Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Got to love a good British scandal David Cameron texted Rebekah Brooks before she quit NI, claims biography Prime minister texted Brooks in the week she quit over the phone-hacking scandal to tell her to keep her head up Share 425 Email Patrick Wintour, political editor The Guardian, Wednesday 9 May 2012 Rebekah Brooks Biography claims David Cameron told Rebekah Brooks that she would get through her difficulties just before she stood down. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA David Cameron texted Rebekah Brooks in the week she quit as News International's chief executive over the phone-hacking scandal to tell her to keep her head up, it has been claimed in an updated biography of the prime minister. In a sign of his closeness to some of the most controversial News International chiefs, Cameron told Brooks that she would get through her difficulties, just days before she stood down. It has also emerged that he agreed to meet her at a point-to-point horse race so long as they were not seen together, and that he also pressed the Metropolitan police to review the Madeleine McCann case in May last year following pressure from Brooks. The prime minister then sent an intermediary to Brooks to explain why contacts had to be brought to an abrupt halt after she resigned. The authors say the gist of that message was: "Sorry I couldn't have been as loyal to you as you have been to me, but Ed Miliband had me on the run." The revelation comes in the week that Cameron's closeness to Brooks will come under intense scrutiny when she gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry on Friday. It is not known whether precise details of her text exchanges will be published by the inquiry, but it is thought that at certain points she was in repeated daily text contact.David Cameron texted Rebekah Brooks before she quit NI, claims biography Prime minister texted Brooks in the week she quit over the phone-hacking scandal to tell her to keep her head up Share 425 Email Patrick Wintour, political editor The Guardian, Wednesday 9 May 2012 Rebekah Brooks Biography claims David Cameron told Rebekah Brooks that she would get through her difficulties just before she stood down. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA David Cameron texted Rebekah Brooks in the week she quit as News International's chief executive over the phone-hacking scandal to tell her to keep her head up, it has been claimed in an updated biography of the prime minister. In a sign of his closeness to some of the most controversial News International chiefs, Cameron told Brooks that she would get through her difficulties, just days before she stood down. It has also emerged that he agreed to meet her at a point-to-point horse race so long as they were not seen together, and that he also pressed the Metropolitan police to review the Madeleine McCann case in May last year following pressure from Brooks. The prime minister then sent an intermediary to Brooks to explain why contacts had to be brought to an abrupt halt after she resigned. The authors say the gist of that message was: "Sorry I couldn't have been as loyal to you as you have been to me, but Ed Miliband had me on the run." The revelation comes in the week that Cameron's closeness to Brooks will come under intense scrutiny when she gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry on Friday. It is not known whether precise details of her text exchanges will be published by the inquiry, but it is thought that at certain points she was in repeated daily text contact.David Cameron texted Rebekah Brooks before she quit NI, claims biography Prime minister texted Brooks in the week she quit over the phone-hacking scandal to tell her to keep her head up Share 425 Email Patrick Wintour, political editor The Guardian, Wednesday 9 May 2012 Rebekah Brooks Biography claims David Cameron told Rebekah Brooks that she would get through her difficulties just before she stood down. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA David Cameron texted Rebekah Brooks in the week she quit as News International's chief executive over the phone-hacking scandal to tell her to keep her head up, it has been claimed in an updated biography of the prime minister. In a sign of his closeness to some of the most controversial News International chiefs, Cameron told Brooks that she would get through her difficulties, just days before she stood down. It has also emerged that he agreed to meet her at a point-to-point horse race so long as they were not seen together, and that he also pressed the Metropolitan police to review the Madeleine McCann case in May last year following pressure from Brooks. The prime minister then sent an intermediary to Brooks to explain why contacts had to be brought to an abrupt halt after she resigned. The authors say the gist of that message was: "Sorry I couldn't have been as loyal to you as you have been to me, but Ed Miliband had me on the run." The revelation comes in the week that Cameron's closeness to Brooks will come under intense scrutiny when she gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry on Friday. It is not known whether precise details of her text exchanges will be published by the inquiry, but it is thought that at certain points she was in repeated daily text contact.

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Rebekah Brooks
David Cameron texted Rebekah Brooks in the week she quit as News International's chief executive over the phone-hacking scandal to tell her to keep her head up, it has been claimed in an updated biography of the prime minister.
In a sign of his closeness to some of the most controversial News International chiefs, Cameron told Brooks that she would get through her difficulties, just days before she stood down.
It has also emerged that he agreed to meet her at a point-to-point horse race so long as they were not seen together, and that he also pressed the Metropolitan police to review the Madeleine McCann case in May last year following pressure from Brooks.
The prime minister then sent an intermediary to Brooks to explain why contacts had to be brought to an abrupt halt after she resigned. The authors say the gist of that message was: "Sorry I couldn't have been as loyal to you as you have been to me, but Ed Miliband had me on the run."
The revelation comes in the week that Cameron's closeness to Brooks will come under intense scrutiny when she gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry on Friday. It is not known whether precise details of her text exchanges will be published by the inquiry, but it is thought that at certain points she was in repeated daily text contact.
The day before Brooks's evidence session, the former News of the World editor Andy Coulson will also give evidence, including how he came to be appointed as director of communications for the Conservative party.

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