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Labour will exact revenge over the Sun's criticism of Gordon Brown by axing Sky Sports' exclusive rights to live TV coverage of The Ashes, it emerged today.
In a major blow to the Rupert Murdoch-owned channel, a government review of so-called “crown jewels” sports events will recommend tomorrow that the England-Australia cricket series must be restored to free-to-air channels.
The protected list of events includes the Olympics, football's World Cup, the FA Cup, Wimbledon and other contests considered to have “national resonance”. The Ashes series was cut from the list in recent years and this summer millions of fans missed out on live TV coverage of England's victory because they did not subscribe to the Sky channel.
The move comes within hours of the Prime Minister phoning Mr Murdoch to complain about attacks on him by the Sun, which recently switched its backing to the Tories.
Downing Street insisted today that Mr Brown had “enormous personal regard for Rupert Murdoch”. But one Cabinet minister made clear that he was delighted at the decision. A senior Labour MP said: “The political context of this has definitely changed over the last three or four months.”
Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw will give an initial endorsement of a review of the “crown jewels” events when it is published by former FA chief David Davies tomorrow.
The England and Wales Cricket Board warned that it could lose cash for grass roots sport if the £300 million deal with Sky was hit.
One ECB insider said: “Cricket would want a decision on Ashes coverage based on cricket and not on broader tribal score settling between these two camps”. The BBC will now be expected to put in a bid for the Ashes.
Labour MP John Grogan said: “Cricket is the only sport that doesn't share its rights with other broadcasters, Football does, so why shouldn't cricket? There's a real feeling in Parliament that the Ashes should be available to rich or poor, young or old alike.”
Former England cricket captain Graham Gooch said it was “great news” for the millions of people who had no access to Sky Sports. He told BBC radio: “It's great news for a lot of people in this country who don't have access to satellite TV.
“They will get to see some of the test match cricket at least every four years in the UK. I think that's a big bonus for the cricket public in this country.”
On likely contenders among terrestrial broadcasters to screen the Ashes, he added: “I see the BBC as the only bidder really.”
A statutory consultation period will follow the review, with a decision due before the election.
The Prime Minister is said to have contacted Mr Murdoch on Tuesday night amid concerns on both sides about the sudden deterioration in relations between the Government and the News Corporation empire.
Government insiders claim that there are signs that the media giant is “slightly rattled” by evidence of a public backlash against the Sun's coverage of the condolence letter to Jacqui Janes.
While Mr Brown is keen to maintain good relations with Mr Murdoch, there are suspicions among Labour MPs that his son James, the head of News Corp in Europe and Asia, is behind a more critical approach to Labour.
The Sun came out for the Conservatives at their party conference last month and sparked anger among backbenchers and ministers by pushing the row over the Prime Minister's mis-spelt letter to the family of Guardsman Jamie Janes this week.
Sources at the Department for Culture Media and Sport stressed that tomorrow's review had long been planned before the recent row with The Sun and said the timing of the report was “purely coincidental”.
Reader views (77)
Please stop referring to Mr Murdoch as an Australian. He renounced his Australian citizenship long ago to become a US citizen which enabled him to get his hands on media there.
- Brian, Toowoomba, Australia
Cricket is the people's sport & should be accesible to all! Up yours Rupie
- Carolina, Surrey
"right wing reactionary Aussie"
Please stop referring to him as an Aussie. Murdoch is not an Aussie. He is a citizen of the USA.
Just to set the record straight, Rupert Murdocj gave up his Australian citizenship to become an American, so he could further his greed for power and money.
The Yanks are welcome to him.
- Sandra, Adelaide, Australia.
For goodness sakes step back and take a deep breath.
Who cares?!!!
The programme rights were not the property of Murdoch so there was always going to be a time when he lost them. He had them - made some money - now someone else gets it. Whoopie-doo, life goes on. Murdoch wanting everything he can get his hands on (like most uber-wealthy businessmen) - how oddly unlike the man, yeah right! Brown being duplicious and vindictive? Shock/horror - when did he start doing that stuff? Never seen it before with him have we! Not!
Even if GB wasn't guilty as apparently universally condemned here, his past politically motivated antics have made it certain he'd be THOUGHT guilty regardless of any evidence, if any, to the contrary. Case closed. Next?
Come on! I mean, there's more relevant stuff going on in the world worthy of critique than this rubbish.
