Q1735 Tom Watson: Just one last round of questioning. You knew that you were going to resign before sentencing but on the day of sentencing you resigned from the paper.
Mr Coulson: I actually resigned two weeks before I announced it.
Q1736 Tom Watson: Two weeks before. And did you get a redundancy payment for that?
Mr Coulson: I got what was contractually due to me. Obviously I did not work my notice so I received what was contractually due.
Q1737 Tom Watson: Then you were six months out of work.
Mr Coulson: About five months.
Q1738 Tom Watson: And then you went work directly for the Conservative Party.
Mr Coulson: That is right.
Q1739 Tom Watson: And you have not got any secondary income other than that have you?
Mr Coulson: No.
Q1740 Tom Watson: So you did not do any work with PR firms in the meantime?
Mr Coulson: No, I had a brief conversation with an advertising agency about being a consultant but I never received any money from them.
Q1741 Tom Watson: So your sole income was News International and then your sole income was the Conservative Party?.
Mr Coulson: Yes.
Tom Watson: That is great, thank you.
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When Mr Coulson worked for Mr Cameron in opposition did he hold a Parliamentary pass? If so, wouldn’t it have been incumbent on him to list such substantial payments from NI in the Register of Interests of Members’ Secretaries and Research Assistants? Just askin’ like.
Thjanks for this transcript.
A man paid by News International working at the heart of Downing Street! David Cameron really does have to consider his position after this.
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