Apart from providing Rupert Rumplechops with a PR coup – a piece of reverse spin that his former (?) employee, Andy Coulson might have cooked up (as he did for George Osborne back in 2005) – which showed the world how much his athletic young wife loves a growling old billionaire, the Culture Media Sport Committee’s grilling didn’t produce more than a little warm toast.

Restricted as they were by sub judice topics in the case of Rebekah Testarossa, they might have done better to leave this session until the future, when she would not have been in a position to bat away their questions with another clutch of well-honed lies, the way all her colleagues did in 2009.

They could have asked…..

When, in May 2006, she saw that the News of the World carried a story in which they reproduced a verbatim message left by Prince William on Prince Harry’s voicemail, did she not question to the legality of the means by which the story was found? Or did she just think that Coulson, Thurlbeck and Goodman hade made it up? When she became CEO of News International did she not question News of the World managing editor, Stuart Kuttner about it?

Why was News editor Greg Miskiw sent packing in July 2005, shortly after the Gordon Taylor story went wrong?

Why was Stuart Kuttner sacked in 2009, the day before the Guardian revealed the Taylor pay off.

Why was Tom Crone sacked two weeks ago? (Yes, they asked her but they didn’t challenge the absurdity of her mendacious reply.)

Let us hope that the Metropolitan Police are less lenient in their questioning. At least we know Rebekah’s not a member of the same Lodge as the Senior MET Freemasons – that august charitable organisation still doesn’t allow women members – or does it, and they just haven’t told us?

Watch this trowel.

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