Hacking !!!

So phone hacking was indemic at NOTW, without a doubt it was an absolute invasion of privacy. I am appaled at the depths they sank to, Mlly Dowler FFS! Still they have now managed to have NOTW closed down and two senior police officers, who have undoubtably got years of experience and hundreds if not thousands of successful prosecutions under their belt, to resign.....of course that makes the UK a safer place....

Strange how when the MP's abuse of expenses came to light, thanks to the NOTW (and others) we never semed to seek the resignation of those same police officers.

The hacking "scandal" is of course abysmal, that they used a relatively publicly well known "hack" to access peoples voicemail is of course an abuse, it is illegal and those responsible, those who condoned it and those who paid for it should be brought to justice is is beyond doubt.

The people who now make up the parlimenatary committee, who are so obviously delighting in the questioning of those deemed responsible are those who were so quiet during the "alleged" investigation of those MP's who were allegedlly accused of using the publics' money to line their own pockets.

Is it only me who thinks that it's strange that although undoubtably reprehensible the NOTW's actions have been, when the tables were turned and it was the politicians who were under scrutiny NO senior police officers were forced to resign, NO senior politicians acknowledged that it had gone on and No Leader resigned.

Apparently Rupert Murdoch a billionaire owner of multi-organisations employing literally thousands of employees has to be called in front of a committee of parimentary members whos' only real achievement is to dupe the general public into voting for them, to explain why he didn't know that several of those employees were acting illegally has never been explained.

Ther are 649 British MP's in the British Parliment yet when it was revealed that a relatively large proportion of them had been ripping off the British Public by using their money in any way they saw fit and claiming it as expenses, nobody called for the resignation of the head(s) of the organisation and they were not called in front of anyone never mind a parlimentary committee.

Brown and Blair are undoubtably thanking whatever gods they believe in that they left office before this came to light, all premiers (such a misnomer) all have a very close relationship with the media (read Piers Morgans biography), I happen to believe in David Cameron but incidents such as these where he allows these miscarriages to continue make me believe that the government is just an institution where no matter what happens retaining power is the ultimate goal.

Lets be honest, ok the NOTW and probably other tabloids hacked peoples voicemail to get an edge on other publications, reprehensible, morally distastful and illegal but nobody was physically hurt, nobody lost any money and nobody can say that it is anything that the the current and previous governments are probably doing to all of us right now.

Get a grip UK this is simply a way for the government to get more control over the media !