How am I just learning of the INSANE control Murdoch has over UK Politics?
Have a look at this...
- Murdoch papers (News Corp) backed Conservatives all the way
- Then John Major refused to bend to Murdoch's demands on EU policy
- So News Corp flips to back Blair - Blair Wins
- Blair and Murdoch are very chummy FYI (Blair is Godfather to his daughter no less)
- Gordon Brown takes over from Blair, but Murdoch doesn't fancy him much, perhaps he's not quite so malleable
- So News Corp flips back to Tory and backs Cameron - Cameron wins
- Turns our Cameron is very malleable
- Cameron's wife is bezzies with Rebecca Brooks and his spin doctor is Andy Coulson (both now-disgraced names from the News of the World phone-hacking scandal)
- Fast-forward to now & Murdoch is playing Boris like a puppet
Did you know?
- Just 72 hours after the 2019 General Election result was announced, Murdoch and Boris met
- 3 meetings between Murdoch and the Government in Johnson’s first 6 months as PM
- 42 meetings between Murdoch's people and Johnson’s administration in his 1st 6 months
And the last Gov was just as bad:
- 5 personal meetings between Rupert Murdoch & Ministers 2018-19
Everything is broken
Corruption lives at the top.
And it's so powerful it's deciding how we vote.
ENDS
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