Rupert Murdoch
Listen: Liam Fox savages Nick Clegg at Tory conference
On Sunday afternoon both Boris Johnson and David Davis gave speeches on Brexit in the main hall at Conservative conference.…
Michael Gove returns to The Times
In the aftermath of the Leave vote, it’s safe to say that not every Brexiteer’s career path has played out as…
How scheming ratbags spread lies on social media
It’s a safe bet that any post starting ‘What the mainstream media won’t tell you’, or words to that effect,…
What ever will Corbyn say? Sadiq Khan attends Rupert Murdoch’s summer party
Oh dear. Today Jeremy Corbyn surprised everyone by using his first question at PMQs to ask for an update on…
Vladimir Nabokov wades into the Brexit debate from the grave
So far in the Brexit debate, a range of figures — from David Cameron to David Icke — have chipped in to…
Friends reunited: David Cameron makes a return to the Murdoch party scene
During the general election campaign, David Cameron’s close relationship with Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks was regularly used as a whacking…
Welcome to the era of conspiracy-theory politics
Who argues that a ‘shadow state’ controls Britain? That a gang of faraway, faceless suits ‘orchestrate public life from the…
Rebekah Brooks returns to News UK to head up Rupert Murdoch’s empire
It’s all change at News UK today after it was confirmed that Rebekah Brooks will be making a triumphant return to…
Rupert Murdoch comes out in support of Jeremy Corbyn
First Russell Brand, and now Rupert Murdoch has joined the list of ‘endorsements Jeremy Corbyn might not actually want’. The…
Sell your Tory glory story: The Sun offers cash for Conservative testimonials
Mr S reported over the weekend that Rupert Murdoch has jetted in to Britain ahead of the election. Now in the UK, the…
Rupert Murdoch jets into London to see off Miliband
Ed Milband used his interview with Russell Brand as a chance to bash his arch-enemy Rupert Murdoch. The Labour leader…
The Sun gets cold feet about Labour
Earlier this month the Sun‘s election website ran a story about their plans to back Labour. In the online article, they…
Rupert Murdoch calls Ed Miliband out on his debate boast
Ed Miliband used last night’s election interview with Jeremy Paxman as an opportunity to blast the Murdoch press. The Labour leader told…
Who on earth does Margaret Hodge think she is?
Most people, when they hear the word populist, will think of Marine Le Pen going mad about Muslim immigrants or…
How will the Guardian and the BBC cover the Trinity Mirror phone hacking?
Trinity Mirror have admitted that they published 71 stories which were enabled by phone-hacking. Now eight cases are due to come before…
Paul Dacre: Watch out, BBC. The political class may come for you next
The below is an edited version of a speech given yesterday by Paul Dacre to the NewstrAid Benevolent Fund, a charity…
Aha! Steve Coogan sticks it to Rupert Murdoch
Mr S would like to draw your attention to two separate articles in the Guardian, which he passes on without…
Hacking Trial: the movie
We may have had the verdicts and the sentences in the hacking trial, but the biggest question remains unanswered: who’s…
The War on Rupert Murdoch is the Real Story of the Hacking Saga.
The hacking scandal was about many things but the way in which it has played-out and, crucially, been reported reminds…
Convict the guilty. Keep the press free
We have not heard much from Hugh Grant this week. Nor from Max Mosley, Steve Coogan or any of the…
Tom Watson and Alex Marunchak keep it civil at the Savile
The potential for brouhaha lurks on any party guest list; but the stakes are not often as high as they…
Evan Harris glugs with the enemy
Gongs all round at the Paddy Power Political Book of the Year Award at the Imax cinema in Waterloo. It…
Why are Rupert Murdoch’s men damning Andrew Mitchell?
If you want to picture Rupert Murdoch imagine an old man on a tight rope. On the one hand, his…
A joke at Russell Brand’s expense
I see that Russell Brand has morphed into Mehdi Hassan. Mehdi, if you remember, excoriated The Daily Mail and then…
Conrad Black – my reward for threatening to beat up Jeremy Paxman
It is correct that I have long thought Rupert Murdoch history’s most formidable media proprietor, by his unique combination of…
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