Although mr johnson was told in 2006 that his own phone might have been hacked by the news of the world , in the past he did not use his authority to urge a broader probe ; last year he dismissed allegations of widespread hacking as " codswallop " .
Of course , a load of dimwitted yelling and general codswallop may also emerge , but let 's face it , the same thing happens with any given stack of books in the library , only in more formal , less convenient packaging .
