UK Business Secretary "declared war on Rupert Murdoch"

[Robert]

Vince Cable's career probably over..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12053656

Mr Cable said: "I am picking my fights, some of which you may have seen, some of which you may haven't seen.

"And I don't know if you have been following what has been happening with the Murdoch press, where I have declared war on Mr Murdoch and I think we are going to win."

'Legal question'
News Corporation, which is run by Rupert Murdoch, already owns 39% of BSkyB but wants to buy up the remaining 61% for £7.8bn.

The group also owns News International - whose publications The Sun, News of the World, The Times and The Sunday Times account for a third of the UK's national newspaper circulation.

 

[cecilia]

finally! :hammer:

 

[Robert]

finally! :hammer:

Unfortunately the rest of the UK political establishment and media are so far up Murdoch's arse that Mr. Cable's political career is probably over.

The comments were made in private to people who he thought were his constituents but turned out to be undercover reporters.

 

[metalman]

Business Secretary Vince Cable was stripped of power over the media sector but remained in government on Tuesday after he was taped "declaring war" on News Corp

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

Business Secretary Vince Cable was stripped of power over the media sector but remained in government on Tuesday after he was taped "declaring war" on News Corp

News Corp and Murdoch has run British politics since the late eighties. Usually they manage to prevent anyone with those crazy "Stop Murdoch" ideas from getting into office. However, Rupert has enough pull he can get people removed if they don't play along and he finds out about it.

 

[the_leander]

News Corp and Murdoch has run British politics since the late eighties. Usually they manage to prevent anyone with those crazy "Stop Murdoch" ideas from getting into office. However, Rupert has enough pull he can get people removed if they don't play along and he finds out about it.

Looks like he'll end up owning BskyB now thanks to this.

 

[Robert]

News Corp and Murdoch has run British politics since the late eighties. Usually they manage to prevent anyone with those crazy "Stop Murdoch" ideas from getting into office. However, Rupert has enough pull he can get people removed if they don't play along and he finds out about it.

Looks like he'll end up owning BskyB now thanks to this.

That would probably have happened eventually anyway; Cable would have stopped this attempt but more would have followed and Cable was never going to be there for more than a couple of years in any case.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

But what do the Barclay's gain?