THE British public did not care about the phone-hacking scandal when it was just about celebrity musical beds.

But they care now. 

Witlessly shovelling more grief on to the devastated families of Madeleine McCann, Milly Dowler, Sarah Payne, Holly Wells, Jessica Chapman and the rest is not a crime that will be easily forgiven or ever forgotten.

I can think of nothing more guaranteed to enrage the British public. They are interested in phone-hacking now. 

And they are mad as hell.