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  • BobaFettBobaFett Posts: 2,789
    Uruguay could have been in the mix were it not for Suarez's moment of pure idiocy and viciousness. He will probably get banned for the remainder of the tournament. Nasty little shit.
  • BobaFettBobaFett Posts: 2,789
    C'mon England in the cricket
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    Should I be laying Liverpool 2015/16 season?

    Take my mind off the cricket..... gawd I'm glad I made £130 and now behind the boys, 5 to go...
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    Four deliveries left ....
  • BobaFettBobaFett Posts: 2,789
    Pulpstar said:

    Bloody Hell Jimmy still in ?

    Jimmy has faced 52 balls for no run. Come on England
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395

    England playing a football match at World Cup less interesting than a cricket game and a match between Uruguay/Italy.

    That's all you need to know.

    Test Cricket was invented by people with FAR too much time on their hands :)
    This will be two matches in a row going down to the last ball of the match.
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    Two deliveries left ....
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 37,534
    Socrates said:

    TGOHF said:

    RobD said:

    BTW if tim were ever to return, surely it would be today?

    He left ?
    So did MickPork. Didn't you realise how much nicer this place had become?
    Since tim left, a number of old regulars (including you) have returned. I don't think that's coincidence.

  • dyedwooliedyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    Oh Jimmy.........
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,959
    BOLLOCKS!!!!!!!!
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,030
    Ugh!
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Sri Lanka win with one more ball to go.
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    Anderson Out.

    Sri Lanka win by 100 runs
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,300
    Curse of Agnew.

    Eng 249-9 (2 balls left)
    Eranga pitches up, Anderson gets a solid bat behind it. Two balls left!


    Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special
    "Sri Lanka have got to aim for the stumps."
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,959
    AndyJS said:

    England playing a football match at World Cup less interesting than a cricket game and a match between Uruguay/Italy.

    That's all you need to know.

    Test Cricket was invented by people with FAR too much time on their hands :)
    This will be two matches in a row going down to the last ball of the match.
    It's your fault, you jinxed it, it didn't go to the last ball.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited June 2014
    After 32 years as Test competitors, Sri Lanka win their first series in England.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,406
    Gutting, great effort by Jimmy and a fantastic century by Moeen Ali.

    Final profit on the match £41.77.
  • BobaFettBobaFett Posts: 2,789
    Noooooooooo!
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,406
    Next question - Did Suarez get hungry again ?
  • SmarmeronSmarmeron Posts: 5,099
    @Pulpstar

    Fancied a bit of Parma Ham?
  • dyedwooliedyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    Suarez life ban required. F@ck Liverpools lost income.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,406
    Hmm judging by his golden boot price looks like he might be in trouble 55/190
  • BobaFettBobaFett Posts: 2,789
    Leaving aside national bias, there is surely a case for WC Group D being one of the strongest groups in modern times. Am I just biased? Neither England nor Italy looked a bad team to me, given a more normal draw they both should have progressed.

    Elsewhere in the tournament, Spain's group was very, very tricky. The difference is in Group D that all four teams were very decent. Australia not so much in Spain's group.
  • philiphphiliph Posts: 4,704

    Suarez life ban required. F@ck Liverpools lost income.

    and 3 point deduction
  • dyedwooliedyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    philiph said:

    Suarez life ban required. F@ck Liverpools lost income.

    and 3 point deduction
    At least 30. And Gerrard to play in callipers
  • dyedwooliedyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    BobaFett said:

    Leaving aside national bias, there is surely a case for WC Group D being one of the strongest groups in modern times. Am I just biased? Neither England nor Italy looked a bad team to me, given a more normal draw they both should have progressed.

    Elsewhere in the tournament, Spain's group was very, very tricky. The difference is in Group D that all four teams were very decent. Australia not so much in Spain's group.

    England were turgid, lacked imagination and can't pass ten yards properly.
    Costa Rica were crap today
    Uruguay are nasty thugs
    Italy faded after game one

    It was a poor group and neither Uruguay or Costa Rica will feature in the Semis (or probably the quarters)
  • CD13CD13 Posts: 6,366
    Hardly a mark on his shoulder - I think Chiellini made a meal of it.
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,300
    Did Suarez's mother put him on the bottle at a very early age?
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Could Suarez be banned from the rest of the World Cup?
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,406
    Costa Rica only needed a draw to win the group, they also didn't want to pick up any injuries or more than perhaps 1 or 2 yellow cards - they got a point and picked up 1 yellow, no injuries so far as I can tell.

