I’ve just been added as a friend on Facebook by the editor of the Guardian. Bizarre; I don’t think I’ve ever had dealings with him, apart from one email sent by me (and not replied to) eighteen months ago, and certainly don’t remember sending him a friending request!
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I think there is a third big issue; the role of the Metropolitan Police. Leaving aside relatively minor, though disturbing, stuff like payments to police officers, what has emerged is a clear picture that the Met is unwilling to investigate the rich and powerful and is quite willing to pressure the media, in this case the Guardian, in order to restrict coverage of its failings. I don’t see, and I don’t expect to see, anything being done to clean up that cesspit.