http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17834691
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"Now is not the time for knee-jerk reactions," Jeremy Hunt said tonight. They are the words of a cabinet minister fighting to save his job - and who, for now, has the prime minister's backing.
Given that the hacking scandal and its fallout has already claimed the scalps of Andy Coulson, Rebekah Brooks, many lesser-known Murdoch untouchables and the News of the World, Mr Hunt would be unwise to assume that he can now escape.
The case against him is clear. It is that whilst publicly insisting that he was dealing with an £8 billion-deal in a quasi-judicial way, his office was privately giving advanced and privileged information to James Murdoch and News Corp. The emails released today to the Leveson Inquiry show repeated examples of News Corp having information before the public, the markets and Parliament. This, Labour claim, was a breach of proper process and of Parliamentary rules.
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No doubt he'll continue to lie through his teeth, saying that he wasn't aware of what his subordinates were doing, in the hope that he'll keep his well-paid and well-connected job .....
I'm beginning to wonder whether William Stobart should run the country - he makes a point of knowing everything going on in
his business, from the state of the flower garden in a remote depot, through the identity of his apprentices and the profit from the sale of his trucks, to the development plans for his new airport .....
