John Whittingdale

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Name: John Whittingdale

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 4 Documents

Three senior News of the World executives face rare Commons dressing down amid claims they misled Parliament over phone hacking

Three former News of the World executives are facing a rare dressing down by MPs if allegations that they misled Parliament over phone hacking are passed to a watchdog with powers to punish.New York Daily News editor Colin Myler, former NOTW head of legal ... [ Published 3 hours ago by Mail Online UK ]

Entities: Phone-Hacking, Les Hinton, Colin Myler

First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 Documents

MP retains key backbench 1922 Committee position unopposed

Charles Walker MP MP Charles Walker, whose constituency includes Cuffley, Northaw and Goffs Oak, will remain one of the top figures in the Conservative Party. Broxbourne MP Mr Walker was elected unopposed as one of two vice-chairmen of the backbench 1922 ... [ Published 3 hours ago by Welwyn and Hatfield Times ]

Entities: Charles Walker, Charlie Elphicke, Graham Brady, John Whittingdale

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Tory MPs urged to pull together

Chairman Graham Brady called on MPs to work together for the good of the committeeTory backbenchers have been urged to pull together after a bitter internal election that saw modernisers secure a significant victory over traditionalists.Most of the positions ... [ Published May 17 2012 by MSN UK ]

Entities: Graham Brady, Elections, Christopher Chope, Brian Binley

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 5 Documents

The Conservative Party (United Kingdom)

'Dirty tricks' claim as PM stages coup of Tory rebel group

The contest for positions on the 1922 Committee of backbenchers had exposed growing fault-lines and tensions within the party following the badly-received Budget and the Tories' poor local election results.New MPs presenting themselves as modernisers ... [ Published May 17 2012 by The Independent ]

Entities: The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Christopher Chope, Coup d'état, Downing Street, Mark Pritchard

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

David Cameron

The importance of the 1922 Committee

David Cameron will be looking at 1922 Committee vote Photo: PAITV Anglia's Political Correspondent Emma Hutchinson writes:David Cameron faces an important electoral test on Wednesday afternoon. The poll opened at 2pm and voting is ongoing in Committee ... [ Published May 16 2012 by itv.com ]

Entities: Peter Bone, Stewart Jackson, David Cameron

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

Rebekah Brooks down. Now Myler, Crone and Hinton await their fate

Rebekah Brooks charged with perverting course of justiceRebekah Brooks to learn whether she faces phone hacking charges'Astonishing' question Culture committee Tories must answerRupert Murdoch 'not fit' to run major company, say MPsPhone hacking: culture ... [ Published May 16 2012 by First Post ]

Entities: Les Hinton, Colin Myler, Rebekah Brooks

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated May 15 2012 - 2 Documents

Graham Brady

Graham Brady has been re-elected unopposed as chairman of an influential committee of backbench Tory MPs.

The 1922 Committee is a forum for MPs to connect with the leadership and is seen as a barometer of opinion in the parliamentary party.MPs first elected in 2010 have caused friction by fielding a number of candidates for the executive in an attempt replace ... [ Published May 15 2012 by Manchester Wired ]

Entities: Graham Brady, Brian Binley, Charles Walker, John Whittingdale

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated May 15 2012 - 1 Documents

Brady re-elected as 1922 chairman

Graham Brady has been re-elected unopposed as chairman of an influential committee of backbench Tory MPs.The 1922 Committee is a forum for MPs to connect with the leadership and is seen as a barometer of opinion in the parliamentary party.MPs first elected ... [ Published May 15 2012 by BBC ]

Entities: Graham Brady, Brian Binley, Charles Walker, John Whittingdale

First Reported May 14 2012 - Updated May 14 2012 - 8 Documents

Ex-NI boss demands MPs withdraw 'lie' accusation

Les Hinton, the former chief executive of News International, has demanded that a parliamentary committee withdraw accusations that he lied to MPs over an alleged cover-up of phone-hacking at the News of the World. Mr Hinton said the culture, media and ... [ Published May 14 2012 by Telegraph ]

Entities: Les Hinton, Accusations, misleading, News International Ltd, Phone-Hacking

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 3 Documents

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation: News of the World Phone Hacking Report 'Partisan and Unjustified'

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has claimed that a damning MPs' report into its handling of the phone hacking scandal is "unjustified" and "partisan". A report by the culture, media and sport select committee In an official response to the report's ... [ Published May 02 2012 by International Business Times UK ]

Entities: News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, Phone-Hacking

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 2 Documents

Rupert Murdoch 'not fit' verdict was proposed six weeks before MPs' vote

Labour MP Tom Watson circulated amendment on 20 March but key statement was not discussed until day before publicationMPs on the culture, media and sport select committee had six weeks to consider the statement that Rupert Murdoch was "not fit" to run ... [ Published May 02 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Rupert Murdoch, Adrian Sanders, Tom Watson, Paul Farrelly