    Job done.
  • jayfdeejayfdee Posts: 618
    If people cannot be bothered to make even the most basic security on their mobiles,then they deserve all they get. Calling it Hacking is too simplistic,it is just connecting in to mobiles with the default pin.
    Even government ministers," Fatty Prescott" left their mobiles unprotected.
    There should be no compensation for incompetence.
    It may be more complicated,if so apologies.
  • MonikerDiCanioMonikerDiCanio Posts: 5,792
    I have to admire Suarez. He embodies the Shankly philosophy that "football isn't a life and death matter. It's far more important."
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,875
    dyedwoolie 3/4 of those teams are world cup winners, England once, Uruguay twice and Italy 4 times, but strangely Costa Rica won the group

    Highlights of the cricket now on C5
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,514
    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,406
    I've got a blimmin Golden boot bet on Suarez.

    Looking bad...

    Not great for Uruguay's chances too if he is out the tourney !
  • RochdalePioneersRochdalePioneers Posts: 28,960
    Sporting of Suarez. Yes he just bit someone. Again again. But in doing so he takes the media firestorm away from the apocalyptic England team.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,736
    jayfdee said:

    If people cannot be bothered to make even the most basic security on their mobiles,then they deserve all they get. Calling it Hacking is too simplistic,it is just connecting in to mobiles with the default pin.
    Even government ministers," Fatty Prescott" left their mobiles unprotected.
    There should be no compensation for incompetence.
    It may be more complicated,if so apologies.

    Silly Milly eh?
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @itvnews: Roy Hodgson pleased the England team gave the nation 'something to cheer about' as they drew 0-0 with Costa Rica http://t.co/xSmJThc1uE
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @PhilSpooner_: I hope this is real http://t.co/1JpezOhoVX
  • dyedwooliedyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    Scott_P said:

    @itvnews: Roy Hodgson pleased the England team gave the nation 'something to cheer about' as they drew 0-0 with Costa Rica http://t.co/xSmJThc1uE

    Not really got a handle on the national mood has he?

  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,406
    Scott_P said:
    175-1 ?! Bloody Hell
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549

    I imagine that a lot will depend on Coulson himself and whether he feels he has scores to settle. I feel very sorry for him that he got caught up and taken over by such a culture.

    As I understand it, he has become very impoverished by this, having to sell his house, take his kids out of private education, and put them in the public system.

    That is the sort of thing that makes one angry.
    Why ? The son of a b!tch f***ed up so many innocent people.
  • dyedwooliedyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    surbiton said:

    I imagine that a lot will depend on Coulson himself and whether he feels he has scores to settle. I feel very sorry for him that he got caught up and taken over by such a culture.

    As I understand it, he has become very impoverished by this, having to sell his house, take his kids out of private education, and put them in the public system.

    That is the sort of thing that makes one angry.
    Why ? The son of a b!tch f***ed up so many innocent people.
    Yeah, he ruined their millionaire lifestyles with his listening to messages activity
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,821
    edited June 2014
    Some nice dead-horse flogging over at the Grauniad:

    http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/24/scotland-yard-want-interview-rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking

    I suppose they didn't want to waste the article they'd prepared in anticipation of things turning out differently.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,514
    surbiton said:

    I imagine that a lot will depend on Coulson himself and whether he feels he has scores to settle. I feel very sorry for him that he got caught up and taken over by such a culture.

    As I understand it, he has become very impoverished by this, having to sell his house, take his kids out of private education, and put them in the public system.

    That is the sort of thing that makes one angry.
    Why ? The son of a b!tch f***ed up so many innocent people.
    shame it wasn't Blair
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,736
    Suarez fancied an Italian
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    Well well well.

    What price that Coulson won't necessarily be the main front page on all the papers now - Cameron needs to thank Suarez personally if so?
  • MonikerDiCanioMonikerDiCanio Posts: 5,792
    edited June 2014

    Suarez fancied an Italian

    Al dente.

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_dente
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,514

    Well well well.

    What price that Coulson won't necessarily be the main front page on all the papers now - Cameron needs to thank Suarez personally if so?

    What will people be discussing tonight ?

