Tuesday 15 May 2012

Oh, My God, It's A Show Trial

I had always thought the Leveson inquiry was a boring political jousting match that the Left was using to attack the Tories. More fool them for being a tad too close to a newspaper. But with the charging of Rebekah Brooks it suddenly struck me, it is a show trial.

These people have committed a grievous crime; they have supported the Tories! I have no flag to wave for Rebekah Brooks, she seems as disappointing a public figure as many these days. You used to be able to look up to important and powerful people, now they are not only very like us, but in fact all too often much less. Just as likely to have public brawls and drunken rants as any on the lowest rung.

But what is really a fairly straightforward case and in the main of little consequence, has been puffed up into something of great and serious significance. The reason of course, is that, as the BBC keep injecting into their 'news' reports, Rebekah knows the Prime Minister.

Did Cameron ask Rebekah to tap phones? Hack computers? Did he benefit from information so gained? No one seems to have alleged any of this, so it is just the inferences of the Left wing media, the Guardian and the BBC then. At these dinner parties we are to believe, from BBC accounts, Cameron would laughingly inquire of Rebekah, 'so, what have you done that was illegal today?'

I'm fairly sure if I had to guess, I would think a newspaperman (as we always used to say) would probably, at the very least push the barriers to get a story. And who's fault is it that today stories of national importance don't sell copy, but what some minor celebrity had for breakfast does? So should a Prime Minister befriend powerful newspaper people? Harder to see why he would avoid it I'm afraid. The biggest problem is that none of these people seem to have ever had moral principles taught to them. Blame the parents.


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