Public care about jobs and pensions, not Jeremy Hunt scandal, says Nick Clegg He later acknowledged that the issue was "important" but multiple inquiries could lead to "crossed wires." "The thing we all agree on is we need to get the facts established and we need get to the bottom of the truth," he said. The Deputy Prime Minister appeared hazy on the details of his own meeting with James Murdoch in the summer of 2010. Asked whether he discussed the BSkyB bid, he said he "can't remember" even if the bid was "in the offing" at that point. It had been announced two months previously. Mr Clegg said he found it "insulting" that anyone should imply he was "indulging in back-channels" with Rupert Murdoch's companies. He said the meeting with News Corporation had been at the request of James Murdoch and he had been "meticulous" about following proper procedures. He also defended the Government's right to have meetings with newspaper proprietors without any "culpability."