July 2011

Murdoch and the breaking of the News International omerta

Rupert Murdoch has poisoned political life in Britain since his hero Margaret Thatcher elevated him to power when she was Prime Minister. Why is it that Labour mutated into New Labour when in 1997 they would have won the landslide election even with a chimp in charge? Seumas Milne writes in the Guardian today: But

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Jon Stewart on the Murdochs: David Cameron PMQs in Parliament today Live Blog

First some laughs from Jon Stewart who skewers Fox News over their non-coverage of the Murdochs in front of the Parliamentary select committee yesterday. Prime Minister’s Questions:11:40: David Cameron, still jet-lagged from his truncated trip to Africa, is telling Parliament how marvelous the resigned rozzers were. The inquiry,which will start this month, consists of:Shami Chakrabarti,

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Rebekah and the Murdochs in the Thunderdome

I’ll be updating this live. Wendi Deng (Mrs Rupert Murdoch) sitting behind her man in fetching pink and femme-fatale Veronica Lake hairdo. James Murdoch gets off with a fail. Half-hearted protesters are ejected. James begins to speak. Rupert interrupts to say he’s ever so ‘umble, sounding like Barry Humphries playing Uriah Heep. Rupe doesn’t do

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