Re: News International – the story continues : Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:51 pm  

As I said before what a service to the UK it will be idf The Sun gets closed down. More than anything else it has been responsible for the "yobbification" of this county over the last 40 years or so. Let's hope it goes and goers in disgrace.

Re: News International – the story continues : Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:57 pm  

Dally wrote:

As I said before what a service to the UK it will be idf The Sun gets closed down. More than anything else it has been responsible for the "yobbification" of this county over the last 40 years or so. Let's hope it goes and goers in disgrace.

Couldn't resist



Your wife... does she go? Eh? Eh? Phwoarrr

Re: News International – the story continues : Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:29 pm  

Actually picked up a copy of the Sun today while waiting in the barbers. Hilarious comments about UK now having less press freedom than Russia or lots of other countries they could think of that your average Joe assumes has state controlled newspapers. Indingnant claims that their great newspaper is not soiled toilet paper. Maybe the reporter who wrote it (he had his name and picture at the top of the sharticle but he was instantly forgettable) should have taken a look at the 7 pages of "hard hitting reporting" prior to his editorial. 6 pages of "speculation" regarding Whitney Houston with lovely photos of a hotel sink full off fag ends and drugs and a list of all the medication she "might" have been taking. And of course page 7 was the t!t$ of the day.

Re: News International – the story continues : Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:00 pm  

I had to laugh when I read a tweet from "Sir Arnold Robinson", paraphrasing Kelvin MacKenzie's statement to Leveson: "Journalists outraged at an invasion of privacy by police, remember: (1) nothing to hide, nothing to fear; and, (2) privacy is for paedos"

Also interesting to see that MacKenzie bottled out of yesterday's Sunday Politics with Brillo show. He was supposed to be debating with Tom Watson but got someone to phone in and cry off. Isn't that just the way with bullies?

Re: News International – the story continues : Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:06 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

I had to laugh when I read a tweet from "Sir Arnold Robinson", paraphrasing Kelvin MacKenzie's statement to Leveson: "Journalists outraged at an invasion of privacy by police, remember: (1) nothing to hide, nothing to fear; and, (2) privacy is for paedos"

Also interesting to see that MacKenzie bottled out of yesterday's Sunday Politics with Brillo show. He was supposed to be debating with Tom Watson but got someone to phone in and cry off. Isn't that just the way with bullies?

Yup.

Re: News International – the story continues : Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:58 am  

Here is one you couldn't make up This one is slightly off topic, tax breaks for news papers? I'm personally of the opinion that is you are going to endorse candidates/parties then you should pay your taxes. Also, I'm sure those newspapers that extoll market forces will oppose this or am I just being naive?

Here is one you couldn't make up This one is slightly off topic, tax breaks for news papers? I'm personally of the opinion that is you are going to endorse candidates/parties then you should pay your taxes. Also, I'm sure those newspapers that extoll market forces will oppose this or am I just being naive?

Re: News International – the story continues : Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:32 pm  

Neil wrote: This one is slightly off topic, tax breaks for news papers? By the same logic, tax breaks for breweries?

Neil wrote: This one is slightly off topic, tax breaks for news papers? By the same logic, tax breaks for breweries?

Re: News International – the story continues : Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:51 am  

Dally wrote:

They have been seaching The Sun's offices. Please, oh please Rupie close it down! if we could rid the nation of that peice of s**te the country would be a better place.

After my cheap holliday obviously

Re: News International – the story continues : Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:26 am  

Scooter Nik wrote:

By the same logic, tax breaks for breweries?

"Ministers must "think creatively" about offering tax breaks to newspapers to help them through a "difficult" time of falling sales and revenue, peers say."

That'll be tax breaks for everyone except administrators/liquidators then. It's not just papers that are having a hard time, "peers"!

Clearly not made Lords on the basis of intelligence

Re: News International – the story continues : Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:27 pm  

So, the Sun On Sunday.

Wow, right out of the blue, that one. And not at all exactly what every person in the UK knew and said they would do on the day they "closed down" NOTW.