Tom Watson - News of the World Closure is a Victory for the British People - NOTW Phone Hacking

Tom Watson spoke to SKY news about the NoTW's closure.

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Mr Watson said:

"This is a victory for decent people up and down the land, and I say good riddance to the News of the World."

He said the paper had closed but the hacking saga had not and repeated calls for News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks to stand down.

"The anger will only subside when a very senior executive in this company takes responsibility for this heinous attack on British people."

"No one was going to buy this paper any more. No one was going to advertise in it. They destroyed it. The people who were hacking phones, they were the people who closed this paper."

"I feel very sorry for honest journalists who are left at the paper and I actually have a degree of sympathy for the outgoing editor Colin Myler who, I think frankly has had to carry a heavy load for the wrongdoing of other people in the organisation."

Thursday 7th July 2011

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[NOTWPhoneHacking]

Ed Miliband, Labour leader

"What I'm interested in is not closing newspapers - I'm interested in those responsible being brought to justice," he told the BBC's Newsnight.

He said it was a "big decision" that "does not solve real issues at News International".

[NOTWPhoneHacking]

Tom Watson:

"No one was going to buy this paper any more. No one was going to advertise in it. They destroyed it. The people who were hacking phones, they were the people who closed this paper."

"I feel very sorry for honest journalists who are left at the paper and I actually have a degree of sympathy for the outgoing editor Colin Myler who, I think frankly has had to carry a heavy load for the wrongdoing of other people in the organisation."

[NOTWPhoneHacking]

Tom Watson:

"This is a victory for decent people up and down the land, and I say good riddance to the News of the World."

He said the paper had closed but the hacking saga had not and repeated calls for News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks to stand down.

"The anger will only subside when a very senior executive in this company takes responsibility for this heinous attack on British people."

[NOTWPhoneHacking]

John Prescott, former deputy prime minister

"It's a typical management stunt from Mr Murdoch," he told BBC News

"What he does is he gets rid of problems and in this case nobody in senior management ... none of those go but the poor old workers at the News of the World are going and there's no doubt it will become the Sunday Sun."

[daleyboy50]

You can see why he keeps all his top/senior management sweet. Along with him they are the ones mainly involved and he wants them on his side. They are more likely to get pay rises.

[malcolmx28]

Zionism is at the heart of all corruption. Where ever you find corruption - you will find a Zionist.

[SickPuppyBeatz]

@ILIKEWALLS - Was being sarcastic.

[ILIKEWALLS]

@SickPuppyBeatz yeah, i mean these poor people are now out of work, and i am genuinely fearful about where i will be able to read stories about the size of a moderately famous and attractive footballers wives breasts, written in the sleazy backward style of the late carry on movies. 

[SuperEarther]

imo they should shut down the murdoch fascist empire. best thing i ever done was stop reading state propaganda and shut down my sky account. im NEVER going to be conditioned by state bs ever and nor should anyone else. Extreme conditioning has fucked this planet over