Tag Archives: bill wiggin

Daily View 2×2: 9 July 2009

Happy Independence Day, Argentina! And happy birthday to Paul Merton and Tom Hanks.

Two big stories

Murdoch Papers hack phones
The Guardian has the story of Murdoch titles doing dodgy things with mobile phones – and it backfiring on them to the tune of at least £1m. There are clear links to current Conservative communications chief Andy Coulson.

There’s an awful lot of this story on the Guardian’s site – including an interview with hack victim Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes.

I hope this story has legs. This was shoddy journalism that should have serious consequences.

Darling’s banking reforms attacked
The FT looks

Posted in Daily View | Also tagged , , , , , , and | 4 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Peter Hirst
    I like the idea of a hypothecated tax on estates etc following death to help pay for social care. It would free up some extra funding for a neglected part of wh...
  • Peter Hirst
    We should focus on increasing voter registration rather than compulsory votoing. There is a case for compulsory voter registration though it could be used as a ...
  • Peter Hirst
    Valuing the idea of independence while recognising that in the modern world it is an illusion is a dilemma that many politicians recognise. Freedom is probably ...
  • Peter Hirst
    What the world needs is a global body that recognises, evaluates and reports on AI content so that some other body can decide when to act to prevent it being ha...
  • David McDowall
    Rather than focusing on Ambassador Huckabee, shouldn't we focus on Britain’s abject failures on Palestine? Pillage is plunder, and absolutely forbidden. We th...