Cameron is highly embarrassed by the whole episode especially as Andy Coulson, former News of the World editor and Cameron's director of publications has been arrested. The BBC reported:
Mr Cameron said the judge-led inquiry would look into "why did the first police investigation fail so abysmally; what exactly was going on at the News of the World and what was going on at other newspapers". As this stage we must wait and see what the terms of the inquiry is and whether or not those terms will be sufficiently general as to require the break-up of large newspaper groups in the UK, while still preserving freedom of speech. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Frewen-Lord Sent: 08 July 2011 11:01 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:50833] Re: Murdoch Closing Tabloid Linked to British Hacking - NYTimes.com This is one of the Murdoch papers. Murdoch is anti-metric. Expect a new Sunday paper to rise out of the ashes of the NOTW. I don't see any change for the better here, unfortunately. John F-L ----- Original Message ----- From: Kilopascal <mailto:[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric <mailto:[email protected]> Association Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 10:54 AM Subject: Murdoch Closing Tabloid Linked to British Hacking - NYTimes.com To those from the UK. Do any of you know if the tabloid being shut down was pro or anti-metric? If it was anti-metric, does anyone see anything positive for completing metrication in the UK if a voice for the opposition is silenced? How many more anti-metric publications are there in the UK and what can be done to silence them too? <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/world/europe/08britain.html?_r=1&nl=today sheadlines&emc=tha2> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/world/europe/08britain.html?_r=1&nl=todays headlines&emc=tha2
