howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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I must admit I cant muster up much faith or enthusiasm either for or in this committee. They seemed 'out to get' the Murdochs from day one with vitriolic anti News Corp campaigner Labour MP Tom Watson on said committee, and one of its loudest voices. Isnt this like pre-judgement before you even start. He was hardly going to approach it with a neutral eye. And now in their final report the vote seems to be split down the middle along party lines.
I always felt Watson looked over obsessed on this...even using his own money to pursue it in America. Wouldnt his constituents prefer that he concentrate on getting them jobs and growth here at home.
The 24 hour news channels are making a big deal of this, its a slow day, but surely its all beeen bypassed by the Leveson inguiry now anyway
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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The Conservative members agreed with all the main conclusions but disagreed with the single sentence that was about Murdoch's fitness. This, as PaulB said, was slipped in by Tom Watson who had fully pre-judged Murdoch guilty. Much as you may dislike the man, the grounds for such a statement are somewhat vague to say the least and this was no more than a petty 'get Murdoch' statement. I am not sure they were wise to do so, but the Conservative members voted against only because of that one sentence and that has devalued the report and made it partisan.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Agree Leveson inquiry is the acid test......just hope Robert Jay QC continues to follow through to the end.....