- Rogan, Irving
Ah well one day when I return to the U.K. I will be able to view test match cricket in the form that I watched it all those years ago 'free' It is very limited out here in Bulgaia , and only thruogh the internet so well done P.M. Brown , the week is ending on a hogh note and you deserve it , yours etc. Andrew , Veliko Turnovo .
- Andrew Davies, Veliko Turnovo
This is a typical move by this bankrupt government in the hope of winning some votes!
BROWN - YOU ARE RUBBISH!! WHY DON'T YOU JUST GIVE UP AND GO!!!
I'm 68 y.o. and thought I was a 'grown up' but have finally come to admit to myself that I hate this government and hope something terrible happens to Brown very soon.
- Richard, London
Oh Gawdy what took you so long ? Why didnt you act when The Sun backed Labour ? Its because all youre worried about is hanging on to power,I hope you get hammered at the election!
- Philip, ipswich england
The rights to broadcast home cricket test matches and various other major sporting events were taken from the BBC and Channel 4 in 1998. That was under a Labour government.
The rights were then auctioned. At that time Murdoch was Blair's bestest mate.
- Victor, Nw Kent, Swanley, England
I take it all these Sun Worshipping Cameronites did not see the Front page of Thursday Daily Morror which caught David Cameron using the garden of remembrence at Westmister Abbey for a tacky photo shoot before the Queen and Prime Minister arrived!
I fail to see how making something available to everyone is censorship?
Perhaps the EEC should ban non europeans from owning terrestial newspapers!
- Melvyn Windebank, Canvey Island, Essex
Frank, Home Counties
So brown making sure that cricket is going to be available on screen to everyone is the equivalent of the labour party wallowing in the gutter.
Tell me Frank, what crazy little political world do you live in? You seem incapable of writing a single sentence without a cliche or a slogan.
- James Hennessy, Manchester England
With luck brown and labour may get elected. (I won't say re-elected as brown is a communist inspired placeman who no Englishman ever voted for). It would be wonderful to see how their supporters react to the UK economy being downgraded even further. Do these brown cheerleaders, the sort of suckers who will vote labour in Glasgow even though it keeps them in dog kennels, like to be losers?
- John Bell, Nottm, UK
Great news, lets bury him once and for all. I hope his empire falls apart. This is a good start, why should we pay this right wing Aussie money grabber to watch cricket, or any other sport for that matter.
- James Hennessy, Manchester England
Why should foreigners try to influence the result of a general election,the Murdoch empire is too strong and needs cutting back in this country as it owns Sky and The Times and Sun newspapers,and wants the Consevatives to intimidate its main rivals the BBC
- Baldini, London England
There are obvious public service reasons for making this decision, though there may be a pitfall for the sports concerned in terms of revenue loss. However it does seem odd that a Labour Government, which over the past 12 years has presided contentedly over arrangements that gave Sky a virtual monopoly of broadcasting rights on the "Crown Jewels", should perform a volte-face in the immediate aftermath of the Sun's decision to switch support to the Conservatives. Politics is never too high-minded to resist spiteful retaliation.
- James Elliott, Eastborne UK
Excellent.
Right, Mandy and Gordon, let's get live Premiership football and all England games on terrestrial tv, as well as rugby.
That'll curtail premiership wages!!
- Fresh, London
Gordon Brown- Hero for a change!
Murdoch- you can manipulate, corrupt, influence and buy much of the population, but occasionally there'll be a politician who has some principals that looks out for the masses, not the few.
Brown will no doubt now be the target of heinous abuse and headlines (yes, even more) but for once I'm glad that someone is standing up for those who can't afford to pay Sky fees, at least until Cameron gives them back as a thanks for all the help he's getting.
- Fresh, London
I found it especially amusing when the sun spelt her name wrong a day or two after lambasting brown for doing the same, despite brown writing it by hand, and the sun having people who are supposed to check things like that.
- Jon, sheffield
A good decision – the Ashes should be available for all to see; it's an important cultural event.
But claiming that that decision is some sort of revenge bid against Murdoch is hilarilous – and some posters here even appear to completely believe that that was the sole motive behind this move.
- A Kendal, London, England
The game of cricket would only appeal to people with a pajama fetish.
- Rebel Without A Causeway, Lost Kent.
