Steerpike: Murdoch ruined Dave’s holiday

So did Dave enjoy his brief break in Ibiza? Not if Rupert Murdoch could help it. Rupe declared on Twitter that the Woolwich atrocity would be a personal test of Cameron’s leadership. ‘Could save him or finish him if he mishandles.’ Three days later the Aussie ref flourished a yellow card. ‘With UK on terror alert, Cameron on holiday. Unbelievable.’ The following morning, by an extraordinary coincidence, the Sun splashed on a picture of a tanned and smirking Cameron next to the headline. ‘Crisis? I’m off to Ibiza.’ Rupert’s quest for revenge goes on.

Poor old Dimbers has lost the plot. First, as a BBC hack, David Dimbleby is required to keep his comments about elected politicians impartial. But he betrayed that sacred trust this week by calling Boris Johnson ‘disgusting’ and ‘disgraceful’ for smashing a few breakables while on a Bullingdon bender at Oxford. Even more shocking is the news that Dimbleby himself joined the Bullingdon but ‘never broke windows or got wildly drunk’.