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Denzil_DC

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33. I'm sure Murdoch loves the idea.

Fri Jul 15, 2016, 06:44 AM

Jul 2016

George Osborne met Rupert Murdoch twice before imposing BBC cuts

George Osborne met Rupert Murdoch twice in June, days before the Treasury foisted a controversial funding deal on the BBC in which the broadcaster was told it would have to pay the £700m cost of funding TV licences for the over-75s.

The chancellor also met senior News Corp executives and editors four more times after the general election on 7 May before informing the BBC about the proposed funding settlement officially on 3 July. It was publicly announced three days later.

The records published by the Treasury do not give a precise date for the Murdoch meetings other than to say they were in June, and their purpose is described as “general discussion”.

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As well as his meetings with Murdoch, the chancellor also had lunch with News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson on 31 May, and met the then Sun editor, David Dinsmore, the following month.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/dec/18/george-osborne-rupert-murdoch-bbc-cuts-news-corp

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Corbyn on ballot. [View all] Denzil_DC Jul 2016 OP

Via Channel 4 ITN News's Michael Crick: Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #1

From The Guardian liveblog: Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #2

LOL Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #3

The replies to that tweet seem to say that's meaningless muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #6

Hence the LOL. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #7

What is the deal with Laura Kuenssberg and Corby anyway? Ken Burch Jul 2016 #9

I don't know how she got the job. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #15

This is eerily similar to the ABC here in Australia. Matilda Jul 2016 #32

I'm sure Murdoch loves the idea. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #33

That's the style we know all too well here. Matilda Jul 2016 #34

Blair and his entourage definitely ran scared of Murdoch on all sorts of issues. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #36

There IS going to be a legal challenge, apparently not welcomed by either "side": Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #26

Well, he ought to be on the ballot, as he's the leader. LeftishBrit Jul 2016 #4

This allows him to be on the ballot without being re-nominated RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #12

As it should be, because the MPs would refuse to nominate him Ken Burch Jul 2016 #19

It's ironic 'though RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #21

It's the party rules, not "privilege" Ken Burch Jul 2016 #22

That is not what the pollster is saying about that poll RogueTrooper Jul 2016 #24

No, it's not 'privilege'. He will have to get the votes of the party, just like challengers muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #25

Keeping him off the ballot would have been sucicidal T_i_B Jul 2016 #5

So which of the Monarchs-over-the-Water will you be rooting for, TiB? non sociopath skin Jul 2016 #8

Ooh...a Stuart loyalist metaphor...don't see many of those anymore... Ken Burch Jul 2016 #10

Don't know enough about Owen Smith T_i_B Jul 2016 #11

Maybe you should hold out for Undeclared of Hampstead? non sociopath skin Jul 2016 #13

Never met him personally T_i_B Jul 2016 #18

There's always Dick Whittington's cat. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #35

T_i_B, it's clear from past experience with the PLP Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #14

Well said, Denzil. non sociopath skin Jul 2016 #17

The PLP tried to depose Attlee as leader...right after the 1945 Labour victory was announced. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #20

I'm beginning to wonder... BooScout Jul 2016 #27

The scary part of this to me.... T_i_B Jul 2016 #28

Absolutely. n/t. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #29

The "moderates" need to accept the need to restore internal party democracy. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #23

No, they need to bury it at a crossroads with a stake through its heart. Donald Ian Rankin Jul 2016 #30

You've just made an astoundingly antidemocratic post. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #31

This couldn't be more blatant: Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #16

So my local Labour branch can't hold meetings.... T_i_B Jul 2016 #37

It's not the fault of Corbyn and his supporters that your local branch can't hold meetings. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #40

Corbyn STILL on ballot Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #38

That's a relief! T_i_B Jul 2016 #39