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Originally Posted by Chris
What Coulson got is uncontentious. Severance packages are not uncommon; even I got to keep a company car for 3 months after getting made redundant many moons ago now.
What is contentious is the fact that he was working for the Conservative Party whilst still receiving all that lovely lolly from Uncle Rupert. What is also contentious is that the Party apparently didn't know this.
I am curious to know the extent to which all parties concerned were playing that favourite political game, "ask no questions, tell no lies".
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Yes very true Chris, But you got made redundant and he resigned? But I like this bit of the article that I linked to:
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Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission said it had received a letter from Labour MP Tom Watson, who has asked the watchdog to investigate whether the News International payments complied with British laws.
The commission said it would be responding to the request.
Mr Watson, said: "Given that Andy Coulson resigned in disgrace from the News of the World over the phone-hacking scandal, he took responsibility for what happened on his watch - his words, not mine - it seems remarkable that News International would feel obliged to give him any payments at all.
"And if those payments were discretionary then I think in law they would count as a hidden donation."
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