The Digger has given up ...

[non sociopath skin]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/13/news-corp-pulls-out-of-bskyb-bid

For the moment, anyway.

Good work, folks.

But I fear that vigilance will still be necessary until the devil claims his own.

The Skin

[LeftishBrit]

1. Good news!

Nice to see a powerful villain thwarted in his attempts to be even more powerful.

As you imply, he still doubtless has tricks up his sleeves; and he still owns a great deal of the media; so we can't yet say that we've slain the dragon!

[oldironside]

2. This is progress.

Look where we were 10 days ago and where we are now. He won't get BSkyB and there's a better than even chance that his power in Britain is broken for the foreseeable future, if not forever. "Rejoice! Rejoice!"