Politicians are swarming all over the phone hacking scandal today, in even greater
number than during the past week. If it isn’t the main topic at PMQs at noon, then it certainly will be immediately afterwards; when David Cameron delivers his statement on an inquiry into the
whole mess. And then there’s Labour’s Opposition Day motion, urging Rupert Murdoch to withdraw his bid for BSkyB. By the end of the day, our parliamentarians will surely have delivered an official
reprimand to the News Corp boss and his ambitions.
The news that the government will vote in favour of Ed Miliband’s motion has sucked some of the vicious factionalism out of today’s proceedings. But, never fear, there will still be plenty of political one-upmanship to go around. Labour will no doubt take the opportunity to probe Cameron about the specifics of Andy Coulson’s employment in 10 Downing St.
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