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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Which just highlights why waiting for Hunt to appear in front of Leveson makes more sense than Cameron actually having to go the correct route with Hunt and have an inquiry under the Ministerial Code of Conduct.
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Leveson also allows him time for it to blow over. He will go in front of the inquiry and be well prepared. The questions won't stray too far from the inquiry's remit, Leverson has made that quite clear on a number of occasions, and that reduces the focus on if Hunt breached the rules.
Then Cameron can counter any calls for a investigation by claiming it wouldn't be proper to 'pre-judge the results of the inquiry' and accuse the opposition of irresponsibility by trying to do so. Then when Leveson delivers his report it will have minimal focus on Hunt as it's not really a key part of the inquiry and it won't report on if Hunt breached the Ministerial code as that isn't it's place to do so.
So, yes, they are trying to get him to appear before Leveson because the moment he does so then they would have seen off the danger.