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The 22 key events and conversations going to
the heart of the Government’s relationship
with the Murdoch empire - that the PM can't
remember...
1. How he ended up on Rupert Murdoch’s yacht in Santorini in 2008
and what he spoke about with Rebekah Brooks
2. Whether or not he and James Murdoch discussed the BBC and Ofcom
over lunch in 2009
3. Whether he and The Sun’s editor Dominic Mohan discussed
supporting the Tories over lunch in 2009
4. What was discussed at dinner with James Murdoch in September
2009
5. Anything that he and Rupert Murdoch discussed when meeting in
December 2009
6. When it was that Rebekah Brooks began backing the Conservatives
7. Whether or not Rebekah Brooks asked him to order the review of
the Madeleine McCann case
8. Whether or not George Osborne obtained assurances from Andy
Coulson about phone hacking before hiring
him for the Conservative Party
9. Whether he spoke to Rebekah Brooks about Andy Coulson before his
Downing Street appointment
10. How many conversations he had with Rebekah Brooks about Andy
Coulson
11. Whether he raised the issue of phone hacking with Coulson in
Westminster or over the phone while on
holiday
12. Where and how Coulson repeated his assurances about phone
hacking
13. What Nick Clegg said to him about Andy Coulson
14. Who else raised concerns about Coulson with him
15. Whether or not any Tory MPs expressed concerns about Coulson
16. Whether he discussed Coulson and phone hacking with Rupert
Murdoch
17. Whether he sought direct assurances on hacking from Andy
Coulson on 1 December 2010, when revelations
appeared in the New York Times
18. Whether he and George Osborne discussed the BSkyB bid before
Vince Cable was stripped of responsibility
for it
19. Whether he spoke with Jeremy Hunt about the BSkyB bid at any
stage
20. Whether he had any conversations with the Murdochs or Rebekah
Brooks about the BSkyB bid before it was
adjudicated
21. Whether there was a conversation about BSkyB – or “much of a
conversation at all” – at the Boxing Day
2010 party at Charlie Brooks’ sister’s house
22. Whether or not he discussed the report into unlawful data
access over dinner with Daily Mail editor
Paul Dacre in 2006 |
