Rupert Watch, Leveson Testimony Spells Doom for Cameron and Hunt

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10. Good one, Thanks!

I hadn't seen that. The Independent put this out about 8 hours after my short piece went up. It's a killer:

Cameron knew Hunt would back BSkyB bid May 25, 2012

and now this editorial

It's time to step back Mr. Prime MInister Andrew Grice, The Independent

Even allowing for a PR man's hype to his bosses in Mr Michel's emails, the constant contact between him and Mr Hunt's office over the bid is astonishing. The Culture Secretary did not give News Corp all it wanted immediately but he appears to have bent over backwards to help it reach its goal. We await Mr Hunt's appearance before Lord Justice Leveson, but his direction of travel suggests he would have approved the takeover – until it was stopped in its tracks by the chilling revelation that Milly Dowler's phone was hacked by the News of the World.

Next week at Leveson

BLiar Monday
Cable Wednesday
Hunt Thursday