The Leveson Inquiry has an all-star cast next week: John Major, Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband on Tuesday, Nick Clegg and Alex Salmond on Wednesday and David Cameron, probably for a full seven hours, on Thursday.
Although there are broader issues on which the prime minister will be questioned the focus of his evidence will inevitably be on his relations with Rupert Murdoch and his senior staff, Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson in particular. The case of Mr Coulson needs close attention. Why was the former editor of the News of the World considered a suitable choice as one of Mr Cameron's closest advisors? Why did Mr Cameron ask him only once about phone-hacking in four years? Why was his appropriate level of security clearance never established? Meanwhile, the prime minister's remarkably inconsistent handling of individual cases continues. Having decided that Jeremy Hunt's decidedly dodgy evidence to Leveson on his relationship with James Murdoch did not need the attention of Sir Alex Alan, the independent adviser on ministers' observance of the official minister's code, Mr Cameron nonetheless asked Sir Alex to look into the apparently minor breach of rules by Baroness Warsi, the Conservative Party's co-chairman, saying that there might be some loose ends to pick up. There were certainly loose ends to be picked up after Mr Hunt's evidence but he was excused. Why?
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