Phone hacking: Cameron's 'regret' over hiring Coulson (BBC)

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

20 July 2011 Last updated at 17:22 GMT

Phone hacking: Cameron's 'regret' over hiring Coulson

David Cameron has told MPs that "with hindsight" he would not have hired ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson.

In the closest he has come to an apology, the PM said: "Of course I regret, and I am extremely sorry, about the furore it has caused."

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Amid stormy Commons scenes Labour leader Ed Miliband said hiring him was a "catastrophic error of judgement".

And the prime minister came under pressure from Labour MPs to confirm whether he had any conversations about News Corporation's now aborted bid to fully takeover BSkyB with executives from the company such as Rebekah Brooks, Rupert or James Murdoch.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14214702

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. The a-hole needs to resign. He was clearly up to no good for hiring him, and he knew all along nt

[rucky]

2. I'm sorry I got caught. I'm sorry you got so upset.

[LeftishBrit]

3. I think Britain is coming to 'regret' hiring Cameron!

[malaise]

4. Tell him to put that in the memoirs after the resignation

He should be gone before the cricket season is over.

[izquierdista]

5. With enough hindsight.....

maybe he could realize that accepting the Conservative mindset in the first place was where he took a wrong turn.