The timing means that Rupert thinks that the worst has passed, he can give the baying publ

ic Brooks' head, and James can do the whole contrition thing, before it gets back to business as usual. If he'd booted Rebekah out when the calls were at their loudest, he will have known that even worse was to come and that with no blastwall in place, the ire would be aimed at James, and that cannot stand.

Now they can go in front of the select committee and say "yes, sorry, we did wrong. It was Brooks' fault, she paid with her job, and we've closed the newspaper" with James having to face the minimum flak possible.

Time will tell if Rupert's right or not.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on July 15th 2011 at 10:32:01

Message Thread

Rebekah Brooks resigns. (n/m) (General Chat) - Firstnews, Jul 15, 09:57:21
- shit will really hit the fan now.... she must know where all the (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jul 15, 10:20:01
- bad news for gingers everywhere! (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 15, 10:15:06
  - Out of order (General Chat) - snowman, Jul 15, 21:29:03
- Odd timing (General Chat) - norway, Jul 15, 10:14:58
  - The timing means that Rupert thinks that the worst has passed, he can give the baying publ (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 15, 10:32:01
    - Yep, Brooks' resignation announcement backs up the contrition thing ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 15, 10:33:47
  - Cos of the commons committee thing I reckon (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jul 15, 10:16:58
    - She's been in front of those before though (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 15, 10:18:32
      - Yes, she did, but this time she's under a lot more scrutiny... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jul 15, 10:26:51
      - she did too - then had Coulson stop her from saying more (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 15, 10:21:32
      - but Murdock won't have been pleased with his summons! (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jul 15, 10:20:55
  - Major Saudi shareholder said she should go (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 15, 10:16:39
    - what regiment is he from? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 15, 10:32:27
      - First name is bound to be Sandy, not Saudi (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jul 15, 10:37:25
- Ha! Take that you fuckers. No more buffer for James & Rupert! (n/m) (General Chat) - woody, Jul 15, 10:14:04
  - That James Murdoch (General Chat) - norway, Jul 15, 10:15:22
- good stuff. (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 15, 10:00:16
  - If the revelations turn out to be true about the phone hacking of 9-11 victims families (General Chat) - Vivid Data Shark, Jul 15, 10:02:25
    - doubt that is true though (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 15, 10:02:45
      - Yes, it felt a lot like the Mirror trying to jump on The Guardian's coat tails... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jul 15, 10:04:14

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