The hacking trial has seen the Tories unite, but may have damaged Cameron’s character

Today must have been the first that David Cameron thought ‘thank goodness for the Leveson report’ as he prepared for Prime Minister’s Questions. He used the report as a shield in his exchanges with Ed Miliband, waving it about at the despatch box and saying that he had ‘totally disproved him using the evidence’ on a series of accusations that the Labour leader had made about whether or not he ignored warnings about hiring Andy Coulson and bringing him into Downing Street.

The Prime Minister did not leave this session weakened, even though in some cases the points he made were weak. He got his apology in early thanks for a planted question from Tory backbencher Damian Collins, and this meant his first response to Miliband's first question was 'as I said a moment ago'.