Go for it Mr Brown.But reading some postings who side with the megalomaniac right wing reactionary Aussie why do you take his side?why would you!i wonder what your hidden agenda is?Will you be happy when he gets his way and google is deprived of its news content?will you be happy when this man makes you pay on line to read the news?Are you happy now with the trash papers of news international corp?Why,Why? makes no sense to me.I think Mr Brown should go even further and try to convince other governments of the world that a monopoly like news international is in nobody's interest apart from the owners,And yes i am vindictive,and i wont to see news international punished.You bet i am,i wont to see him bankrupt and i wont to see the sun shut down and its dreadful editor and boring second rate so called journalists crawling to the job centres.
- Kev, London-UK
Gordon Brown is not interested in the country all he is interested in is how to get one over the tories that is why we are in the mess we are in. People should be suspect of a man like Brown just because someone does not want to support you any more what happened to free speech and all that. if we do not vote labour will be squeezed of money etc because that is what labour does and has been doing for the last 12 years Brown should be concsentrating on putting the country right after all he has caused all these problems but there again he is a communist as is mandelson blair and the others. it will only get worse under labour we need to get labour out and quick Brown is only intrested in political gain remember his loyalty lies with scotland not england he hates england and is trying to get rid of it hence immigration
- Jacqui Williams, peterborough cambs
Forget the politics, it is deplorable that there is no live cricket at all on free to air TV. Most cricket fans believe that this is wrong, so what has happened here is putting right a situation that should never have happened. Lots of children have been denied the opportunity to find out about cricket - it should not be a 'rich man's game'. ECB please note you are out of line with the majority of cricket lovers in this matter.
- Mike Lloyd, Islington, London
How ya like these apples....HA!! ...Suck on that Murdoch SCUM BAG
- Andrew, london
Absolute disgrce that Murdoc was allowed to stealaway the rights to public sport. These national events should be accessible to all te public not just limited to a small clique of sad sports fans.
- Dhan Raj, Basildon
Its a joke all of this, Mandelspin saying that tories have done a deal etc - that is exactly what B.Liar did. Its all good labour core voter stuff but truth is we can all see just how biased and pro labour the BBc has become in its news reporting so we need balance the other way - truth is of course that labour must now appreciate that all the allies of the new labour experiment are leaving the sinking ship even Mandelspin himself is looking to scurry back to an unelected officialdom back in the EU - the damage being done to UK plc as we see a party unable to admit its out of time and ideas and cleraly running scared of the electorate is possibly the most undemocratic think I have witnessed in recent years.
- Christian Ball, London, UK
In any other circumstances I would applaud the idea of more sport on terrestrial TV but this is just such a small-minded petty act of vindictiveness. Brown and Mandelson really are utterly despicable.
- Greta Pass, Reigate, UK
Well done Gordon, it was about time he reacted strongly to these ridiculous attacks. I believe Mr Murdoch should now be thinking twice about allowing such an issue to develop.
Yet amidst these comments I hear a number of people crying out that it is censorship, and I certainly agree that in a free country we should guard and defend our right to say what we like.
However, wouldn't you say that Mr Brown has protected our right to freedom of information? Is it free to watch sports coverage on Sky Sports? Is it free to watch news coverage on Sky? Is it wise to trust our news reporting to a media empire with political aspirations? The word "manipulation" springs to mind.
No, Mr Brown has reminded us that he still has some fight left in him, this way a much-loved national sporting event is returned to our screens.
- Vincent, Hull
"I know that Gordun Bruwn was never elected and has no ethical stance but this is censureship is it not?"
No. Check your definitions. Giving something back to the majority that was open only to a fee paying minority is as far from censorship as it is possible to be.
To those wailing how Brown is spiteful, do me a favour and grow up. Politics is a dirty game and murdoch is no shrinking violet. Kinnock was helplessly trashed in 92, Brown is obviously determined to fight back this time.
- Dan, London
Sam,Reading,
You're right "Also as I understand it Sky 3 is available free on "Freeview". Therefore Sky is available to everyone" is a poorly written sentence; apologies for that. All of Sky is obviously not "free" (which I kind of think was obvious from the rest of the post, but perhaps not).
What I should have said was that Sky 3 is available on Freeview, therefore there is a Sky channel that is free for all digital viewers (which will be everybody in a couple of years).
