David Cameron has only just learned what government is about

The Jeremy Hunt crisis has again taken Cameron by surprise. He doesn't lack belief, just a brain that can join political dots

A politician in the wrong is like a cornered stoat. The survival instinct brings on a surge of wild, furious aggression. The prime minister knew this week that a Commons select committee would revive the News of the World phone-hacking affair just as his culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, had a prima facie case to answer over his handling of the News Corp bid for BSkyB. Ev...