"Yet the case against [[w:Andy Coulson|[Andy] Coulson]] today is considerably graver than the case against Campbell. As deputy editor and then editor of the News of the World, he was presiding over what can only be described as a flourishing criminal concern. Cameron has privately remarked of Coulson that everyone deserves a second chance. Yet it is surely unwise to treat high political office as a version of a community rehabilitation scheme. Cameron may well win next month's election. He will be making an extremely worrying statement about the type of government he plans to lead if he allows Coulson anywhere near Downing Street."
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