Or consider David Blunkett. Labour’s former home secretary was one of the most notorious victims of phone hacking, and has spoken movingly of how the intrusion drove him close to a breakdown. Yet until last year he was happy to accept an annual payment (equal to £3,300 a day) as an adviser to News International on “corporate social responsibility”. Tessa Jowell’s phone was hacked no fewer than 29 times when she was a Cabinet minister. She was told this at the time by the police, and it is alleged that she failed to complain (something she disputes). Ms Jowell is now reportedly planning to seek election as Mayor of London after the retirement of Boris Johnson, and appears content to earn a considerable amount from BSkyB.