    Suarez, England, Wimbledon.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,514

    Some nice dead-horse flogging over at the Grauniad:

    http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/24/scotland-yard-want-interview-rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking

    I suppose they didn't want to waste the article they'd prepared in anticipation of things turning out differently.

    You're too polite Mr N, it's equine necrophilia.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,406
    The Daily Mail doesn't half report some real shit at times - "humiliating" is the last word I'd describe the English defeat at Headingley as... "gut wrenching", "heartbreaking" are a couple of adjectives they could have used but "humiliating" is a disgrace.
  • Well well well.

    What price that Coulson won't necessarily be the main front page on all the papers now - Cameron needs to thank Suarez personally if so?

    What will people be discussing tonight ?

    Suarez, England, Wimbledon.
    *Anecdote alert* Suarez is the main topic in the pub at the moment.
    I guess that if I bring up the phone hacking trial I will get some 'WTF are you going on about now?' looks

  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,406
    Did the referee see the Suarez incident btw ?
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,701
    Pulpstar said:

    The Daily Mail doesn't half report some real shit at times - "humiliating" is the last word I'd describe the English defeat at Headingley as... "gut wrenching", "heartbreaking" are a couple of adjectives they could have used but "humiliating" is a disgrace.

    I'd say that to say that was at least bordering on racist!
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,514

    Well well well.

    What price that Coulson won't necessarily be the main front page on all the papers now - Cameron needs to thank Suarez personally if so?

    What will people be discussing tonight ?

    Suarez, England, Wimbledon.
    *Anecdote alert* Suarez is the main topic in the pub at the moment.
    I guess that if I bring up the phone hacking trial I will get some 'WTF are you going on about now?' looks

    give it a go and see. I suspect you'll get glazed over eyes and the conversation will turn back to something more interesting.

    Did you see the american who got stuck in the 32 ton vagina ?

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/us-student-rescued-giant-vagina-sculpture-germany
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,406

    Pulpstar said:

    The Daily Mail doesn't half report some real shit at times - "humiliating" is the last word I'd describe the English defeat at Headingley as... "gut wrenching", "heartbreaking" are a couple of adjectives they could have used but "humiliating" is a disgrace.

    I'd say that to say that was at least bordering on racist!
    If we'd have been knocked over before tea they could have pulled out the "humiliating" tag, but not with a very decent effort to save the game on the last day.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,701
    Pulpstar said:

    Pulpstar said:

    The Daily Mail doesn't half report some real shit at times - "humiliating" is the last word I'd describe the English defeat at Headingley as... "gut wrenching", "heartbreaking" are a couple of adjectives they could have used but "humiliating" is a disgrace.

    I'd say that to say that was at least bordering on racist!
    If we'd have been knocked over before tea they could have pulled out the "humiliating" tag, but not with a very decent effort to save the game on the last day.
    Indeed, a very decent effort. Nail-biting. I really couldn't watch!
  • taffystaffys Posts: 9,753
    ''Some nice dead-horse flogging over at the Grauniad:''

    Talking of dead horse flogging at the Guardian, I've just read the 359th article on the subject of 'labour doesn;t understand the appeal of UKIP in our heartlands' that the paper has run since May.

    Is it really that big a deal?
  • Well well well.

    What price that Coulson won't necessarily be the main front page on all the papers now - Cameron needs to thank Suarez personally if so?

    What will people be discussing tonight ?

    Suarez, England, Wimbledon.
    *Anecdote alert* Suarez is the main topic in the pub at the moment.
    I guess that if I bring up the phone hacking trial I will get some 'WTF are you going on about now?' looks

    give it a go and see. I suspect you'll get glazed over eyes and the conversation will turn back to something more interesting.

    Did you see the american who got stuck in the 32 ton vagina ?

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/us-student-rescued-giant-vagina-sculpture-germany
    The last time I got told to STFU about politics was the Sunday of the Euro election results. Getting stuck in a large vagina statue is the sort of thing my drunken mates would have ended up in the papers for in our younger days.
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
  • Peter_the_PunterPeter_the_Punter Posts: 14,465
    AndyJS said:

    Could Suarez be banned from the rest of the World Cup?


    Donning my ref's cap, Andy, I should say not.

