Reply #5: The details on Coulson are more troubling than you say here. [View All]

Cameron was warned directly by Nick Klegg and it is very hard to believe that Lord Ashdown's warnings and those of the Guardian were not passed on to Cameron. That is just not the kind of thing aides of a PM are going to ignore, particularly when it comes from more than one source, one of the sources being a ruling coalition partner. This is just not believable. And Cameron's "denial" was less than convincing, saying he was not privy to the "specific details" of the information regarding Coulson. What the heck does that mean? He will have to be a lot more forthcoming than that if he hopes to put this behind him. The PM Question Time will indeed be interesting this week. No more hiding behind the skirts of the hapless Jeremy Hunt! Cameron's decision to allow "poor Jeremy" to face the music alone was a chicken shit move and there is no getting around it. At the least he should have been there for support - he is the one who hired Coulson, not Jeremy Hunt. And he really should have made a statement of his own and offered a genuine apology for the tin eared political decision to hire Coulson. It may or may not be too late for that now. Certainly anything resembling a repeat of his "no specific details" faux denial will not cut it at Question Time. As for "major new aspect" we may not have long to wait should Rebeccah Brooks decide to cut her losses and take down a PM to save her hide. If she also talked to Cameron about Coulson and decides to sing about it things could get very interesting indeed.