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21st July 2011, 08:41
FYI:
British Prime Minister David Cameron has defended his close relation with Rupert Murdoch's media empire, as he faced the harsh attacks of the opposition parties in the parliament on Wednesday.
While answering the constant attacks of the opposition MPs over Murdoch's hacking scandal, Cameron backed his former director of communications Andy Coulson. He expressed his regret over hiring the former editor of News of the World but stopped to make a full apology over Coulson's appointment.
Cameron went on to say that he would give a "profound apology" if it reveals that Coulson knew about the newspaper's phone hacking.
"If it turns out that Coulson knew about hacking, he will have lied to the police, to a select committee, to a court of law, and to me. I took his assurances in good faith. But if it turns out that he knew, then that will be a matter of huge regret, and will be subject to criminal investigations,” he stressed.
In a move to attack the PM over his error of judgment over hiring Coulson and being unaware of Coulson's scandal, Labour leader Ed Miliband urged the PM to give a full apology.
“[Cameron] says in hindsight he made a mistake by hiring Mr Coulson. He says if Mr Coulson lied to him, he would apologise. That isn't good enough. It's not about hindsight, it's not about whether Mr Coulson lied to him. It's about all the information and warnings the prime minister ignored. He was warned and he preferred to ignore the warnings,” Miliband said.
Miliband stressed that this cannot be put down to "gross incompetence,” adding that was a “deliberate attempt” to hide the truth about Coulson.
Coulson quit as editor in 2007 after two people employed by the newspaper were jailed for phone-hacking. He was subsequently given a job by Cameron, but stepped down from the government in January 2011.
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http://www.presstv.ir/detail/189983.html
British Prime Minister David Cameron has defended his close relation with Rupert Murdoch's media empire, as he faced the harsh attacks of the opposition parties in the parliament on Wednesday.
While answering the constant attacks of the opposition MPs over Murdoch's hacking scandal, Cameron backed his former director of communications Andy Coulson. He expressed his regret over hiring the former editor of News of the World but stopped to make a full apology over Coulson's appointment.
Cameron went on to say that he would give a "profound apology" if it reveals that Coulson knew about the newspaper's phone hacking.
"If it turns out that Coulson knew about hacking, he will have lied to the police, to a select committee, to a court of law, and to me. I took his assurances in good faith. But if it turns out that he knew, then that will be a matter of huge regret, and will be subject to criminal investigations,” he stressed.
In a move to attack the PM over his error of judgment over hiring Coulson and being unaware of Coulson's scandal, Labour leader Ed Miliband urged the PM to give a full apology.
“[Cameron] says in hindsight he made a mistake by hiring Mr Coulson. He says if Mr Coulson lied to him, he would apologise. That isn't good enough. It's not about hindsight, it's not about whether Mr Coulson lied to him. It's about all the information and warnings the prime minister ignored. He was warned and he preferred to ignore the warnings,” Miliband said.
Miliband stressed that this cannot be put down to "gross incompetence,” adding that was a “deliberate attempt” to hide the truth about Coulson.
Coulson quit as editor in 2007 after two people employed by the newspaper were jailed for phone-hacking. He was subsequently given a job by Cameron, but stepped down from the government in January 2011.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/189983.html