Dominic Grieve is a bigger scandal than Andy Coulson

The public may not be much interested in the Murdoch Affair but the importance of an issue is not measured by the level of public interest in it. If it were and if the news channels only covered the things the public loves we’d be treated to exhaustive coverage of kittens in trees, car chases and executions. Bully for the great British public.

Equally, those tempted to dismiss the implications of the Prime Minister’s involvement in this stramash might consider whether they’d be quite so generous if the scandal had erupted – like some giant suppurating boil – while Labour were in government. As a general rule if you think something would be a scandal if the other mob were in power there’s a good chance it should also be thought a scandal when your friends are in government.

Of course it should have come to a boil (ha!) while Labour were in office.