They Are Everywhere . . .

[sir.prize]

Another story of disgusting behaviour

http://news.sky.com/story/1220472/no-10-aide-quits-after-abuse-images-arrest

[sir.prize]

Sorry - meant to put that ^^^^^ in News

[ummmm]

Have you found him guilty?

[sir.prize]

That's a silly comment ummmm.

You know exactly what I meant.

[Peter Pedant]

agree ummm we havent heard his side yet.

Let's us hear it for the Rule of Law
clearly another outing is needed for this:
- innocent before being found guilty

[Peter Pedant]

^^ unless he's an MP or chief whip of course when we just leak the police logs....

[mariostewart62]

It is interesting :)

[anotheoldgit]

This apparently is old news,and has he consequently been charged?

/// Patrick Rock was arrested at his home in the early hours of February 13 - hours after Downing Street reported the matter to police. ///

[LazyGun]

Old News? When it is making all the headlines today? Just look at all the newspapers and media outlets.

[youngmafbog]

The usual media lynching LG. Why wait until a court decides.

If he is guilty though they should string him up with cheese wire, I'll leave it to your imagination by what.

[anotheoldgit]

LazyGun

/// Old News? When it is making all the headlines today? Just look at all the newspapers and media outlets. ///

I said it was old news and that is precisely what it is, this person was arrested over on February 12-13th and no further action has taken place since.

[LazyGun]

I do not understand the differences, is all. It was ok to publish a link here about Harriet Harman, the NCCL and PIE that happened over 40 years ago, presumably because the DM had done a report about it - but it is not ok, it is "old news" ( which presumably is AoG -speak for not worth speaking about) when a tory aide to David Cameron is actually arrested for having images of child abuse?

And there is no story -at all- in why we are only just being informed about it, when the arrests happened 2 weeks or so ago?

[factor-fiction]

>We Are All In This Together.. Can not remember who said this, can anyone help jog my memory, thanks
David Cameron. What's your point though please, Bouncer33, as I often seem to miss it with your posts?

[jno]

I believe the police have only just leaked (sold?) the news to the Mail, that's why it wasn't in the papers before.

[anotheoldgit]

Bouncer33

/// AOG Says, this is old news,and we should not bring it up now, ///

False accusations once again, where have I said this "we should not bring it up now"?

This is what I actually put:

*** This apparently is old news,and has he consequently been charged? ***

And since he was arrested almost a month ago that is still apparently what it is.

Please also note the word 'APPARENTLY'.

To compare my remarks with the case of Harriet Harman is just plain daft, just as if it was if some attached my remarks with what has been said regarding Jimmy Saville.

[LazyGun]

"To compare my remarks with the case of Harriet Harman is just plain daft, just as if it was if some attached my remarks with what has been said regarding Jimmy Saville"

Why? You originated and linked to the story about NCCL and PIE quite rightly inasmuch as it was being reported in the DM that day, even if it was covering historical allegations of impropriety dating back 40 years or so.

Unyet you dismiss Sir.prize posting on this by commenting that this story is "old news". It most certainly is not "old news", since no one knew anything about it until today, where all the newspapers and media outlets and spokespeople for Number 10 are commenting on it.

So - why so dismissive of the story? And why has it taken 2 weeks for anyone to tell the public about it?

[anotheoldgit]

Lazy Gun

/// So - why so dismissive of the story? ///

Where on earth have I been dismissive of this story?

Why can't you just accept what I put without picking it to pieces so as to make some issue with it?

As I have explained before, I said "this is old news apparently" which does not in anyway shape or form criticise the OP for entering the story, I was simply stating the fact that he was arrested nearly a month ago and has he actually been charged with anything?

If I had assumed that he was guilty before any trial that may take place then I would expect to be taken to task over the matter, but not where I have only made a none committal comment.

/// And why has it taken 2 weeks for anyone to tell the public about it? ///

That you will have to ask someone more in touch with the case than myself.

[LazyGun]

"Where on earth have I been dismissive of this story?

You bother to post - but all you can be bothered to post is that it is "old news".

The usual inference of the phrase "old news" is that either the article being offered is historical, and therefore of little or no current interest, or that the news being offered is already part of the chat, already well documented, and therefore nothing further to say.

But that is not the case here, is it? We have a senior aide to the PM ( it does not matter which party he belongs to, particularly), resigning his post and then being arrested and charged with having child abuse imagery, including from the sound of it downloading it at work. This happened 2 weeks ago, unyet we hear nothing about it until today, when it fills all the newspaper and media outlets.

That's a big story, well worth linking to and well worth posting about / commenting upon, it seems to me.