    Unless the bite was severe enough to leave a clear impression, the evidence would be lacking. He did however clearly stick his head into the Italian and for that he can be punished by FIFA, retrospectively. I should think they will penalise him for violent conduct and leave it at that. I'm not sure what the tarif is for this World Cup - anything from a one to three match ban, I think.

    More than that would be excessive unless there's clear evidence of biting, which I suspect there is not.
  • SmarmeronSmarmeron Posts: 5,099
    @surbiton

    It makes little difference because most people have it factored in already, no matter the outcome of the trial.
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    At the time he hadn't been charged or convicted.

    Your (former) Prime Minister is Tony Blair.

    I think we win.
  • MonikerDiCanioMonikerDiCanio Posts: 5,792
    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    The crimes of Coulson pale into insignificance when compared to those of the blood soaked New Labour occupation.

  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,376
    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    Of course the Prime Minister didn't know at the time that Coulson was a criminal...
  • NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,564
    jayfdee said:

    If people cannot be bothered to make even the most basic security on their mobiles,then they deserve all they get. Calling it Hacking is too simplistic,it is just connecting in to mobiles with the default pin.
    Even government ministers," Fatty Prescott" left their mobiles unprotected.
    There should be no compensation for incompetence.
    It may be more complicated,if so apologies.

    That's a bit too blase IMO. If you don't lock your back door, do you deserve to be burgled? You might be blamed for taking risks, but it's still mainly the burglar that's at fault.
  • FluffyThoughtsFluffyThoughts Posts: 2,420
    edited June 2014
    Topsy-turvey: That is all.

    Editted-to-Add:

    It is a bit like celebrating Mike Tyson's conviction whilst ignoring the aquittal against the "Head-tree Kennedy" who was - objectively - more culpable of the same and/or worse crime. If only we had a Bill-of-Rights under-pinned by a Rule-of-Law.... :(

    :tromso-trolls-jump-for-joy:
  • john_zimsjohn_zims Posts: 3,399
    @surbiton

    'Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.'

    What had he been convicted of before being employed by No 10 ?
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,514
    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    chortle

    your prime minister was a criminal and invaded a country illegally.

    shall we mention in passing the 5 Labour MPs convicted of theft and sent to jail and for which Labour never apologised ?

    Shall we mention Ed posing with a "criminal" paper and then realising he'd goofed ?

    Did Tessa Jowell resign when her husband had a few issues in Italy ......

    with Berlusconi who Tony used to borrow a villa from ?

    Really I could laugh at your daftness all night.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,701
    edited June 2014
    Mr Pubgoer, your comment reminds me that long, long ago in my student days one of the pharmaceutical papers published a slightly tongue in cheek article about trials of aphrodisiacs. A friend and I wrote in, offering to assist in any such trials. As I recall we got a somewhat frosty reply, to the effect that clinical trials were a serious matter.

    Sad, when you think about it!
  • SocratesSocrates Posts: 10,322
    BobaFett said:

    Leaving aside national bias, there is surely a case for WC Group D being one of the strongest groups in modern times. Am I just biased? Neither England nor Italy looked a bad team to me, given a more normal draw they both should have progressed.

    Elsewhere in the tournament, Spain's group was very, very tricky. The difference is in Group D that all four teams were very decent. Australia not so much in Spain's group.

    It's good on paper, but when you watched the displays less so. Both England and Italy were very mediocre.
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    GIN1138 said:

    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    Of course the Prime Minister didn't know at the time that Coulson was a criminal...
    So why did he apologise ?
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549

    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    The crimes of Coulson pale into insignificance when compared to those of the blood soaked New Labour occupation.

    How many went to jail ?
  • Peter_the_PunterPeter_the_Punter Posts: 14,465
    edited June 2014
    Pulpstar said:

    Did the referee see the Suarez incident btw ?

    Apparently not and understandably so.

    Play was continuing on the left wing when the incident happened round about the penalty spot. The Assistant Referee was on the right wing so the the Referee was correctly covering play towards the left. He would at best have had a peripheral view of the incident.

    The Assistant would have had a clearer view and would have seen the contact and the two players go down. In theory he could have alerted the referee and indicated a penalty, but that's a big call and AR's are very reluctant to intervene in that way. He would have been some forty yards away and at that distance it's hard to be sure unless the offence is very clear.

  • SmarmeronSmarmeron Posts: 5,099
    "Theresa May: There is no surveillance state"

    "She concluded by renewing a call to change the law to hand the security services more powers to scrutinise online communication - a bid that has previously been blocked by the Liberal Democrats."

