“Committee – a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours”. (Milton Berle – Attributed)
Andy Coulson’s QC had secured his relocation to an open prison, where a visit from old friend Piers Morgan – http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/piers-morgan-its-no-secret-that-i-visited-my-friend-andy-coulson-in-prison-9716098.html – had been welcome. Relations with fellow cons were considerably more civilised, and when a copy of The Sunday Mirror – http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sunday-mirror-defends-clear-public-4349285 – came his way, Coulson had a brain wave. Gaining the attention of a screw (prison warden) with whom he was on good terms, the former News of the World editor proposed some educational role-play involving staff and inmates. Coulson would play the role of chairman of the new Independent Press Standards Organisation – http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/independent-press-standards-organisation-board-members-announced-9448253.html – whilst his new comrades would act as committee members. They would consider the case of the former Minister for Civil Society, as well as fellow Conservative MPs, targeted in The Sunday Mirror’s “Sextgate Sting”, which had already been referred to IPSO: http://www.ipso.co.uk Although a legal counsel had given opinion on the matter in his blog – http://barristerblogger.com/2014/09/28/tricked-sex-fraud-sunday-mirrors-sting-brookes-newmark-criminal – Coulson felt confident that his committee of cons and screws could still do justice to the story. Meanwhile, the former editor reflected on how he would have treated this very British scoop, and secretly hoped that the creators of Sophie Wittans – http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/sep/30/sundaymirror-guidofawkes – might one day be joining him in the clink – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clink . To be continued….
The Witch of Worcester 