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 Registered Member #657 Joined: Fri May 01 2009, 06:32PMPosts: 814 | A dossier of damning emails which revealed the backdoor collusion between Jeremy Hunt and News Corporation were published today.News Corp were attempting to push through an £8bn takeover of BSkyB and buy out the remaining 61 per cent of the company they did not own. The 163-page dossier contained emails sent by News Corp's senior vice-president of government affairs and public policy, Europe, Frederic Michel, detailing progress in discussions on the bid. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-2134561/Damning-emails-reveal-backdoor-collusion-Jeremy-Hunt-News-Corp.html | ||
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| Registered Member #657 Joined: Fri May 01 2009, 06:32PMPosts: 814 | Jeremy Hunt faces calls to resign over BSkyB claims http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/24/jeremy-hunt-calls-resign-bskyb The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has called for the resignation of the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, over allegations that he set up a private back channel to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation at a time when he was charged with making a quasi-judicial decision on whether to allow its takeover of BSkyB.Miliband said the Conservative MP Hunt was "standing up for the interests of the Murdochs" rather than those of the British people, after it was alleged in evidence to the Leveson inquiry that he had provided detailed information to James Murdoch on the state of the bid, as well as the thinking of the media regulator Ofcom. Leveson inquiry: Hunt accused of giving News Corp special access over BSkyB bidMurdoch lobbyist's emails appear to show back channel to culture secretary during takeover bidhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/24/leveson-inquiry-hunt-newscorp-bskyb [ Edited Tue Apr 24 2012, 11:00PM ] | ||
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| Registered Member #657 Joined: Fri May 01 2009, 06:32PMPosts: 814 | Jeremy Hunt resists Labour call to quit over BSkyB dealCulture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has rejected calls for him to resign over claims that he privately supported attempts by News Corporation to take full control of BSkyB. Labour leader Ed Miliband said emails given to the Leveson Inquiry showed Mr Hunt had been a "back channel" for News Corp rather than being impartial. But Mr Hunt says he handled the process with "scrupulous fairness".http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17835770 | ||
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