Thursday, August 18, 2011

Not how we do it here.

We seem to be getting perilously close to trial by media over the 'phone-hacking business don't we?  This latest letter to be revealed from the NoW's ex-royal correspondent seems to be being taken as proof positive that Andy Coulson was in on the whole affair.  This of course presupposes that the contents of the letter are true - maybe they are, maybe they're not, but bear in mind that this was a letter written by a disgruntled ex-employee incensed that, as he saw it, he had been made the fall-guy, and that the paper had reneged on a promise they had made regarding his future employment.  And a fundamental principle of English law is audi alterem partem (hear the other side) so let's wait until we have, eh?

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