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07 Jan 10
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David Cameron ...a bad judge of character....employing criminals...
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/top+tory+steve+hilton+arrest+revealed+/3491837
Top Tory Steve Hilton arrest revealed
Updated on 07 January 2010
By Channel 4 News
Exclusive: One of David Cameron's top advisers, Steve Hilton, was arrested over a train ticket dispute after a Conservative party conference, it emerged today.
The Tory leader's director of strategy was fined £80 for disorder in October 2008 earning himself a criminal record, staff at Conservative Central Office confirmed tonight.
Hilton is understood to have been dashing to get the train back to London at the end of the party's annual conference in Birmingham.
He was asked to show his ticket, failed to produce it quickly enough and got into a dispute with train staff. The police were then called.
He then started to swear - shouting out "w****r". He was promptly arrested and taken to a police station at Birmingham New Street.
He was then de-arrested and issued with a penalty notice for disorder.
A British Transport Police spokesman told Channel 4 News: "I can confirm that shortly before 5pm on Wednesday 1 October 2008, a 39-year-old man from London was arrested at Birmingham New Street railway station after a dispute over the production of his ticket.
"Once the man had calmed down, he was issued with a penalty notice for disorder under section 5 of the Public Order Act."
A Conservative spokesman tonight confirmed Hilton had been involved in a dispute about the production of a ticket at Birmingham New Street.
In a statement, the party said he had a valid ticket but was unable to produce it quickly enough and that after he apologised he was de-arrested.
Mr Hilton has acquired such a reputation in Westminster he is said to have been the inspiration for a character in the hit TV series The Thick of It.
The Hilton character Stewart Pearson has a penchant for talking in gobbledegook about data modelling, imagineering and data massaging.
Strategy Bulletin No 2 sent on 23 October urged MPs to take a look at "some cool stuff they're doing in San Francisco".
The bulletin extolled the virtues of public openness, noting "transparency is a central component of our political approach. Along with decentralisation and accountability, it's one of the building blocks of the post-bureaucratic age".
News of the arrest is embarrassing for the Conservatives, who have a reputation for being the party of law and order.
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/top+tory+steve+hilton+arrest+revealed+/3491837
Top Tory Steve Hilton arrest revealed
Updated on 07 January 2010
By Channel 4 News
Exclusive: One of David Cameron's top advisers, Steve Hilton, was arrested over a train ticket dispute after a Conservative party conference, it emerged today.
The Tory leader's director of strategy was fined £80 for disorder in October 2008 earning himself a criminal record, staff at Conservative Central Office confirmed tonight.
Hilton is understood to have been dashing to get the train back to London at the end of the party's annual conference in Birmingham.
He was asked to show his ticket, failed to produce it quickly enough and got into a dispute with train staff. The police were then called.
He then started to swear - shouting out "w****r". He was promptly arrested and taken to a police station at Birmingham New Street.
He was then de-arrested and issued with a penalty notice for disorder.
A British Transport Police spokesman told Channel 4 News: "I can confirm that shortly before 5pm on Wednesday 1 October 2008, a 39-year-old man from London was arrested at Birmingham New Street railway station after a dispute over the production of his ticket.
"Once the man had calmed down, he was issued with a penalty notice for disorder under section 5 of the Public Order Act."
A Conservative spokesman tonight confirmed Hilton had been involved in a dispute about the production of a ticket at Birmingham New Street.
In a statement, the party said he had a valid ticket but was unable to produce it quickly enough and that after he apologised he was de-arrested.
Mr Hilton has acquired such a reputation in Westminster he is said to have been the inspiration for a character in the hit TV series The Thick of It.
The Hilton character Stewart Pearson has a penchant for talking in gobbledegook about data modelling, imagineering and data massaging.
Strategy Bulletin No 2 sent on 23 October urged MPs to take a look at "some cool stuff they're doing in San Francisco".
The bulletin extolled the virtues of public openness, noting "transparency is a central component of our political approach. Along with decentralisation and accountability, it's one of the building blocks of the post-bureaucratic age".
News of the arrest is embarrassing for the Conservatives, who have a reputation for being the party of law and order.
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tories are all crooks... archer, aitken, hamiltons, the list is endless
Yeah, imagine if someone like Peter Mandelson had ever broken the law.
Leopard,is this the best you can come up with to smear the tories?
If thats it,we wont worry then!
If thats it,we wont worry then!
has the deputy leader of the labour party been up before the court yet on her driving with a mbile phone charge?
Now Harperson has been convicted will Brown sack her .
So being a convicted crinminal is not a problem if you are a member of the Govt but if you an advisor to Cameron its a major issue? Are you being consistent here?
2008. If that's the worst they've done in two years I might vote for them.
he was heard to loudly shout the word w@nker s at train station staff as he was let away by the police :D
Staff may have been worried he was physically going to attack them....they should not have to put up with that...
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