More Hacks Resigning

The New York Times reports that Sir Paul Stephenson, London's Police Commissioner, has resigned in the wake of revelations that, at best, police inaction helped the News of the World phone hacking scandal fester for years. At worst, we are looking at gross corruption, but let's reserve judgment on that. So, a casualty list so far:

• The News of the World - shut down after 168 years
  
• News Corporation bid to take control of British satellite provider BSkyB - withdrawn
  
• News International CEO and former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks - resigned, then arrested
  
• Wall Street Journal publisher Les Hinton - resigned
  
• Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson - resigned
  
• Metropolitan Police PR advisor and former News of the World executive Neil Wallis - arrested
  
• Former News of the World editor and Prime Minister's press officer Andy Coulson - arrested
  
• News of the World senior writer James Weatherup - arrested
  
• Former News of the World assistant editor Ian Edmondson - dismissed, then arrested
  
• News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck - arrested
  
• News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman - arrested
  
• Private investigator and phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire - arrested, convicted, and served prison time
  
• Two unnamed men - arrested

That leaves, of course, Prime Minister David Cameron, James Murdoch, and Rupert Murdoch, to name but a few, with considerable egg on their faces and awaiting news of the further spread of this ugly mess. A little phone hacking goes a very long way.

But I mustn't gloat. That would be mean.

Fun, though, isn't it?