The Tories, baying at every mention like a pantomime audience, lapped it up
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He’s fathered a love child and had three affairs, but the British public still loves Boris Johnson
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Poll shows three in four voters unfazed by London mayor’s antics
Boris Johnson hits back at Andy Coulson: I'll back David Cameron all the way to the next election
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Boris Johnson said he was backing David Cameron “all the way” and was “increasingly confident” the Prime Minister would win the 2015 election for the Tories, amid fresh claims about his party leadership ambitions.
The Sun's defence editor Virginia Wheeler and former Met PC Paul Flattley charged with misconduct in public office
Tuesday 22 January 2013
Alison Levitt said the charges related to the payment of money for information about the death of a 14-year-old girl as well as other 'accidents, incidents and crimes'
Detective faces jail for offering hacking probe leaks to NOTW
Thursday 10 January 2013
April Casburn’s high-flying career in the police ended in disgrace tonight when she was convicted of offering to leak details of the phone hacking inquiry to the News of the World.
First they had to cough up for Andy Coulson...now News International is in a fight to pay Clive Goodman's legal fees
Thursday 06 December 2012
News International face a lengthy court battle over the legal fees of the News of the World’s former royal correspondent, Clive Goodman, after a hearing in the Old Bailey revealed uncertainty over who would be covering his costs in defending charges relating to alleged payments made to former royal contacts.
Commons Speaker John Bercow attacks David Cameron for failing to give details of secret emails between himself and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks
Monday 22 October 2012
John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, criticised David Cameron today for failing to provide details of a secret tranche of emails between the Prime Minister and Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive.
Cameron: why I suppressed Brooks emails
Friday 19 October 2012
PM tries to quell row over unpublished messages between himself and former News International chief executive
Pressure grows on David Cameron to release 'secret' Rebekah Brooks emails
Wednesday 17 October 2012
Labour says Downing Street must show there is no cover-up over News Corp messages
David Cameron, Rebekah Brooks and the emails kept from Leveson
Tuesday 16 October 2012
Prime Minister took legal advice on withholding dozens of 'embarrassing' messages from judicial inquiry
Editorial: Survival kit for Mr Cameron
Sunday 07 October 2012
'Brangelina' find themselves on victims' list
Wednesday 25 July 2012
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were named as phone-hacking victims yesterday, propelling the scandal on to Hollywood's A-list.
Leading article: At last, hacking charges will be tested in court
Tuesday 24 July 2012
The anguish caused makes it desirable that all the evidence be examined openly
Camnesia: Total lack of recall - what the PM 'forgot'
Thursday 14 June 2012
The 22 key events and conversations going to the heart of the Government’s relationship with the Murdoch empire - that the PM can't remember...
Sheridan's staged life story faces a rewrite
Tuesday 05 June 2012
The rise and fall of Tommy Sheridan, the controversial Scottish politician, is to be turned into a "tragi-comedy" by the creator of Rab C Nesbitt.
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