Britain -The Rupert Murdoch Scandal : David Cameron spoke to Rupert Murdoch's executives about BSkyB bid ; by Patrick Wintour

Should Cameron Resign? David Cameron insists conversations were 'appropriate' and comes close to apologising over decisioDavid Cameron's hopes of putting a lid on the phone-hacking scandal were foundering on Wednesday after he was forced to concede he had talked to Rupert Murdoch's executives about their bid to take control of BSkyB.

It is the first time he has made the admission, but he insisted the conversations had been "appropriate" because he did not convey any of those discussions to the politician in sole charge of handling the bid, the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt. Cameron also came close to an apology over his decision to appoint Andy Coulson as No 10's director of communications, admitting with hindsight he should not have offered him the job.

Making an exhaustive 139-minute emergency statement to MPs, he edged towards the much-demanded apology about Coulson: "Of course I regret, and I am extremely sorry, about the furore it has caused. With 20/20 hindsight, and all that has followed, I would not have offered him the job, and I expect he would not have taken it."

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