Dally wrote:
At the end of the day its just an update on a legal matter which his in house team were dealing with him. Myler's brief bullet points for his attention were suggesting a meeting. Why would he read all the detail underneath when he could be updated in a couple of minutes in person?
Don't be so stupid. Having contradicted his people twice in committee, he now has to claim he never read anything which would mean he did not tell the truth. His only alternative would be to put his hands up and say "OK, fair cop, I knew". To suggest that he got an email but only read a bit of it is as ludicrous as it gets. And if you consider the seriousness of the subject, then Murdoch not reading all of it simply beggars belief. You must be the world's most gullible man if you believe that.
Anyway, the email to Myler proves he lied. If he had not previously discussed the Taylor case with Myler, how could he be getting "an update"? If "it is as bad as we feared" why would we have feared it being bad, if in fact we knew feck all about "it"? The natural reply then would have been - "Colin - eh? What are you talking about"?
The emails from Crone to Myler, which Myler simply forwarded on to Murdoch, are similarly full of ammunition. What - a deal to be offered that's going to cost £700K, and the way to inform your gaffer of it for the first time is just to forward an email? Do you really credit that?
That email also refers to the "further nightmare scenario" relating to the hacking of the PFA solicitor's phone. Again - do you seriously believe that such a fundamentally grave disclosure would first be made to Murdoch by a forwarded email? Really?
The copy email from Julian Pike, the solicitor, states on only the 4th line that Gordon Taylor wanted to show that what happened to him was "rife throughout the organisation". This email states that Taylor's lawyer wants over £1m to settle or else his client wants to see his
infernal organisation "hung out to dry". You actually credit that anyone would "inform" their boss for the first time of such a case, at such an advanced stage, simply by a forwarded email?
I'm sorry, but I don't believe a word he says. And if he has not been dissembling, then he must be the world's worst manager, and must have had some of the craziest staff.
