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September 23, 2012 11:11 pm

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So reports the front page of The Sun, who also question whether or not the Chief Whip lied to the PM over “Gate-Gate”

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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  • http://twitter.com/tristanpw1 TristanPriceWilliams

    Oh dear. They’re not letting up, are they?

  • AlanGiles

    If I were him, to avoid further embarrassment, I would just resign this morning.

    First of all he claimed he didn’t swear, only to have to admit shortly after that he did, which immediately damaged his credibility. Nobody will believe anything he says in future, and even his own party members are insisting he goes. It is a pity more politicians don’t take John Major’s advice from 2nd May 1997 “When the curtain falls, it’s time to leave the stage”

  • sdrpalmer

    I doubt this will get him sacked immediately.
    I expect he will be moved on at a convenient moment once the furore has died down.

    LL seems surprisingly enamoured with the Murdoch press these days.
    Oh well, the frog always returns to his pond, as they say in Holland.

  • John Ruddy

    Is anyone else surprised that the relationship between News International and the Met seems to still be close?

    How many other papers would have access to police officers notebooks?

  • Dave Postles

    ‘On yer bike, mate. ‘

  • AlanGiles

     I had quite a shock when I saw the front page on LL this morning. When I read “I was petrified sex tape would make me look like a slapper” (as if!), for a moment I thought “Thrasher” Mitchell had been making mucky DVDs. An unfortunate juxtaposition when you remember Mitchell is (at the time of writing) chief whip :-)

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