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28006739
  • surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:
    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"
    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    Leaving aside the Blair/Iraq blood shed, Labour's last PM Brown had on the Govt payroll McBride, who made up dirty lies about people to smear their reputation.
  • MonikerDiCanioMonikerDiCanio Posts: 5,792
    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    The crimes of Coulson pale into insignificance when compared to those of the blood soaked New Labour occupation.

    How many went to jail ?
    Five and counting.

  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,701
    surbiton said:

    GIN1138 said:

    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    Of course the Prime Minister didn't know at the time that Coulson was a criminal...
    So why did he apologise ?
    He thought it would be a good idea. Would sound good. Whether or not he meant what he said, or what his sound-bite writer wrote is another matter entirely.
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    BBC footie coverage shows new tv angle which proves suarez bang to rights, a clear bite and deffo not a failed butt...
  • jayfdeejayfdee Posts: 618
    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    Nobody cares,even the Costa Rica draw is more interesting. Mrs Jayfdee has never heard of AC,and is not remotely interested in phone hacking. The Westminster crowd will get agitated about it,but no-one else.

  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,514
    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    The crimes of Coulson pale into insignificance when compared to those of the blood soaked New Labour occupation.

    How many went to jail ?
    Four : David Chaytor, Elliot Morley, Eric Illsley, Jim Devine. Margaret Moran got a supervision order.

  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    GIN1138 said:

    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    Of course the Prime Minister didn't know at the time that Coulson was a criminal...
    But the crimes had already been commited ? Was any sort of due diligence conducted ? After all hacking was not exactly unknown at the time of appointment.

    Or, did the Tories want to employ an hacker ?
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,701
    Smarmeron said:

    "Theresa May: There is no surveillance state"

    "She concluded by renewing a call to change the law to hand the security services more powers to scrutinise online communication - a bid that has previously been blocked by the Liberal Democrats."

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28006739

    A very good reason to vote LD next time.
  • SocratesSocrates Posts: 10,322
    Smarmeron said:

    "Theresa May: There is no surveillance state"

    "She concluded by renewing a call to change the law to hand the security services more powers to scrutinise online communication - a bid that has previously been blocked by the Liberal Democrats."

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28006739

    Britain's surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency, intercepted and stored the webcam images of millions of internet users not suspected of wrongdoing, secret documents reveal.

    GCHQ files dating between 2008 and 2010 explicitly state that a surveillance program codenamed Optic Nerve collected still images of Yahoo webcam chats in bulk and saved them to agency databases, regardless of whether individual users were an intelligence target or not.


    "There is no programme of mass surveillance and there is no surveillance state,"

    Whatever you say, Theresa, whatever you say. And there's no problem with passport delays either, right?

    Not a clue.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,376
    surbiton said:

    GIN1138 said:

    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    Of course the Prime Minister didn't know at the time that Coulson was a criminal...
    But the crimes had already been commited ? Was any sort of due diligence conducted ? After all hacking was not exactly unknown at the time of appointment.

    Or, did the Tories want to employ an hacker ?
    Don't ask me. I couldn't give a monkey's about any of this rubbish.

    If it was up to me Coulson would still be in Downing St and Hacked Off would be told to p*ss off.

  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,950
    Good evening, everyone.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,959
    New thread.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,030

    Good evening, everyone.

    Curse of the new thread!
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    GIN1138 said:

    surbiton said:

    GIN1138 said:

    surbiton said:

    surbiton said:

    Re: Andy Coulson:

    In the immortal words of Richard Nabavi - "non issue"

    Where is tim ?

    why's it an issue ? In the real world nobody cares.
    Your Prime Minister employed a criminal and brought him into No.10.
    Of course the Prime Minister didn't know at the time that Coulson was a criminal...
    But the crimes had already been commited ? Was any sort of due diligence conducted ? After all hacking was not exactly unknown at the time of appointment.

    Or, did the Tories want to employ an hacker ?
    Don't ask me. I couldn't give a monkey's about any of this rubbish.

    If it was up to me Coulson would still be in Downing St and Hacked Off would be told to p*ss off.

    I do not want a government that I support knowingly employing criminals or condoning their activities and frankly neither should you.

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    edited June 2014
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