Fifteen months after becoming Prime Minister, David Cameron is discovering what it is like to be in office without having the power to control events. It happens to all premiers and it is incredibly frustrating.
Yesterday's arrest of Rebekah Brooks brings this dramatic saga not only closer to the top of the Murdoch empire, but closer to the door of 10 Downing Street. After Andy Coulson, she is the second person with close links to Mr Cameron to be arrested. To complete the circle, there were reports yesterday that Ms Brooks had urged him to appoint Mr Coulson as the Conservatives' director of communications in 2007, even though he had resigned as News of the World editor over phone hacking.
Inside No 10 there is more sympathy with Mr Coulson, who retains the loyalty and private support of many of those who worked with him, than Ms Brooks. There are suspicions that News International threw Mr Coulson to the wolves in an attempt to save Ms Brooks' skin, which clearly didn't work
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