The Murdochs may find it harder and harder to wriggle out of responsibility for their minions' intrusion into the private lives of British citizens both great and small.
I am not sure if it is more surprising that it has taken so long for even a part of the truth to be told, or the vast extent of the spy tentacles of the Murdoch empire into the life of our nation.
I have been concerned for a long time that we are living in a Police State. I was relieved when the Cameron Government started to take steps to reverse that development.
I had no idea that this pivate enterprise was able to recruit ex-policemen, and MI5 trained ones at that, to do work which makes the state's surveillance systems seem quite restricted.
It always amazed me that even the John Prescott's of this world were unable to get the ball rolling on exposing Murdoch and Co.
I begin to understand the terrible power and control that our politicians had given away to them now.
Can we take it back?
Who knows?
I have noticed how privatised military outfits took over policing powers in Iraq from the US army. Blackwater was well named.
Maybe it should have occurred to me that the multi-national company is often bigger and more powerful than the state, and that their activities would not be limited to law abiding behaviour.
Still naive after all these years, eh?
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