As I thought I made clear, as long as they use that Channel (or Sky Travel for that matter which I think is also on Freeview) then I think my logic stands up. (There is no law that says Sky has to use a subscription Sports Channel to broadcast sport - but perhaps The BBC could lobby for one.)
Perhaps in turn you could explain to me in what sense The BBC is "free to air".
- Steve, London, UK
Murdoch's Empire uses it's financial muscle with impunity. ITV lost out, Setanta lost out.
The point here is more profound, young children who in years gone by would have been able to watch the Ashes are now unable to, unless they have the appropriate Sky package. My son just this year has become a cricket nut, by the way not from me, fortunately we have Sky and he was able to watch the Ashes, however if he was not so fortunate then his enthusiasm may have become stifled.
The problem is that a lot of children are denied the ability to watch these events and in the long run cricket itself loses out.
Well done those who made this decision.
- Gareth, London
This stinks of communism: Government unhappy with media / press with opposite views so it takes action to punish them in some shape of sorts. Grow up Mr Brown, people are entitled to their points of view. Roll on the elections!
- Porky Pies, Land of Make Believe, London
Apart from being the right thing to do, it will clearly make the Murdoch group furious.
Win, win in my books.
- Charles, Kennington
Most of the comments here fall on one side or the other. Brown or Murdoch. A virulent curse on both their houses, I say.
- Steve Buckel, Braunau-am-Inn, Austria
This is great news. Its time that the American right winger was put in his place and also time that his newspaper empire was broken up. We might get less US propaganda then over the Afghanistan and Iraqi wars.
- Thomas Hayes, Leeds UK
They should have done this ages ago, but it's never too late. Yeahhhhh!
- David, N10
Wow! I'm beginning to warm to this Mr Brown... who would have thought hey?!
Seriously though... well done Mr Brown! The Sun took the biscuit when it came to reporting around this letter and the recording. Revenge is sweet 
- Sanjay, Hounslow, UK
"Also as I understand it Sky 3 is available free on "Freeview". Therefore Sky is available to everyone"
This is clearly some use of logic I have never come across before.
- Sam, Reading
Murdoch has too much media power in the UK as it is - so whatever the reason for this decision - it is a good result. However, you watch Cameron suck up to his new chum and overturn this as soon as he possibly can. There is already talk that Cameron is going to give some of the licence fee to other media (ie Murdoch) - even more power and more money for the Murdoch family (I'm sure this is what baby Murdoch was demanding in his recent lecture - and lo it looks like to come to pass!)
- Andy, london
1. This was not an attempt by Brown to punish Murdoch. It is a genuine attempt at ensuring high profile sporting events do get seen by the widest possible audience. Horray!
2. Murdoch makes profits and manipulates the media in the UK yet pauys little tax and his bonds with the UK are at best tenuous. Boo!
3. Guys. This is a representative democracy not a Presidential Republic. We vote for parties in GE's not PM's. Therefore GB is fully elected under our unwritten constitution. Sucks yah boo Tories.
- Coys Switz, switzerland
I could not be more delighted. Murdoch should not have had his oily fingers on cricket in the first place. Well done GB I am proud of you.
- Lorraine, London
"Steve, London, UK"
You can't watch ANY television channel on a TV without a TV licence - not just the BBC.
- Ken, ex London
I hope that the Government is not exacting revenge. That would be an abuse of power.
Not that they have much time left to exercise power - only 173 days, at the most, to the date by when we will have said Good Bye Gordon Brown!
- Lester May, London
Couple of things, first, by what definition is The BBC "free to air"? If you don't pay the Licence fee you can lose your actual freedom, as well as the freedom to watch television.
Also as I understand it Sky 3 is available free on "Freeview". Therefore Sky is available to everyone, certainly by 2016 (or whenever the next ashes test series up for grabs is) when this concept of "terrestrial TV" will be dead anyway.
So assumedly Sky can bid for The Tests (and indeed any "crown jewel" sport) and broadcast it on a non subscription channel. Viewers who subscribe to Sky or Virgin won't care because they subscribe anyway with Sky 3 in the basic package, and Freeview viewers will get these Sporting events "free" (or "free to air" as the jargon would have it) on Sky 3.
So it seems that the only broadcast organisation who shouldl be forbidden to bid with these new rules would be The BBC (unless The Licence fee is scrapped by then).
Somehow I don't think it will work that way, although I bet Sky could mount a legal challenge, to at least be able to bid if they so wanted.
