?

Hacking: What are the polls going to say?

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Is the public as concerned as Westminster thinks it is? I’m hoping that we’ll see the first polls this evening on public reaction to the latest hacking allegations. There should be at least one and possibly two surveys which have been in the field yesterday and today. An interesting dimension is whether the News International daily poll, which is carried by the Sun and the Sunday Times, included any questions. The Sun, of course, has been one of a number…

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