New allegations cast shadow over Birmingham
This being the first Conservative Party conference for 13 years where the party is actually in power, one would think that they would be celebrating in Birmingham this week. However the mood is sombre and somewhat depressed; much of this is down to the economy and being forced to govern in coalition with the Lib Dems.
In addition, new allegations made tonight against communications director Andy Coulson in Channel 4's Dispatches programme will dampen the mood further still.
A former senior executive of News International will claim that during Mr Coulson's stint as News of the World editor, he listened to tapes of intercepted voice-mail messages.
This flies in the face of his repeated denials that he knew nothing of the the widespread phone-tapping of politicians, celebrities and journalists being carried out by his own staff.
Earlier this summer, Mr Coulson stood before the culture, media and sport select committee and said: 'I was, as you know, editor of the News of the World for four years from January 2003 until January 2007. During that time I never condoned the use of phone hacking and nor do I have any recollection of incidences where phone hacking took place.'
Back in 2007 Coulson resigned from his job as editor of the News of the World after a reporter and a private investigator were jailed for illegally intercepting private voice-mail messages from phones associated with the Royal Family.
The Prime Minister is being pressured by the opposition to make a statement in Parliament on this matter and there are mutterings in Birmingham that Coulson's position is looking very precarious.
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