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All eyes are on Prime Minister David Cameron – as The News of the World seems to rack up another arrest or resignation by the day. The scandal is unfolding so fast Parliament will delay its summer recess to address the issue.

Media correspondent Ben Fenton tells the Financial Times – this is a big deal.

“Amazingly enough, MPs have actually been calling for their holidays to be cut off for a day.  Now, that doesn’t happen very often, and that in itself is historic.”

The latest domino to fall in the scandal is the resignation of...

Assistant Commissioner John Yates of the Metropolitan Police service.   His exit comes just one day after Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson stepped down on Sunday over connections to former News of the World editor Neil Wallis – but not before blasting Mr. Cameron for his own ties to the mess.

The Prime Minister responded from South Africa, explaining why his decision to hire former News of the World editor Andy Coulson differs from Sir Paul’s situation…

“The situation in the Metropolitan Police Service is really quite different to the situation in government, not least because the issues that the Metropolitan Police Service and the issues around them have had a direct bearing on public confidence into the police inquiry, into the News of the World, and indeed, to the police themselves.” (BBC)

Fenton says Mr. Cameron is defending not just a hiring decision, but his job.

“David Cameron has had to say, effectively, why the situation is different between him and Sir Paul Stephenson, i.e. why his relationship with a former senior executive of News of the World doesn’t require for him to resign in the way that Sir Paul’s did yesterday.  That’s a quite momentous thing for a Prime Minister to have to answer in a press conference.” (FT)

Even Mr. Cameron’s supporters are acknowledging the scandal could potentially lead to his downfall.  Here’s conservative blogger Iain Dale:

“About ten days ago a caller on my LBC radio show reckoned that the hacking scandal was turning into a British Watergate. I dismissed this thought as the ravings of a lunatic. I'm not so sure I was right to do that now. I can't believe I am even writing this, but it is no longer an impossibility to imagine this scandal bringing down the Prime Minister or even the government.”

But a blogger for the Telegraph says the Prime Minister hasn’t committed an impeachable offense.

“No matter how many people emerge from the woodwork to claim they ‘warned’ Cameron against employing Andy Coulson, unless Cameron was presented with evidence of Coulson’s wrongdoing… he can’t be accused of acting improperly.”

Meanwhile, a select Parliamentary committee is preparing to question NewsCorp CEO Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and the recently-arrested Rebekah Brooks on Tuesday.  A writer for TIME says News Corp and News International bosses may not be the end of it.

“…the biggest cliffhanger is this: will the Prime Minister who assiduously courted their favor be irreparably damaged by their travails? Two weeks has been a very long time in British politics. The next few days could be even longer.”
 

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