This whole thing may be about to lurch ever closer to crossing the line into parody; the leaking civil servant at the centre of it all is apparently to hold a press conference in about an hour. 24hournews is eating itself, people...
Possibly, but this story isn't going to dissapear. It will keep rolling on, possibly in two waves - now and in again in February when Green's bail ends or further steps are taken.
If Galley had thrown Green into it today the story would have changed direction. He didn't and he hasn't.
We now know that leks were regular, they were not sensitive and there were bo “inducements” by way of Green to persuade Galley to leak.
After yesterday, no one quite believes Jacqui Smith and no one quite trusts the Speaker. I expect one or both heads to roll. Some Labour bigwigs understand the potential severity of this affair (Blunkett and Harman for example) The best the government can hope for is for the Police to take most of the damage and to a lesser extent, the Speaker.