It’s a strange thing, amid all venom and spite over the phone hacking scandal, how the
three main parties are actually converging on the same responses. A judge-led inquiry? That’s now party policy for them all. The end of the PCC? Likewise. In his press conference earlier, Cameron
even came close to saying that Rebekah Brooks should have lost her job. For once, there are trace quantities of Agreeing With Ed in the air
at Westminster.
This is both a boon and a bitterness for Ed Miliband. A boon, because he can at least claim that Labour led the debate, and Cameron followed. A bitterness, because the politics of the situation were so much easier for him when there were clear divides between his party and the government. If Miliband had his way, I’m sure, Cameron would still be stalling on whether there should be a public inquiry at all.
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