I would hope that you will join me in being absolutely outraged by the actions considered to have been possibly undertaken by newspapers who appear to have essentially arranged the hacking of phones of bereaved parents of girls who were abducted and murdered. http://is.gd/yr9cCH and http://is.gd/A1JiOF.
Following months and years of allegations, rumours, challenges, sniggers, sneers, procrastinations and denials we are now seeing that further questions merely bring about further questions ! This whole saga is becoming murkier and murkier... who would want to touch it ? But at what cost do we not touch it.... ?
This saga began with a few people concerned that their phones had been hacked realising that stories printed could only have been ascertained via their mobiles. Since those days the story has grown to such an extent that we are now questioning the actions and motives of all those involved from journalists, private investigators, newspaper editors, owners of big media organisations, The Met, latterly the Director of Public Prosecutions and even the PM has been brought into it ! The British Prime Minister !! Excuse me.. but whatever political party we may or may not belong to the Office of the Prime Minister has been brought into question. Private dinners, inviting Murdoch through the back door not the front door of No 10. What does that say ? And let's not forget Coulson... he was there at the beginning of this tale - will he be there when we get to the end ? When the DPP & a Senior Officer of the Met start throwing accusations at each other, as alleged, then there are serious questions... we need the answers !
I believe this has become very serious. In fact I would go so far as to say there is an odour... an odour of corruption about this whole affair. I thought this a while ago but the latest headlines, where innocent, distressed, bereaved families have been targeted, just takes it to a different level. Before this, I feel there may have been a question mark amongst the public, ordinary people who go about their daily lives never questioning that they could be targeted, believing such happenings were the territory of the rich and famous. But how wrong can an assumption be... I feel people will now start to sit up and take notice. I hope so because there are far-reaching implications.
But what can we do about it? Write to every newspaper editor,write to the DPP, petition the PM, contact the police... ? But hang on - these are the people/organisations who are involved in this scandal ! Get my point ?
No, we support those who are trying to get to the bottom of this whole sordid, pernicious affair. We show our support for Tom Watson and Chris Bryant ! They are our representatives on this. And whilst pursuing, their lives might not be so easy... they deserve our support ! They, along with those who are taking legal action, rather than accepting pay-offs, are the one's who will lead us to the truth... and importantly, by doing so, hopefully restore our faith in our long trusted institutions...
Finally, I cannot say how sick I feel that these parents may have been targeted...
Following months and years of allegations, rumours, challenges, sniggers, sneers, procrastinations and denials we are now seeing that further questions merely bring about further questions ! This whole saga is becoming murkier and murkier... who would want to touch it ? But at what cost do we not touch it.... ?
This saga began with a few people concerned that their phones had been hacked realising that stories printed could only have been ascertained via their mobiles. Since those days the story has grown to such an extent that we are now questioning the actions and motives of all those involved from journalists, private investigators, newspaper editors, owners of big media organisations, The Met, latterly the Director of Public Prosecutions and even the PM has been brought into it ! The British Prime Minister !! Excuse me.. but whatever political party we may or may not belong to the Office of the Prime Minister has been brought into question. Private dinners, inviting Murdoch through the back door not the front door of No 10. What does that say ? And let's not forget Coulson... he was there at the beginning of this tale - will he be there when we get to the end ? When the DPP & a Senior Officer of the Met start throwing accusations at each other, as alleged, then there are serious questions... we need the answers !
I believe this has become very serious. In fact I would go so far as to say there is an odour... an odour of corruption about this whole affair. I thought this a while ago but the latest headlines, where innocent, distressed, bereaved families have been targeted, just takes it to a different level. Before this, I feel there may have been a question mark amongst the public, ordinary people who go about their daily lives never questioning that they could be targeted, believing such happenings were the territory of the rich and famous. But how wrong can an assumption be... I feel people will now start to sit up and take notice. I hope so because there are far-reaching implications.
But what can we do about it? Write to every newspaper editor,write to the DPP, petition the PM, contact the police... ? But hang on - these are the people/organisations who are involved in this scandal ! Get my point ?
No, we support those who are trying to get to the bottom of this whole sordid, pernicious affair. We show our support for Tom Watson and Chris Bryant ! They are our representatives on this. And whilst pursuing, their lives might not be so easy... they deserve our support ! They, along with those who are taking legal action, rather than accepting pay-offs, are the one's who will lead us to the truth... and importantly, by doing so, hopefully restore our faith in our long trusted institutions...
Finally, I cannot say how sick I feel that these parents may have been targeted...
