Comments | ionaonie: What the hell can happen next?

ionaonie

What the hell can happen next?

Jul 18, 2011 00:49

Well, bloody hell, it's been one hell of a week in the UK, hasn't it?

Last week NI closed down The News of the World. Since then it hasn't got any easier for them.

1) After it became clear that the House of Commons was going to vote unanimously for News Corp to pull out of the BSkyB bid, they did just that:- Rupert Murdoch gives up BSkyB ( Read more... )

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ionaonie July 18 2011, 21:20:08 UTC

I know! Just as I think it's about to calm down something even more mental happens.

I'm half convinced that by mid afternoon on Wednesday the entire establishment will have resigned. It just seems to be that kind of month.

nicolasechs July 18 2011, 00:36:39 UTC

Reading the Guardian liveblogs have left me exhausted (with information) and gleeful with schadenfreude, but now that Murdoch (a contender for the most evil man on Earth) has done his mea culpas, I'm really afraid that Cameron will do his best to sweep it all under the rug. I really hope that that's not the case.

And Andy Hayman was unexpectedly hilarious, if only in the most head-desking way possible.

ionaonie July 18 2011, 21:11:26 UTC

The schadenfreude is amazing, isn't it?

I don't think Cameron can sweep this under the carpet, there's just too much going on.

God, Andy Hayman, what are you even?

This whole thing just keeps getting crazier and more bizarre.

complicat July 18 2011, 20:20:16 UTC

I've been reading the Guardian live blog all last week at work instead of working - it's fascinating watching it all unravel. I gather we've had a 'suicide' now as well - next up: conspiracy theories!

ionaonie July 18 2011, 21:07:24 UTC

Oh god, me too. The Guardian live blog is the first thing I'm opening at work at the moment. The only good thing is that everyone at work is as fascinated as I am by the whole thing, so we're all on there, calling back and forth about the latest thing to happen.

It's utterly mental - the whole thing. You couldn't make this up.

And there is the mysterious bag that was found near Rebekah Brooks' home that her husband swears is his and has nothing to do with the phone-hacking. Huummmmmm, right.

miranda_skye July 18 2011, 20:37:27 UTC

Seen the latest about Rebekah's mysterious bag? http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/18/mystery-bag-bin-rebekah-brooks

ionaonie July 18 2011, 21:02:50 UTC

Do you get the feeling we're living in a really shitty film?

This is insane.

Plus, if they dumped the bag how have the never seen an episode of any police drama? You never, ever dump anything near your out home.