Goodbye cruel World

[Sysman]

I was hoping they'd have chucked in some free fish and chips. The perfect partnership.

[In reality I think it is now illegal to use newspapers for wrapping, despite them usually having a plain sheet as a seperator so not really that unhygienic. A shame as I'm sure they used to smell differently. They seem bland without it. ]

Ah the memories!

Eating fish and chips straight from the wrappings.

Hands covered with newsprint.

[OwlHoot]

As someone on Guido's blog pointed out, what they should have done is scour their safe for the most inflammatory scandal they had, kiddie fiddling MPs, coppers on the take, etc, and print the lot, so they'd go down like the Bismarck with all guns blazing.

[wobbegong]

I don't get this "twice offered to resign and twice been refused" crap. If you resign, you do so and walk away, it's not negotiable, you aren't reliant on someones' permission or approval. It's a one sided process.

She didn't resign. She asked them if they wanted her to resign. The 2 are very different things.

Agreed, but I didn't say that she had resigned. My point was that the notion of anyone having a resignation refused is ludicrous.

[OwlHoot]

Agreed, but I didn't say that she had resigned. My point was that the notion of anyone having a resignation refused is ludicrous.

Obviously in principle that's true. But in practice an offer to resign, which is "refused", is simply a conventional show of (cough) sincerity combined with shared responsibility.

[PAH]

As someone on Guido's blog pointed out, what they should have done is scour their safe for the most inflammatory scandal they had, kiddie fiddling MPs, coppers on the take, etc, and print the lot, so they'd go down like the Bismarck with all guns blazing.

Why go out with all guns blazing when you can come in that way. I predict the first edition of The Sun on Sunday will have some sensational stories just to hook the mugs back on the line.

Question is, how long will Murdoch wait before daring to restart the sunday paper?