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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s appearance before the Leveson inquiry into Press ethics on Thursday was a public humiliation.

His pathetic attempts to acquit himself of partiality over News Corp’s contentious bid for BSkyB made him look shifty and contemptible.

He had been asked to adjudicate after his Lib Dem Cabinet colleague Vince Cable was removed from the role after being caught in a newspaper sting saying that he had ‘declared war’ on News Corp.

To have sent James Murdoch a message congratulating him on having won EU approval for his company’s bid was an act that only a blithering idiot could interpret as impartial. Mr Hunt texted: ‘Just Ofcom to go!’ (referring to the broadcast watchdog).

Five hours after sending that message, Mr Hunt was handed the quasi-judicial role in deciding on the BSkyB bid.

Shortly after his congratulatory message to James Murdoch, Mr Hunt also texted the Chancellor about Dr Cable’s embarrassment, warning him that ‘we are going to screw this up’.

Mr Osborne, who gave Mr Hunt the first hint of his appointment to the BSkyB role, said in his own, rather smug, text message: ‘I hope you like our solution’.

These devastating text messages suggest collusion among the Tory clique that runs the Government — a collusion designed to give Mr Murdoch’s media empire what it wanted.

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