Jeremy Hunt is a very ambitious politician and is slightly fed up with only being the Secretary of State at the DCMS. He was the first in with his "cuts" programme which devastated the department.
Now, the trail of emails involving his officials and Murdoch's company may yet lead to his resignation although the PM will stand by his man for the moment.
After a relatively hassle free 20 months as PM, the last five weeks have been pretty bloody for the Tories.