EMM News Explorer: Andy Coulson

Watson [-said]: We now know that, in September 2007, Andy Coulson was receiving staggered payments, free private healthcare and apparently a motor car from News International,

guardian 25-AUG-11

Whittingdale [said:]: If it is true that Coulson was provided with a car and health insurance, then I would have expected him to have made that clear. And I would have expected News International to have made that clear when we asked them about it.

nzherald 24-AUG-11

Chris Bryant [ said]: Coulson replied. Labour MPs said authorities should lo ok into the payments. In effect the Tory (Conservative) party received a massive subsidy which they should have declared to the Electoral Commission,

kuwaittimes 23-AUG-11

Watson [-said]: I think it raises more questions about what vetting Andy Coulson went through when he moved to Number 10 and who made the decision not to give him the formal security checks that normal people that go into those jobs have to go through.

telegraph 23-AUG-11

Goodman [-wrote]: This practice [phone hacking] was widely discussed in the daily editorial conference, until explicit reference to it was banned by the editor [Coulson],

australianetworknews 17-AUG-11

Goodman [-wrote]: This practice was widely discussed in the daily editorial conference, until explicit reference to it was banned by the editor (Coulson),

haveeru 17-AUG-11

Cameron [added:]: And the important thing to remember is that Andy Coulson doesn't work for the Government any more and, of course, when he was working for the Government, no-one made complaints about the work that he did.

belfasttelegraph 17-AUG-11

Osborne [-told]: Knowing what we know now, we regret the decision (to hire Coulson) and I suspect Andy Coulson wouldn’t have taken the job knowing what he knows now as well,

examiner 26-JUL-11

Osborne [-told]: Knowing what we know now, we regret the decision (to hire Coulson) and I suspect Andy Coulson wouldn't have taken the job knowing what he knows now as well,

reuters 25-JUL-11

Miliband [said:]: This can't be put down to gross incompetence. It was a deliberate attempt to hide from the facts. He says in hindsight he made a mistake by hiring Coulson.

sundaymail 22-JUL-11

Nick Raynsford [asked:]: Will the Prime Minister confirm that a year ago, during the period when Mr Coulson was director of communications, the Cabinet Secretary was alerted to evidence of illegal phone hacking, covert surveillance and hostile media briefing directed against a senior official in the Government service?

bbc 22-JUL-11

Nick Raynsford [asked:]: Will the prime minister confirm that a year ago, during the period when Mr Coulson was director of communications, the cabinet secretary was alerted to evidence of illegal phone hacking, covert surveillance and hostile media briefing directed against a senior official in the government service?

bbc 22-JUL-11

Cameron [ said]: I have said very clear that, if it turns out that Andy Coulson knew about the hacking at the News of the World, he will not only have lied to me, but he would have lied to the police, to a select committee, to the Press Complaints Commission and of course perjured himself in a court of law,

irishsun 21-JUL-11

Cameron [-added]: If it turns out Coulson knew about the phone hacking at his time at the NoW, then he has lied to the police and lied to me, and he should face severe criminal charges,

peopledaily 21-JUL-11

Cameron [-said]: Had I been shown evidence linking Coulson to hacking he would have been fired,

peopledaily 21-JUL-11

Raynsford [had asked:]: Will the Prime Minister confirm that, a year ago, during the period when Mr Coulson was director of communications, the Cabinet Secretary was alerted to evidence of illegal phone hacking, covert surveillance and hostile media briefing directed against a senior official in the government service? What action, if any, was taken to investigate what appears to have been disgraceful and illegal conduct close to the heart of government?

independent 21-JUL-11

Cameron [replied:]: No, I didn’t know that and as I’ve said in relation to the work he did for Andy Coulson, I was unaware of that.

telegraph 21-JUL-11

Cameron [-told]: With 20:20 hindsight and all that has followed, I would not have offeref Coulson the job and I expect that he wouldn't have taken it,

rt 20-JUL-11

David Cameron [said:]: I want to address my own responsibilities very directly, and that brings me to my decision to employ Andy Coulson. I have said very clearly that if it turns out Andy Coulson knew about the hacking at News Of the World he will not only have lied to me but he will have lied to the police, to a select committee, to the Press Complaints Commission and, of course, perjured himself in a court of law.

euronews 20-JUL-11

Cameron [-said]: With [perfect] hindsight and all that has followed, I would not have offered [Coulson] the job, and I expect that he wouldn't have taken it,

rferl 20-JUL-11

Miliband [-said]: The country has a right to expect that the Prime Minister would have made very effort to uncover the information about Andy Coulson to protect himself and his office,

kuna 20-JUL-11

Miliband [-said]: Yet the pattern of events suggests the opposite: that the Prime Minister and those around him made every effort not to hear the facts about Andy Coulson.

