If I am understanding your post correctly, I fear trying to establish a link between these events would risk undermining the credibility of this discussion by being seen as venturing into a knee-jerk conspiracy theory. It would be such a shame to put an otherwise excellent series of threads at risk.
I totally agree that we should of course stay on topic, but with so much being covered up right now, it would be naive to rule any connection out. You don't know just what is being protected behind the high up walls of ITV. How serious things are and to what extent they would go to protect themselves not just PS. Just one big ball of wool, and the MM side of things is just a little bit of that wool that's poking out, and the right pulling, will make the whole thing unravel- or not, if they push the focus far far away. I still think it could well be a ring.
I think as mere little people, the majority wouldn't even think how we all think here, I said about the PS to a colleague and she said, oh my goodness I cried, such a brave man. Wow. That's a load of the nation who feel that way because they bought last Friday's scripted BS. We know that was all a charade because his hand was more than forced, but why, and what's being covered up. I just find it all too convenient is all, and conspiracy theory or not, I don't trust it.