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You’re either in front of Guido, or behind…
https://twitter.com/westminstergoby/status/208120452911083520
Has everybody’s favourite Beeb field man joined Twitter? Guido is looking forward to the first online “are you going to resign Prime Minister?”
https://twitter.com/JonCruddasMP/status/208206556746100738
Via @OnTablets
Looks like Tim Montgomerie is June’s Babe of the Month in Tatler…
Via Iain Dale
There is an editorial split in the Guy Newsroom over Hunt: Neo-Guido thinks he’s politically toast, but Guido cannot see any LEGAL bullet that will force him out, yet. If you disagree Guido is the offer on Smarkets and is backing Hunt to survive. Come and take his money if you think he is wrong…
As it stands, punters think Hunt has a 36% chance of survival. Which is up from this morning…
It’s going to be a very long day for Jeremy Hunt and Downing Street. Already just an hour in to his evidence the Culture Secretary has admitted he was “sympathetic” to the bid, that he didn’t understand the process and that his SpAd Adam Smith knew his views on it all. One of the texts we will be hearing about a lot was from Hunt to James Murdoch when the European competition regulators approved the bid: ” Congratulations on Brussels. Just Ofcom to go.” That was the day he was appointed to oversee the bid…
UPDATE:
Hunt's written statement "I did not interpret my role to mean all social relations were suspended with everyone associated with the bid".Mmm
— Nick Robinson (@bbcnickrobinson) May 31, 2012
UPDATE II: Coulson, on oath again, said he didn’t have anything to do with Cable decision or BskyB, yet Hunt admits he was emailing and texting him about it.
UPDATE III: Hunt has conceded that he was communicating with News Corp through his private email address and that his DCMS account is not run by him.
