Morgan calls on MP to apologise for hacking claims

FORMER tabloid editor Piers Morgan has demanded an apology from an MP, who at the London hearing which quizzed Rupert Murdoch, made claims that Morgan had admitted to phone hacking.

In an angry on-air exchange, Morgan, now a celebrity interviewer for US news network CNN, challenged Member of Parliament Louise Mensch to repeat her claim that he had “boasted” of phone hacking in a book about his tabloid editing days.

She declined to do so, saying she had been covered by parliamentary privilege — which protects her from legal action for anything said inside parliament — a protection that does not apply if she repeats the words elsewhere.