Les Tricoteuses part three

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maj

edam: Yes, weird that. But I'm thinking that getting rid of an impediment to the deal-of-the-year might be a big prize.

Robin? - definitely, Luca

edam in summary, IT guy at Telegraph nabs audio files and gives them to Will Lewis at NI. He is rewarded with a new job at NI on an unusually large salary.

WL knows that if they get the story out, it will put the kibosh on Vince being in charge of the Sky decision and potentially ensure someone more malleable is put in his place. Obvs NI titles can't scoop the story themselves as everyone will know they are leaking it to get sympathy and get Cable off their backs

SO instead, WL passes it to swedishcheff pesto who goes "Oh, scoop, thanks for that" and runs with it... his reward is recognition for another exlcusive....

Yes! - Rowlf is def. Becky.

Robin, yes, thanks Ponders
"I'm not at the bottom, I'm not at the top"

x-post ponders
and the PMs were entirely interchangable - i thought of TB because it would have been him at the time but also thought of DC

some people have noticed a resemblance between Beaker and Ed Miliband
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Clegg = Robin.

Life imitating art.

Yes, I'm with Teejwood's interpretation. I was always amazed at the Telegraph's involvement in a story that effectively gave a whopping great leg-up to a rival, albeit "indirectly".

teejwood, that makes good sense.

ah, I had forgotten about the BSkyB aspect of the whole thing (my poor brain can't retain this much information)

Wins all round then (except for poor old Vince )

Bert & Ernie are the Milibands

Is the man in the beige suit Lefty the Salesman?

muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Lefty_the_Salesman

I see your poiny, edam....if the Telegraph already have the story and were going to publish (Cable's threats to declare war on NI), then what possible benefit is conferred on NI by leaking it to Peston / BBC?

Was it that the Telegraph was sitting on the story, because releasing the story would help NI's bid?

Just when you thought 'wtf is Pan on about.....

Sesame Street Gangsters - from claig's link..

Although Sesame Street is meant to represent a child-friendly, and somewhat idyllic, New York City street, the neighborhood has a network of seedy underground criminal organizations. These groups are run by an assortment of suspicious characters, most commonly for the purpose of shady and illegal activities such as alphabet trafficking, black marketeering and robbery. Comprised mainly of Anything Muppets, these gangs are typically composed of a crime boss and his lackeys (often named Lefty).

greythorne complete supposition on my part - i think the Telegraph wanted to get something from Vince to discredit the coalition - esp the libdems. maybe they'd prefer a tory for the business brief (though let's face it, they would rather the govt was all tory!). they end up with a story about the Sky deal and realise that if they run the story yes it may help their competitor. but it may also get a libdem kicked out of a key govt position. while they are deliberating about the relative merits of running the story, they get scooped.

x-post claig....

Interesting that the journalistic world seems to be a small world, where everyone knows everyone else, and everyone has worked for several different papers and media organisations, so that cross company networks are established and favours are provided to each other across companies.

teej
i do like your conjectures
Just trying to think through all angles

I agree if the Telegraph were sitting on the story, then yes, it suits NI to get the story out (via Bbc or anyone) and get Cable sacked.

Rowlf - brilliant Ponders

Think Miss Piggy should be Theresa May, after her performance in the Commons last week. Who was piggy's rival for Evette Cooper?

One thing's for sure, Peston does not come out well. BTW, I got that link from Tom Watson's Twitter feed. Watson still a wee bit peeved at old Pesto, isn't he?

\link{http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/22/chancer-sure-sean-hoare-much-more?INTCMP=SRCH\another lovely tribute to Sean Hoare} by Marina Hyde

agree Ponders.

Has anyone seen a transcript of the "for neville" email? wondered if it was in the public domain.