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Originally Posted by Osem
@ Damien - Yes of course they need and seek the support of the press and the rest of the media. Nothing new there - been going on for decades on all sides. The point is that Blair has a very good reason NOT to make a big party political stink about all this because his party's 'relationship' with NI lasted far longer than Cameron's has and most of the serious wrongdoing seems to have occurred at the same time. Any damage done to the Conservatives would probably be minimal compared to that done to Blair's reputation and Labour's image.
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Well yeah. I wasn't expecting him to make a stink about it. As for serious wrongdoing that wasn't so much Blair's doing, although I remain deeply suspicious of why the police rejected an investigation when The Guardian originally broke the story back in 2009. I think Cameron's relationship with NI was only brought to a halt because of the current investigation, he would have maintained a relationship with them as long as he could as well.
Hence I think, BSkyB approval aside, this isn't the fault of a single party but the system in the country where the Government has to maintain a good relationship with certain media bosses to the extent where they hold far too much influence over the state.
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Incidentally The Guardian's Amelia Hill will not face prosecution over her reporting leaked information regarding this case.