This goes all the way to the top

With the furore over tabloid phone hacking dying down, it’s worth reminding ourselves that while the parliamentary hearing of Rupert Murdoch and his son James got an old man and his patsy son before MPs, there is someone who doesn’t just listen in to the phonecalls of celebrities and the ‘newsworthy’, but everyone. Probing questions are needed and it may require shutting down the Vatican as a sacrifice.

How do you respond to allegations of listening in to prayers?