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Plenty in the Labour Party are furious that at the same time as Ed Miliband was taking an impassioned stand against phone-hacking in general and the Rupert Murdoch empire in particular, Tony Blair was acting as a consigliere to Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch and the latter's son, James.  In an email read out to the court as part of the ongoing trials into phone-hacking, Brooks explains Blair's intent to aid herself, Murdoch Jnr and "KRM" - Keith Rupert Murdoch apparently but it should always have been Kermit.
For me, the big revelation was that the former prime minister and alleged war criminal advised setting up a "Hutton inquiry" to 'clear' the name of Brooks and her associates.  It can't simply be Brooks' interpretation of the procedure as she outlines the exact same wording as was used to set up Hutton.  Blair was trying to absolve the Murdoch chiefs of any guilt, irrespective of whether that was founded i.e. a whitewash.
The judge from Diplock completely skewed the evidence presented to him, ignoring whole tranches that was critical of government and pouring his scorn solely on the BBC, leading to the departure of the BBC Director-General and its Chairman.  Maybe an inquiry for the Murdoch business would also implicate the BBC.  The death of David Kelly was almost a side issue for Hutton, despite that being the central part of the inquiry.  No matter how hard he tries, Iraq will always dog Blair.  What's surprising is how he encourages it.