She does get more stick because she's a woman. I've explained that to someone today and also the idea that a woman might shag someone, or be accused of it in order to get on, which I wouldn't do for the sake of my marriage and my personal integrity, but consider to be the only way sometimes.
That's regardless of whether she was good or not, and there are more men in the dock than women. And some men who aren't in the dock.
That didn't go down particularly well because the person wanted to subscribe to the evil witch trope. But you know, tell the truth and shame the devil...
Rebekah's hair doesn't help. I thought the Private Eye cover was funny, yet cliched.
News of the World splashes under Brooks majored on one of those. I'll leave you to decide which one.
And Private Eye have a long and undistinguished tradition of hating women.
But ultimately, Brooks was in charge.
This is not going to collapseunless we have a last-minute intervention by the Queen. And, excuse me, didn't that to derail a trial prosecuted by John Yates, head of Scotland Yard's celeb squad, who was also on the pay roll of the News of the World?
He's skipped off scot-free. Maybe they'll call him back from Bahrain or wherever the fuck well-paid and dodgy berth he is now.