One of the striking things about the wall to wall hackgate coverage on the 24 hours news
channels is the absence of Tory voices defending the Prime Minister. It is coming to something when the leader of another political party, Nick Clegg, is doing more to defend the PM than most of
the Tory members of the Cabinet.
One minister told me earlier that Number 10 was having trouble getting people to go on TV to bat for the PM. While many Tories are wondering where their party chairman is, in these circumstances you would expect her to be touring the TV studios.
Cameron’s political spokeswoman Gabby Bertin is doing a typically able and indefatigable job of making the case for her boss. But today I have not received any unsolicited calls from Tory MPs wanting to put Cameron’s point of view. This is in stark contrast to what happened when the Deripaska affair was threatening George Osborne when one received a slew of calls defending the then shadow Chancellor.
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