to allow innocent old man Murdoch to buy up the whole media
landscape in the UK, were it not for the growing shit-storm
from the Milly Dowler voice-mail hack.
It's like they had a shit-sensor on their noses.
IshitUnot: sturdyblog
A Quasi-Disgraced Government
The
truth of the Hunt affair is buried in a lot of waffle.
Sturdyblog
clarifies.
After
the bunting has come down and the union jacks have become just colourful
litter, after the last cake on the last stand has been sold, cut-price for
being as stale as our growth forecast, after the last drop of champagne has
been drained from the crystal flutes and we begin to count the cost to our
economy of the extra holiday, questions will persist over the Jeremy Hunt
affair.
... There's more. The man who
decided to replace Judge Cable with Judge Hunt is also a big ACME fan. He owes them big for their support in
securing his position. He has secret
meetings with the Head of ACME. He goes horse-riding with ACME executives.
He has a close relationship with the ACME CEO. He has hired an ex-ACME man to be his Head of Communications. As a
matter of fact, he discusses the case
with top ACME people at a private ACME Christmas dinner, only two days
after appointing Judge Hunt.
.... He bleats that he has "compartments" in his mind which, the
moment he was appointed, isolated his personal views. So why did he continue calling, emailing, texting BSkyB
dozens of times a week throughout the process, the rational observer may
ask? "I wanted to be courteous" comes the response. Well, if Courteous Bending Over Backwards
Gymnastics is an event in the upcoming Olympics, 532 text messages ought to
secure Team GB their first medal. And if
Pole-Vaulting Over All Propriety is an event, Hunt is going for the Gold.
His
apologists point out that Hunt may have said the wrong thing, but actually did
nothing wrong. Or to put it more simply, when it came to Vince Cable the paramount factor is what he said - not what he did.
But when it came to Jeremy Hunt - ignore
what he said and look at what he did.
... Let us not forget that, as the
telephone-hacking scandal exploded over the heads of this poisonous posse like
a rancid piñata, forcing NewCorp to withdraw their bid, Hunt was about to wave it through. And
that, ultimately, is the only action of real relevance.
