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Sir Paul Stephenson turns on David Cameron
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Edited | New Jerusalem Jul 18, 2011 11:00am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jul 18, 2011 10:00am |
| Description | Britain's top police officer has resigned and turned on the prime minister in a dramatic escalation of the phone-hacking scandal.
In a carefully worded resignation speech that appeared aimed directly at Downing Street, Sir Paul Stephenson, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the prime minister risked being "compromised" by his closeness to former News of the World editor Andy Coulson.
Number 10 stressed that David Cameron had not been pressing in private for Stephenson to stand aside. But he was caught by surprise by the attack, which came just while the prime minister was on a plane en route to South Africa. |
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