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Gary Gibbon
The high point for drama so far was Robert Jay asking David Cameron this morning if, before the election, he’d seen Rebekah Brooks every weekend he was at his country home. He had to think long and hard before saying it probably wasn’t every weekend.
Gary Gibbon
Tony Blair’s reported words of comfort and advice to Rebekah Brooks just as the News of the World had been accused of hacking into Millie Dowler’s phone will make some feel pretty squeamish.
Prime Minister David Cameron faces fresh embarrassment over text exchanges with former News International boss Rebekah Brooks, after messages between the pair were published by a newspaper.
“There are very few barristers and QCs in the Commons with the experience of mounting a detailed and probing line of interrogation.”
David Cameron gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media standards about his alleged “closeness” to members of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. Add your voice.
The prime minister’s evidence to the Leveson inquiry reveals a text from former Sun editor Rebekah Brooks saying “professionally, we’re definitely in this together”.
Gary Gibbon
Gordon Brown tells Leveson how he keeps calm in a crisis – even when facing News International executives.
This morning former prime minister Gordon Brown gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media standards, followed by Chancellor George Osborne this afternoon. Add your voice to the live blog.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives evidence at the Leveson inquiry into media standards. Add your voice to the live blog.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt takes the stand at the Leveson inquiry to answer allegations that include bias and misleading parliament over his handling of News Corp’s failed BSkyB bid.
Former prime minister Tony Blair gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media ethics. Follow the live blog and add your voice.
Jeremy Hunt’s former aide Adam Smith is to make his second appearance at Leveson, after it emerged that the culture secretary favoured News Corp’s bid for BSkyB weeks before he was put in charge.
Gary Gibbon
Jeremy Hunt, told the prime minister “our media sector will suffer for years” if they blocked the BSkyB bid. Weeks later, he was given responsibility for the bid. Channel 4 News politics editor, Gary Gibbon, is on the case.
– Ms Brooks commiserated by Cameron, Osborne on her 2011 resignation – Tony Blair attended Rebekah Brooks’s 40th birthday party – Former Sun editor ‘not embarrassed’ by being Murdoch’s ‘priority’ – Email shows Culture Sec Jeremy Hunt sought phone hacking advice from NI PR chief – Brooks defends ‘Sarah’s Law’ campaign We now have the…
Leveson: a News Corp lobbyist’s email suggests that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt asked him for private advice about the government’s stance on phone-hacking.