I break from catching up on dramas and sport on television during July and August to consider just how politically dangerous Rupert Murdock is becoming and needs to be stopped, but over a period of time and away from the public and political gaze.
I was not fooled by his appearance before the Commons Committee or Leveson or by the protestations of three British Prime Ministers that they used him without dancing to his tune during the past 15 years. The one politician to come out of this sorry affair with reputation enhanced remains Ed Miliband.
It is increasingly evident that Murdoch Senior is seeking vengeance on the English and their Westminster Parliament for turning on him and his staff now bringing several before the courts charged with conspiracy and other offences which could lead to imprisonment if proven. I suggest that in turning on GB and a son of Princess Diana he has not only shown but overplayed his hand.
It was always evident that Murdoch was opposed to European Integration as a threat to the economic interests of Australia and the USA as well as his approach to politics and business. He was not able to “buy” into the EEC government as he has been here in the UK and with the Republicans in the USA through Fox News in particular.
It therefore came as no surprise when he decided to use Alex Salmond and the Scottish Nationalist party as means of destabilising the Union presumably out of mischievous revenge. His intervention reminds me an early Yes Minister episode where the latest African coup brought to power someone who in accepting an invitation to visit the Queen in Scotland immediately prior to three bi elections drafted a speech supporting independence for the oppressed Scottish people as a means of getting a substantial hand out. In going for a referendum before the next General Election Salmond would have countered on popular support arising from the holding the next Commonwealth games in Glasgow in 2014 without knowing or understanding the impact of the London Olympics on the concept of Team GB. If the Paralympics can sustain and develop the mood of British nationalism created during the past month then outcome of the Referendum as well as the next elections for the Scottish parliament and 2015 General Elections should see his plan ended. I anticipate that the impact of the position of the disabled including those on long term illness will be transformed and also make the present attack on state provision for the disabled and long term sick more difficult to sustain.
Murdoch the revenger has also opposed the continuation of the monarch in a democracy, something which I share without resorting to the unscrupulous misuse of media power, and showing disrespect to the head of state. His decision to order the management and the Editor of the Sun to publish the illegally obtained private photos of a senior member of the Royal Family demonstrates that Murdoch has become as much the low life this paper has always pandered. Scum Murdoch of the scum Sun of the scum classes in team GB is not a legacy he or his family can be proud of.
However while I can this and those in power may think the same it is best that politicians of all the major political parties as well as the Royal Family do not take the bait. The best approach is to ignore his calculated actions in public and set about sealing his fate in the UK in the way the British have always done best. Let Leveson say what he would have said anyway and Parliament act on these recommendations without further reference to a family which is now beyond contempt. By pressing for tougher measures it could unite the print media against action instead of leaving them to take measures against the cowardly sun editor and its UK management.
I will shed no tears if Scum Murdoch is also successful in punishing David Cameron by encouraging Boris Johnson to contest the Tory leadership as a fall guy for one of his more likely right wing nominees. However Boris is too much his own man with a good public following to dance to the Murdoch tune but he could still be the instrument to bring the Cameron House down. In any event whether Cameron stays or is replaced before the next General Election, Ed Miliband is on his way to number ten together with the Lib Dems in what I anticipate will be a second coalition unless the pattern of political disaster and internal strife yields an outright Labour administration.
There is no doubt the next six months will prove a make or break period for Cameron as the way he tackled reducing government debt and maintaining market and financial confidence further unravels and right wing backbencher and other malcontents within his own party cause damaging problems for the coalition while enhancing the position of Labour. This will force the Lib Dems to further reveal their hostility and opposition to more Tory positions and the possibility of the Tories being forced to continue for the rest of the Parliament as a minority government becomes more likely.
The Ministerial future of Jeremy Hunt is one important factor especially since he was seen greeting Rupert Murdoch at the Olympic Games who was in turn a guest of the London Mayor. How Hunt and Cameron respond to the Leveson recommendation will be a major test which Labour should be able to exploit. Just as the Olympic Games has done more to combat racism in this country than recent political interventions I believe political and Palace silence over the publication of the photos here in the UK by the Scum Sun will prove more effective in the medium and longer terms. The spectacle of scum journalists like Calvin Mckensie and his ilk rising to the defence of the Scum Sun will seal their fate. In this respect I understand the fury of the John Prescott when he appeared on newsnight but he should remember that revenge is a dish best served cold. I have every confidence that the majority of the print media owners and editors will sort out the cowardly scum editor of the scum Sun and all those responsible for kow towing to Scum Murdoch.
In fact the more I reflect on what has happened I believe Murdoch in revealing his true colours has commenced to over play his hand. Who was impressed by his recent outburst against the English on his Fox news channel another example of scum media however sophisticated the clothing and which in my estimation is of the same order and level by the Nazis, Stalin and Chinese communists to use media for political suppression of those with whom they disagree? The Monarch, the British Parliament and indeed the British media including the print Media is much bigger that this obnoxious little old man and his family. But we should make no mistake he remains dangerous to the interests of the people of team GB while he possesses media power in the UK and needs to be dealt with by the forces of the decent and the good in the media term. In this respect I say to John Prescott good on you and all power to your elbow.
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