First Reported May 01 2012 - Updated May 01 2012 - 35 Documents

Murdoch slammed by British officials

LONDON — Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is not a “fit and proper person” to run a major international company, British lawmakers investigating phone hacking at his tabloid the News of the World reported today.The ruling could prompt British regulators ... [ Published May 01 2012 by Keene Sentinel ]

Entities: Rupert Murdoch, Phone-Hacking, misleading

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MP retains key backbench 1922 Committee positio... [ Published 3 hours ago by Welwyn and Hatfield Times ]
Three senior News of the World executives face ... [ Published 3 hours ago by Mail Online UK ]
Jeremy Hunt facing Parliamentary inquiry into c... [ Published 9 hours ago by Belfast Telegraph ]
Ex-News International trio face sanctions threat [ Published 11 hours ago by Belfast Telegraph ]
Hacking debate: the next stage [ Published 13 hours ago by BBC ]
3.30pm: Phone hacking debate [ Published 20 hours ago by BBC ]
Tory MPs urged to pull together [ Published May 17 2012 by MSN UK ]
'Dirty tricks' claim as PM stages coup of Tory ... [ Published May 17 2012 by The Independent ]
Cameron Critics Ousted In Tory Elections [ Published May 16 2012 by Sky News ]
Key Cameron loyalist fails 1922 committee bid [ Published May 16 2012 by Telegraph ]
The importance of the 1922 Committee [ Published May 16 2012 by itv.com ]
Voting has begun to elect the new executive bod... [ Published May 16 2012 by Manchester Wired ]
Voting starts for 1922 committee [ Published May 16 2012 by BBC ]
Rebekah Brooks down. Now Myler, Crone and Hinto... [ Published May 16 2012 by First Post ]
Tories fight to control committee [ Published May 16 2012 by MSN UK ]
Graham Brady has been re-elected unopposed as c... [ Published May 15 2012 by Manchester Wired ]
What the '22 elections mean [ Published May 15 2012 by BBC ]
Brady re-elected as 1922 chairman [ Published May 15 2012 by BBC ]
Alastair Campbell denies No 10 'deal' with Rupe... [ Published May 15 2012 by The Independent ]
Campbell denies No 10 'deal' with Murdoch [ Published May 15 2012 by The Independent ]
Les Hinton criticises MP's phone hacking report [ Published May 14 2012 by New Statesman ]
Ex-NI boss demands MPs withdraw 'lie' accusation [ Published May 14 2012 by Telegraph ]
Ex-NI boss hits backs over UK MP's report on ph... [ Published May 14 2012 by Sify ]
Hinton: MPs' claims 'unfair, unfounded and erro... [ Published May 14 2012 by Press Gazette ]
Phone hacking: Ex-News International boss Les H... [ Published May 14 2012 by Telegraph ]
Former NI Boss Slams Commons Hacking Report [ Published May 14 2012 by Huffington Post UK ]
UK & World News: Ex-paper boss hits back on hac... [ Published May 14 2012 by Liverpool Daily Post ]
Former News International boss Les Hinton hits ... [ Published May 14 2012 by London Evening Standard ]
Les Hinton hits back over MPs' phone-hacking re... [ Published May 14 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
UK & World News: Ex-paper boss hits back on hac... [ Published May 14 2012 by Northeast Journal ]

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Phone-hacking report: has Tom Watson gone too f... [ Published May 02 2012 by Politics: Politics blog \| guardian.co.uk ] The Labour MP has either bravely followed his beliefs about Rupert Murdoch to their conclusion or committed a tactical error The Labour MP Tom Watson gets a pasting in some of the newspapers for pushing his passionately held convictions about Rupert ...
If Tom Watson really believes Rupert Murdoch is... [ Published May 01 2012 by Bagehot's notebook - The Economist ] TOM Watson, the Labour MP who has done more than most members of the British Parliament to uncover wrongdoing within the media companies run by Rupert Murdoch, likes to compare the Murdoch press to an organised crime gang. Tiring of claims by James Murdoch—the ...
UK MPs: Rupert Murdoch Isn't Fit to Lead News C... [ Published May 01 2012 by The Next Web ] UK MPs have ruled that News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch “is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company”, with a cross-party culture committee noting that Murdoch showed “willful blindness” to what was going on under ...
Rupert Murdoch isn’t fit to lead News Corp. and... [ Published May 01 2012 by The Next Web ] UK MPs have ruled that News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch “is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company”, with a cross-party culture committee noting that Murdoch showed “willful blindness” to what was going on ...
James Murdoch quits as BSkyB chairman [ Published Apr 03 2012 by Financial Post \| Business » FP Tech Desk ] By Kate Holton and Georgina Prodhan LONDON — James Murdoch resigned as chairman of BSkyB on Tuesday to prevent his links to a tabloid phone-hacking scandal from undermining the pay TV group, which has so far escaped the worst of the damage convulsing ...