It’s no surprise to me that there are allegations of mass phone tapping undertaken by NEWS OF THE WORLD journalists and their sleuths. Among the hundreds of celebrities caught up in the controversy are Gwyneth Paltrow, Sir Alex Ferguson, Elle McPherson, Jade Goody, John Prescott and Alan Shearer. There are suggestions that there might be a rash of law-suits filed against the NEWS OF THE WORLD following their hundreds of thousands of pounds paid out to the chief of the Professional Footballers Association, Gordon Taylor, for damages and invasion of privacy.
While sat in the editor’s chair of the Sunday tabloid, Andy Coulson claims that he was unaware that one of his journalists was phone tapping a member of the Royal Family a couple of years ago. This led to a conviction and prison term for the offender and Andy Coulson offered his resignation. He re-emerged as chief media advisor to David Cameron and despite many of the recent phone tapping allegations occuring on Coulson’s watch, Cameron refuses to sack him. It seems inconceivable to me that an editor of a national newspaper is totally blind in the methods his journalists employ to dig up their scoops. How can a possible future Prime Minister of the country have such a murky, controversial figure advising him? Maybe he’s teaching Cameron how to wire a tap on Gordon Brown’s mobile?
My theory is that Cameron refuses to give Coulson the boot because he is scared to. Coulson was employed by News International, parent company of News Of The World, and my belief is that he was parachuted into his role at Tory HQ not as media advisor but as the silent leader. David Cameron takes his orders from Coulson. Coulson ultimately bows to Rupert Murdoch, chief and owner of News International.
Even the Police are fearful to fully investigate the recent phone tapping allegations, concluding that there is no further evidence to go on. They made a statement to that effect after they spent just a day looking into it. Maybe the News Of The World have something on high ranking police officers so they are reluctant to press for a criminal investigation. If it was Joe Public they wouldn’t hesitate to probe deeper. I’m not holding my breath to see if the Crown Prosecution Service will act against the NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Our main political parties have been cowed by the likes of News International for too long and if David Cameron does walk into 10 Downing Street next year, he will not be doing the country’s bidding, he will be an agent and employee of Rupert Murdoch.