- Steve, London, UK
Amazing just as people start to warm towards Brown following Mrs Janes’ criticisms, he goes and shows just how petty and nasty he really he is.
- St, London
Absolutely pathetic. A PM behaving in such a childish and cowardly way is unbelievable. Brown seems like a very spiteful nasty man who hates ANY criticism.
- Margy, London
The timing of this is interesting. I expect that Murdoch had an indication that this may happen some weeks back (these things done't just appear out of nowhere) - so did it by any chance influence his decision to back the Tories and drop Labour? Ha! Good thing anyway - the Gvt were wrong to let it go in the first place.
- Trevor, London
To quote a line from Training Day 'Its not as much fun, when the rabbit gets the gun is it?
Otherwise known as the 'How you like me now!' method of running a government...
- Jim Smith, Ripley Derbyshire
Richar of London thinks we should get rid of "murdocracy" and reinstate democracy but surely by challenging Gordon Brown Murdock is helping democracy. Certainly Gordon Brown and his labour Government are not democratic! They have commited us to be Governed by a Federal Europe without giving the referendum they promised the people who elected them. That is not democratic and our only hope to protest against these people is with Mr Murdock and his newspapers. I look forward to the day we have a Fox Channel in the UK that would at least give democracy a voice!
- David Walpole, leatherhead
Correct me if i am wrong but none of the two Mandy & Brown were elected by the people and for the people.
- Vincent Hanna, redditch, Worcestershire
Thank God ! A Uk govt. that dares stick 2 fingers up to the Dirty digger !
- Madmax, London, UK
"I know that Gordun Bruwn was never elected and has no ethical stance but this is censureship is it not?
- Georgie, Islington, London"
I'm confused - he is an MP and therfore he would have been elected ?
Do you mean he was not the leader of the party at the last general election and therefore lacks a proper, please be clear.
- Richard, West London
Fantastic stuff, cricket back on terrestrial TV.
Three cheers for Gordon Brown.
Two fingers up to Rupert Murdoch.
- Anthony, Esher, Surrey
I don't believe you mean that!Amy, Yorkshire, did you write that tongue in cheek? Truth and the sun!!! truth and the sun!! blimey,i think you got problems with distinguishing truth from lies.As to abuse of power comments by the government,you would know about abuse of power if the sun ever targeted you,you would have no rights,it takes a man with Elton Johns wealth to take the media on and win.You don't get news and information from papers like the sun,what you get is disinformation and that is the ultimate abuse of power.The government is charged to maintain democracy and that would be best served by curbing the powers of the Murdoch media empire.After all there are 1or2 good news papers you could buy,and there would be more if Murdoch's empire didn't have a monopoly.Georgie, Islington, London,and Murdock wasn't elected either but he thinks he has the write to tell us who to vote for!And hes not even a British citizen.The sooner a British Government has the guts to destroy this mans empire the better for us all,and that government will get my vote.
- Kev, London-UK
McMitty v Sky - no contest, bye bye Brownstuff.
- Ted, London
Another shambolic mess that Brown can not put right... call an election nnow before any more damage is done!
- James, bradford, yorkshire
If you want SKY you pay for it, you don't have to, why not close every one else down just have the BBC,and then he will have less income tax in the coffers, I think he is just a silly sod, engages mouth befor brain
- Richard Edmunds, Rayleigh UK
Yeah, I bet Murdoch is crying into his Fosters.
- Nobby Clark, Perth, the Scottish one
Wow - so the ashes will be back to the BBC after 2016, cricket had its limelight with the sensational series a few years back, that was the time for it to make a name for itself. By 2016 only the real cricket fans will be bothered about it once again.
This is all just a bit pathetic, give the cricket to Sky then take it back again a few years later - all that does it show what a stupid decision it was in the first place.
- Jack, Surrey, UK
Yes to Richard from London
- Steve Brown, London
The word "petty" immediately springs to mind, but then he is, isn't he? [as well as the more worrying "totally incompetent"]
- Marianne, SW France/London
if its right that this is due to the way the sun etc is treating gordon brown then this is a abuse of power and shows the gov for what they are protect themselves and sod the public. i disagree with the way the sun handled the letter incident but to abuse power like this is only going to further turn the people against the gov i do agree that more popular programs should be free to air but this is not a case of that its a case of abuse of power
- James, barrow in furness cumbria
Scott, London
Quite agreed - but I would go further
Why not rebrand BBC1 as "The peoples sports channel 1", and BBC2 "The peoples sports channel 2", BBC3 could be extended in hours at weekends for formula 1 re-runs, quizzes, sporting celeb cookery shows etc, and BBC4 could house all the boring non-sporting programmes that are left.
