News international
Why James Harding had to quit as Times editor
Given that James Harding is generally regarded as the best editor of The Times to have worked under Rupert Murdoch, what happened yesterday? Mr Steerpike has been making some inquiries.… Continue reading
19 Comments
Hunted Jeremy faces the media crowd
One time Tory leader contender (now cabinet dead man walking) Jeremy Hunt faced the suits last night at his first outing in media circles since being dragged through the gutter… Continue reading
1 Comment
On the eve of Hunt’s Leveson appearance
It has become the conventional wisdom in Westminster that Jeremy Hunt’s career will turn on his appearance before the Leveson Inquiry tomorrow. Friends of Hunt have today been arguing that… Continue reading
16 Comments
Leveson continues, but it is a sideshow to the Euro drama
Fred Michel’s testimony this morning at the Leveson Inquiry was embarrassing but not devastating. The texts between him and Jeremy Hunt are cringe-worthy but my read is that the Culture… Continue reading
19 Comments
Brooks charges mean more trouble for Cameron
The news that Rebekah Brooks and Charlie Brooks have been charged with perverting the course of justice means that there’ll be at least one trial involving friends of the Prime… Continue reading
45 CommentsEmbarrassment for Cameron, trouble for Hunt
Rebekah Brooks’s testimony at Leveson was embarrassing for the Prime Minister — but no worse than that. I suspect that tomorrow’s papers will have much fun with the fact that… Continue reading
33 Comments
Coulson easily handles his Leveson test
Andy Coulson’s evidence to the Leveson Inquiry was a reminder of why he rose so quickly. He never said more than he had to and never let his ego interfere… Continue reading
32 Comments
Today’s theatrics will soon be overshadowed by Leveson
Today’s Cameron-Clegg event was meant to be very different from the one in the Downing Street garden two years ago: grittier, more real. Watching it, one was struck by the… Continue reading
30 Comments
Leveson narrows Cameron’s fightback window
During the government’s recent troubles, Cameroons have talked about the ‘window’ for action that David Cameron will have if Boris does win the mayoralty. But that window got a lot… Continue reading
16 CommentsMPs squabble over their own phone hacking report
The education select committee reported earlier, but it is the report of another select committee that will get all the attention today. The culture, media and sport select committee has… Continue reading
56 CommentsBoris drops the f-bomb (again)
More ‘colourful language’ from Boris Johnson today. Interviewed by the BBC about his reported attempts to secure sponsorship from News International while they were being investigated for phone hacking, he… Continue reading
19 Comments
Hunt still hasn’t answered the main question
In his statement to the House of Commons, I heard no answer from Jeremy Hunt to the most serious question about his handling of the whole News Corp bid: how… Continue reading
38 Comments
Hunt’s special adviser resigns
There’s been a resignation this morning, but it is not Jeremy Hunt’s. Instead, it’s his special adviser Adam Smith. Smith’s departure before Hunt’s Commons statement at 12:30 is designed to… Continue reading
9 CommentsHunt: I’m not quitting
Here’s the full statement: ‘Now is not a time for kneejerk reactions. We’ve heard one side of the story today but some of the evidence reported meetings and conversations that… Continue reading
16 Comments
Hunt’s in real trouble
If anyone doubted just how dramatic the Murdochs’ evidence to Leveson was going to be, then the five hours of testimony today have settled that argument. In the process, they… Continue reading
32 Comments
The Hunt becomes the hunted
The Eurocrisis may be nagging at our political class, but it’s got nothing on the Leveson inquiry. Today has been James Murdoch’s turn in the hotseat, and it has produced… Continue reading
27 Comments
Motorman returns
Guido Fawkes has caused a stir this morning by releasing a section of the Operation Motorman files, naming those News International journalists thought to have paid for private information.… Continue reading
12 Comments
Cameron lands in America
David Cameron’s plane has just landed in Washington. The next few days should provide him with a set of images that will portray him as a significant figure on the… Continue reading
19 Comments
What James Murdoch’s move tells us
When Rupert Murdoch visited the Sun newsroom recently, eyebrows were raised by the fact that he was accompanied not by James Murdoch but Lachlan Murdoch. James Murdoch, who has never… Continue reading
18 CommentsMurdoch resigns from newspaper boards
The Evening Standard has the scoop: ‘Companies House filings show James Murdoch has stepped down from the boards of both News Group Newspapers Limited, publisher of The Sun, and Times… Continue reading
4 Comments