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Two pains for the PM, and parliament’s not even back yet

Amid the joy of being a new father, this will be an anxious weekend for David Cameron.

Two shadows have cast their pall over Downing Street: one caused by the William Hague episode, the other by the phone-hacking controversy hanging over Andy Coulson, the Prime Minister’s chief spin doctor.