Prime Minister David Cameron launched the Leveson inquiry into British press standards to divert attention away from his decision to hire shamed News Of The World editor Andy Coulson as his communications chief, a former police commissioner has said.
The revelation emerged in the latest extract from Lord Ashcroft’s unauthorized biography of the Prime Minister, which also alleges Cameron was losing sleep over the Scottish independence referendum.
The article published in the Daily Mail on Thursday, reports that former Metropolitan Police officer Sir Paul Richardson wanted to “spread the heat around” and move attention away from his appointment of Coulson.
Stephenson resigned during the phone hacking scandal, which saw the News Of The World shut down, due to his links with one of the paper’s executives Neil Wallis.
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