If the past two weeks are anything to go by and the succession of News International-related stories continues, it’s a fair bet that by next Sunday God will be able to tell us how the Big Bang started.

As one of Murdoch’s tabloids might put it, you couldn’t make it up. Bent coppers, an Orson Wellesque baddie, a flame-haired Ophelia, a family of bumbling Borgias and a Prime Minister in serious danger of looking for a job at News International next year. Continue reading →