When the going gets tough, the tough gets going! Rupert Murdoch has withdrawn his bid from the BSkyB takeover. He didn’t even wait for the verdict of the House of Commons’ vote. Well who could blame him. I think even he knew that his influence over British politics had come to an end.
For once politicians were united and were behind the public in its view. In fact, some would say that the public gave the politicians a get out clause. For so long now the tabloids have held a noose around the necks of those in the public eye. Even if the politicians wanted to move away from the gutter press they couldn’t without the tabloids destroying people’s careers.
It was reassuring to see how all the political leaders started distancing themselves from the Murdoch empire and its unethical practices, leaving the man himself standing firmly with his tail between his legs. In Ed Miliband words, “it is a victory for people up and down this country who have been appalled by the revelations of the phone hacking scandal and the failure of News International to take responsibility”.
However, there is something in this whole story which just does not make sense to me? What hold does Rebecca Brooks have over the Murdochs? My mother-in-law and I wondered whether she was having an affair with one of the Murdochs…..
Any assumptions??? Because it is amazing that a woman who has cost News International billions is still flavour of the month.
Bunty
