Loyal Tories and government types are hoping that the media will soon move on from
Murdoch. And the unusually heavy
briefings emanating from George Osborne’s office last night were perhaps an attempt to shift the spotlight.
But it will take a very gripping story to displace the phone hacking saga, especially if yet more has-been politicians shuffle back into public life to settle old scores with Murdoch. With the
British press immersed in this tempestuous revenge drama and the whirl of hypocrisy that surrounds it, you wouldn’t guess that the euro has embarked on a 72 hour ordeal that may decide its
future.
But, Rupert Murdoch’s mugshots could yet be superseded by those of Colonel Gaddafi.
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