'They found nothing wrong with the way Hunt approached the bid.' Er, have you read anything about Leveson? They found reeated evidence of Hunt breaking the ministerial code.
Cable lost his job in chare of making the decision because evidence came to light that he was not impartial - he was strongly against Murdoch. So Hunt should lose his for the same reason - because, against all advice to the contrary, not only was he strongly in favour of the bid from the start, but he continued to leak secret govt info to New International and to repeatedly meet staff from there.
Of course, I know the answer to my own question. The reason Hunt is there and the Tories are deserate for him not to be investigated by the independent investigator is because Hunt is the only one standing in front of avid Cameron (and to a lesser extent Osborne).
David Cameron should never have picked him for the role of judging the bid when it was apparent from the start he was anything but impartial. In fact, as Osborne's text makes obvious, that was entirely deliberate.
Shocking, absolutely shocking.