I for one would happily pay twice the license fee for this, as I’m sure would the 95 percent of people who believe there is not enough sports coverage on TV and Radio.
And come the Olympics, BBC4 can show alternative sports so sporting fans need not be bored.
As most of the population is beside themselves with excitement over who will win the ashes/Rugby etc etc, I’m sure they would support me on this.
The BBC spends so much on sporting jollies that they MUST know we want more (there must have been a survey of public opinion on this somewhere?), and there are still non-sporting programme slots waiting to be filled.
Can’t wait.
- Darius, London UK
cricket is rubbish anyways. who cares.
- Toby, blackpool
Ban ownership of British media by foreign nationals (Murdoch) and tax exiles (The Toxic Twins aka the Barclay Brothers). Job done!
- Biz Miller, Stirling, Scotland
The right thing done for the wrong reasons. Murdoch and his media empire are a threat to democracy and truth wherever they slither and anything that restricts their power and influence can only be a good thing.
- Rich, London
I am sick of Sky and the Sun dictating what our govt's policy should be. People of this country must not allow an Australian American to rule our country. Let's get rid of Murdocracy and reinstate Democracy.
- Richard, London
Labour wallowing in the gutter? No surprises there.
- Frank, Home Counties, England.
This is outrageous! This is blatant censorship. To all those embattled journalists out there: we need you to deliver us the truth regardless of government bullying!
- Amy, Yorkshire
More evidence ,if you need it, that we are just pawns in their high end game!
- Gwaddilove, london england
Well done Brown! I am sick of the Sun (which I would Never buy anyway) telling us how to think and turning that letter of condolence into a national scandal, they are the lowest of the low. The whole Murdock show is sickening, they think they control politics but we would be a better place without them. Now Murdock wants to charge to read his papers online, I hope that will be the downfall of his 'empire'
Its about time someone stood up against the Murdoch machine of malevolence...
- Jessica, london
How petty can Brown and his boss Mandelson be?
It's disgusting that they think it's right to mess with the future of this country's national sport simply to antagonise Murdoch.
- St, London
I think the Government should curb the powers of the Murdoch media empire,apart from anything else a monopoly that controls so much of the media is not a good thing for any democracy,and the way the sun has exploited the issue of the soldier killed in Afghanistan is beyond the pale,what ever you think Mr browns intentions were good and motivated by his compassion.I know one thing,if the sun had been around in WW2 when there were real shortages and horrendous suffering and terrible mistakes made by ministers and generals we would have lost.The constant drip drip of 5Th columnists such as the sun would have divided this nation.And i bet the Taliban are not subject to such underhand devious nonsense,its papers like the sun that make ministers nervous and force us to fight with one hand tied behind are backs.If we had any sense we would boycott the sun and papers of that ilk,just like the good people of Liverpool have since Hillsborough.And in any case they are only journalists,and second rate ones at that.
- Kev, London-UK
Good - this Aussie has ruled the roost over Britain for too long.
How can we let a man who doesn't even live in the country, dictate how it's run? Surely that's a job for the President of the United States.
- Barry, Welwyn England
1) Petty spite has been one of the main motivators of the Labour administration.
2) It just shows that something the average TV license-payer should have been getting anyhow was 'privitised' and handed out as a reward in the first place!
- Roz, France
Doesn't go far enough.
Whilst I'm a fan of Sky, I was sickened that our world cup qualifying away games were exclusive to Setanta.
Any competitive sport at the national level should be broadcast to all. That includes the European cup, the rugby union 6 nations, the rugby world cups (both codes) and so on. Community centres, schools etc should be encouraged to screen these games.
Maybe then we'd start seeing a little more community-cohesion in this country.
- Scott, London
A just effort by the PM for all the wrong reasons. Why didn't he and his predecessor stand up to Murdoch sooner ? Obviously nothing to do with a door on the horizon market 'EXIT' ?
- John, Twickenham
I know that Gordun Bruwn was never elected and has no ethical stance but this is censureship is it not?
- Georgie, Islington, London
