David Cameron will on Wednesday face his biggest parliamentary test since becoming Britain’s prime minister, as he attempts to extricate himself from the phone hacking scandal and his dangerous liaison with Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
Mr Cameron flew back from a trip to Africa on Tuesday night with aides insisting that suggestions he might resign over the affair were “ridiculous”. He will give a statement on the government’s response to the scandal to MPs on Wednesday.
While Mr Cameron was in mid-air, Rupert Murdoch was giving lawmakers on the House of Commons culture committee a fascinating insight into his relationship with the prime minister and the sensitivity that surrounded it.