On May 1, just as the Abu Ghraib photos were hitting the American press, London's Daily Mirror published graphic photos they claimed were British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners. The British government today said its investigation has found that the photos are fake. In the House of Commons, armed forces minister Adam Ingram said:

"Those pictures were categorically not taken in Iraq. Moreover this is not only the opinion of SIB [special investigation branch] investigators, but it has been independently corroborated."

"... the pressure is cranking up every day. And there are long-standing hints that he doesn't have the whole-hearted backing of the Trinity Mirror board. Last week Trinity chairman Victor Blank was keen to dodge questions on the fake photo row, and Sly Bailey has often seemed muted in her support for the newspaper world's enfant terrible.

After all, it's almost exactly a year since Blanko fired this warning at the Morgmeister: "Piers Morgan we regard as a very good and capable tabloid editor and he's not, at the moment, on the way out".

>Defiant Morgan not resigning [The Guardian]
>Insistence is futile [Hacked Off]