kuna 20-JUL-11

Cameron [ said]: I have said very clear that, if it turns out that Andy Coulson knew about the hacking at the News of the World , he will not only have lied to me, but he would have lied to the police, to a select committee, to the Press Complaints Commission and of course perjured himself in a court of law,

voanews 20-JUL-11

Miliband [ said]: This catastrophic error of judgment - hiring Andy Coulson, hanging on to him too long - directly contributed to the position Sir Paul found himself in and his decision to resign,

bbc 20-JUL-11

Cameron [ said]: With 20/20 hindsight and all that has followed,[*]I would not have offered [Coulson] the job and I expect he wouldn't have taken it. But you don't make decisions in hindsight you make them in the present. You live and you learn and, believe me, I have learnt.

time 20-JUL-11

Cameron [-said]: Andy Coulson is innocent until proven guilty,

AP 20-JUL-11

Cameron [-said]: I have said very clearly that if it turns out Andy Coulson knew about the hacking at the News of the World, he will not only have lied to me but he will have lied to the police, to a select committee, to the Press Complaints Commission and of course perjured himself in a court of law,

cnn 20-JUL-11

Cameron [-told]: With 20/20 hindsight and all that has followed, I would not have offered him the job and I expect that he [Coulson] wouldn't have taken it,

npr 20-JUL-11

cnn 20-JUL-11

Miliband [ said]: So that the country can have the leadership that we need, why doesn't he do more why doesn't he do more than give a half-apology and give a full apology now for hiring Mr. Coulson and bringing him into the heart of Downing Street,

voanews 20-JUL-11

Miliband [-said]: It was a deliberate attempt to hide from the facts about Mr Coulson,

news24 20-JUL-11

Stephenson [-said]: Unlike Mr. Coulson, Mr. Wallis had not resigned from News of the World or, to the best of my knowledge, been in any way associated with the original phone-hacking investigation,

latimes 20-JUL-11

Raynsford [said:]: A year ago during the period when Mr Coulson was director of communications, the Cabinet Secretary was alerted to evidence of illegal phone hacking, covert surveillance and hostile media briefing directed against a senior official in the Government service. 'What action, if any, was taken to investigate what appears to have been disgraceful and illegal conduct close to the heart of Government?

dailymail 20-JUL-11

Miliband [-asked]: Why doesn't he do more than give a half-apology and provide the full apology now for hiring Mr Coulson and bringing him into the heart of Downing Street?

montrealgazette 20-JUL-11

Miliband [ said]: The Prime Minister was caught in a tragic conflict of loyalty between the standards of integrity that people should expect of him and his staff and his personal allegiance to Mr Coulson,

independent 20-JUL-11

Miliband [added:]: It's not about hindsight. It is not about whether Mr Coulson lied to him. It is about all the information that the Prime Minister ignored.

independent 20-JUL-11

Miliband [-said]: Because the Prime Minister was compromised by his relationship with Mr Coulson. He was hamstrung by a conflict of interest.

indiatimes 20-JUL-11

Cameron [-told]: I would argue, in terms of Andy Coulson, no one has argued that the work he did in government in any way was inappropriate or bad. He worked well in government, he then left government,

TorontoStar 18-JUL-11

Theresa May [-insisted that]: Unlike Mr Coulson, Mr Wallis had not resigned from News of the World or, to the best of my knowledge been in any way associated with the original phone hacking investigation.

belfasttelegraph 18-JUL-11

Johnson [said:]: I thought at the time that really what was happening was that Labour was ramping up the pressure on Andy Coulson at No 10, on Rupert Murdoch … basically because they were now out of power, they'd lost the support of the Sun, and they were bitter and vengeful and all the rest of it.

guardian 18-JUL-11

Stephenson [-said]: I did not want to compromise the prime minister in any way by revealing or discussing a potential suspect who clearly had a close relationship with Mr Coulson,

montrealgazette 18-JUL-11

Stephenson [-said]: I did not want to compromise the prime minister in any way by revealing or discussing a potential suspect who clearly had a close relationship with Mr. Coulson,

ipsnews 18-JUL-11

Stephenson [said:]: Unlike Mr Coulson, Mr Wallis had not resigned from News of the World or, to the best of my knowledge, been in any way associated with the original phone hacking investigation.

ibtimes 18-JUL-11

Stephenson [-said]: Unlike Mr. Coulson, Mr. Wallis had not resigned from the News of the World or, to the best of my knowledge been in any way associated with the original phone hacking investigation.

