The News of the World was the one newspaper which my mother refused to have in the house, because of the high smut content which was its stock in trade (in those days it was known familiarly as the Dick and Dagger). Now it is is being sacrificed in order to save the wider interests of the Murdoch Empire.
Will it work? I suspect not. There is the little matter of police bribery to be investigated. there are numerous civil suits pending. There is the damage to Cameron (he is personally involved with most of the News International players). There is the distant possibility of a Proceeds of Crime action. Could this be Cameron's Profumo moment? we shall see.
I was about to say say something sceptical about Piers Corbyn's volcano/earthquake prediction, but I am holding my breath while Mt Hekla decides whether or not to make an exhibition of itself.
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