A former Murdoch editor warned the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, who has the power to block News Corp's current bid for control of the broadcaster BSkyB, to dismiss any offers of editorial guarantees made by the company in an attempt to get the deal through.

That nice Mr Coulson had resigned as a Murdoch editor more than six months before becoming David Cameron's special adviser.

P3 Leveson inquiry: Murdoch editors warn of "chilling effect" of state role in regulation.

To the hundreds of current and former Murdoch editors who were watching around the world, this portrait of a disengaged and hands-off proprietor will have come as something of a shock, as will the evident decline of his hearing and overall mental sharpness.

Leveson inquiry: Murdoch editors warn of 'chilling effect' of state regulation 4.