upi 18-JUL-11

Stephenson [said:]: The commissioner thought if the prime minister is happy employing Andy Coulson, and Neil Wallis has bid the lowest price, what reason would we have not to employ him?

guardian 18-JUL-11

Yvette Cooper [said:]: It is a very serious concern that the Met commissioner felt unable to tell the prime minister and the home secretary about this operational issue with Neil Wallis because of the prime minister's relationship with Andy Coulson. It appears that their compromised relationship with Andy Coulson has put the commissioner in a very difficult position and made it even harder for the Met to maintain confidence around this difficult issue. Both David Cameron and Theresa May must take their share of the responsibility

guardian 17-JUL-11

Hague [said:]: In inviting Andy Coulson back, the prime minister has invited someone back to thank him for his work, he's worked for him for several years, that is a normal, human thing to do.

channelnewsasia 17-JUL-11

Hague [-told]: In inviting Andy Coulson back, the prime minister has invited someone back to thank him for his work - he's worked for him for several years - that is a normal, human thing to do, I think it shows a positive side to his character,

smh 17-JUL-11

Mark Stephens [said:]: The question that raises its head rather interestingly is, are the police gathering evidence for their own witnesses or are they going to be hemetically sealed as against the information that they're gathering from people like Neil Wallis, Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson because the timing of this arrest does seem surprisingly to me. Asked why the timing was surprising, Mr Stephens told Sky News:

skynews 17-JUL-11

Hague [-told]: In inviting Andy Coulson back the prime minister has invited someone back to thank him for his work, he's worked for him for several years, that is a normal, human thing to do, I think it shows a positive side to his character,

news 16-JUL-11

Hague [-told]: In inviting Andy Coulson back the prime minister has invited someone back to thank him for his work, he’s worked for him for several years, that is a normal, human thing to do, I think it shows a positive side to his character,

nst 16-JUL-11

Hague [-told]: In inviting Andy Coulson back, the prime minister has invited someone back to thank him for his work – he's worked for him for several years – that is a normal, human thing to do,

guardian 16-JUL-11

Hague [said:]: In inviting Andy Coulson back the prime minister has invited someone back to thank him for his work, he's worked for him for several years, that is a normal, human thing to do, I think it shows a positive side to his character.

channelnewsasia 16-JUL-11

Cooper [said:]: It isn't enough to defer these issues to the judge-led inquiry, as the mayor and home secretary seem content to do. From the government we also need some leadership and transparency. The home secretary should not be deterred from calling for greater transparency by fears of embarrassment over Andy Coulson's employment.

guardian 15-JUL-11

Miliband [ said]: You were warned by the Deputy Prime Minister about hiring Andy Coulson,

TheScotsman 14-JUL-11

Hammond [said:]: no evidence of any wrongdoing by Andy Coulson has ever been presented to him

express 11-JUL-11

Cameron [-said]: On the issue of what I was told, I wasn't given any specific sort of actionable information about Andy Coulson,

thestar 08-JUL-11

Cameron [ said]: on suspicion of corruption Coulson was editor-in-chief at the News of the World from 2003 until 2007, and the police believe Coulson knew about his employees tapping other people’s phones and maybe even participated in this illegal activity himself. Coulson resigned from the post of editor in 2007 when Clive Goodman, the News of the World's former royal editor, was sentenced to four months in jail for phone hacking. Coulson claims he was unaware of the phone hacking in his office. Clive Goodman was rearre

rt 08-JUL-11

Cameron [-said]: (Coulson) gave me assurances,

AP 08-JUL-11

Ed Miliband [said:]: Putting it right for the Prime Minister means starting by admitting the appalling error of judgment he made in hiring Andy Coulson, apologising for bringing him in to the centre of the government machine, coming clean about what conversations he had with Andy Coulson, before and after his appointment, about phone-hacking, Separately, Mr Coulson is facing a perjury investigation after Scottish police after they announced they are to examine testimony in the Tommy Sheridan trial. The Crown Office yesterday as

telegraph 08-JUL-11

Cameron [-told]: (Coulson) is now, as I understand it, under police investigation, as others will be,

thestar 08-JUL-11

Miliband [-said]: What we know is that the Prime Minister does have close relationships with many of the people involved in this — Andy Coulson who worked for him, Rebekah Brooks who is at the centre of some of what has happened,

montrealgazette 07-JUL-11

Miliband [-said]: What we know is that the Prime Minister does have close relationships with many of the people involved in this -- Andy Coulson who worked for him, Rebekah Brooks who is at the centre of some of what has happened,

news 07-JUL-11

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