Wouldn't it be lovely if this happened to Lil Jimmy Murdoch

[malaise]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/jul/22/phone-hacking-scandal-live-coverage
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12.27pm: James Murdoch could be imprisoned or fined if the House of Commons finds he told lies to the culture select committee this week, writes Owen Bowcott, the Guardian's legal affairs correspondent.

Imprisonment or a substantial fine could theoretically be imposed as a punishment by parliament on anyone who told lies in evidence to a select committee.

Misleading MPs is deemed to amount to a "contempt of the house" in the same way that refusing to answer a summons to appear before a committee is reported to the Commons. The offender could then be summoned to the bar of the House.

The problem is that the sanctions - involving fine or imprisonment - to enforce any punishment are constitutionally somewhat rusty. Vernon Bogdanor, the former professor of government at Oxford University, has suggested they may have fallen into "desuetude" (disuse).

The House of Commons is not believed to have fined anybody since 1666 and has not "committed anyone to custody", apart from temporarily detaining them, since the 19th century.

[RagAss]

1. Oh please...they did everything but wash that man's car for him while he was being "questioned".

[salin]

2. while not likely

did I read that there is a move in Australia to look into limiting their broadcast presence?

[malaise]

3. Yep check this -PM says James Murdoch has 'questions to answer'

So does the PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14245922
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David Cameron says James Murdoch "clearly" needs to answer questions in Parliament after his evidence on phone hacking was challenged.

Labour MP Tom Watson has asked police to investigate after Mr Murdoch's evidence to MPs was disputed by two ex-News of the World executives.

Mr Murdoch said he was not "aware" of an email suggesting hacking went wider than a single "rogue" reporter.

But ex-NoW editor Colin Myler and legal manager Tom Crone said they told him.

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So will Myler and/or Crone have an unfortunate car accident?