Rebekah Brooks: AP
OMG! Chief executive officer, Rebekah Brooks, 43, finally resigned yesterday from News International, the British subsidiary of News Corporation and intends to clear her dented media image as the defunct News of the World’s most ‘dangerous’ woman. Brooks aka the ‘Witch of Wapping’ resigned after 22 years of climbing 'through the ranks'.
In the House of Commons debate on the phone-hacking scandal, Labour opposition leader, Ed Miliband argued that Rebekah Brooks should not remain employed while her colleagues were sacked, before she resigned. He called for her resignation days before she resigned.
Her resignation was previously not accepted by her boss, media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch has apologized to the family of murdered teenager Milly Dowler; whose phone was allegedly hacked and also apologized to the nation for the phone-hacking scandal. The scandal led to Murdoch pulling out of ‘News Corporation’s bid to buy the 61 per cent of BSkyB it doesn’t own…’
Former British prime minister, Gordon Brown accused News International of using 'criminals' to access his family data. The Sun newspaper denied the allegation. Brown regrets not setting up an inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal during his tenure although Prime Minister David Cameron intends to. About 4,000 phone-hacking allegations led to the closure of the News of the World after 168 years of publication last Sunday.
After her resignation…
17 July 2011: Police arrest Rebekah Brooks
The 43-year-old was arrested by appointment on Sunday on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and on suspicion of corruption.
—BBC
18 July 2011: Statement by Brooks' Lawyer
He said the Metropolitan Police conducted an interview process which lasted nine hours and that they put no allegations to her, nor showed her any documents connecting her with any crime.
—BBC
19 July 2011: Rupert Murdock, James Murdock and Rebekah Brooks face the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sports Committee on the phone-hacking scandal. A comedian attacks Rupert Murdock with 'a plate of white foam'.
19 July 2011: David Cameron speaks on the hacking scandal in Lagos, Nigeria and cuts short Africa trip to face the House of Commons.
"I will set out all the steps we are going to take to [address] the situation in terms of the media hacking issue, and then we will push ahead with the vital reforms of getting Britain back on track."
—The Guardian
20 July 2011: David Cameron in the House of Commons over hacking scandal
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Miliband v Cameron: He just doesn't get it!
Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband
The House of Commons was thrown into a circus of laughter last Wednesday; especially when Ed Miliband said that David Cameron did not get it and should not have hired his former spin doctor Andy Coulson. It was more or less Ed Miliband confronting David Cameron at the phone-hacking debate. The Speaker of the House of commons, John Bercow told those that could not keep quiet that they could leave the chamber. Most live television viewers were probably laughing at home therefore it was 'normal' for MPs to laugh too. Even the children’s minister was told off by the speaker.
Mr Speaker: Order. Mr David—[ Interruption. ]Order. Mr David—[ Interruption. ] Order. I say to the Children’s Minister: try to calm down and behave like an adult, and if you cannot—if it is beyond you—leave the Chamber and we will manage without you. Mr David Ward.
Q2. [65522] Mr David Ward (Bradford East) (LD): Thank you, Mr Speaker. What a case of the—[ Interruption. ]
Mr Speaker: Order. This is intolerable behaviour as far as the public—[ Interruption. ] No, it is not funny. Only in your mind, Mr Loughton, is it funny. It is not funny at all; it is disgraceful.
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