Phone hacking: Rupert Murdoch 'urged Gordon Brown' to halt Labour attacks

[oldironside]

"Rupert Murdoch used his political influence and contacts at the highest levels to try to get Labour MPs and peers to back away from investigations into phone hacking at the News of the World, a former minister in Gordon Brown's government has told the Observer.

The ex-minister, who does not want to be named, says he is aware of evidence that Murdoch, the chairman of News Corporation, relayed messages to Brown last year via a third party, urging him to help take the political heat out of the row, which he felt was in danger of damaging his company."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/09/phone-hacking-rupert-murdoch-gordon-brown

Oh, what a tangled web we weave...

[non sociopath skin]

1. Will someone please rid us of this turbulent press baron.

The Skin

[oldironside]

2. It would be nice...

...if a couple of drunken knights recently returned from the Crusades could hear you, but an Edward II type end would be more fun.

[non sociopath skin]

3. With graphic photographs on the front page? YESSSSS!!!

The Skin