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Andy Coulson resigns over phone-hack claims
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Edited | New Jerusalem Jan 21, 2011 07:54am |
| Category | Scandal |
| News Date | Jan 21, 2011 07:00am |
| Description | Andy Coulson, David Cameron's director of communications, was forced to resign today, saying the continuing allegations that he had been aware of phone hacking during his period as editor of News of the World had made it difficult to give the job his full attention.
It was claimed that one of his former reporters on the paper was about to make his position untenable and reveal Coulson had known about phone hacking at the paper. There were also reports that other emails were coming to light inside government that were putting pressure on Coulson.
Coulson, in his resignation statement, insisted he stood by his previous line that he was not aware of phone hacking when he was News of the World editor and said he had done nothing wrong. He said that "when a spokesman needs a spokesman, it is time to move on".
His resignation follows months of accusations that he had been aware of and sanctioned widespread phone hacking during the period of his editorship of the paper.
Coulson's resignation will raise questions as to the judgment of David Cameron in appointing him in the first place and then keeping him in office when the Tory leader went to No 10 following the general election, by which time the allegations were widely known.
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