Rupert Murdoch - Wikipedia
At the end of the Thatcher / Major era, Murdoch switched his support to the Labour Party and its leader, Tony Blair. The closeness of his relationship with Blair and their secret meetings to discuss national policies was to become a political issue in Britain. [58]
Enemy to ally: How Murdoch’s relationship with Labour ... - Medium
Dec 15, 2019 · The Wapping dispute in 1986 provided a flashpoint for Kinnock’s Labour Party as they came to blows with Murdoch’s press with the print unions and Murdoch’s News International going head to...
Rupert Murdoch’s UK papers could back Labour, biographer
Sep 28, 2023 · LONDON — Some of Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. media titles could switch their allegiance to the opposition Labour Party ahead of the next election, the mogul’s biographer predicted.
Not the Sun wot won it: what Murdoch’s half-hearted, last-minute ...
Jul 3, 2024 · Rupert Murdoch is nothing if not pragmatic and reportedly hates losing, so it is not surprising that the paper came out for Starmer, given the widely predicted Labour victory. As former...
Rupert Murdoch dominated UK politics. He may be the last of his …
Sep 22, 2023 · Indeed, Labour leader Keir Starmer — hoping to oust the Conservatives at a general election expected next year — sought a one-to-one with Murdoch at the media boss’s June summer party in London.
UK election 2024: Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun backs Labour
London: Voting booths have opened in Britain’s general election in which an opinion poll forecasts Sir Keir Starmer’s opposition Labour Party will win the biggest majority in almost 200 years, and after Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun newspaper endorsed Labour rather than …
Sunday Times newspaper endorses Labour Party - BBC
Jun 30, 2024 · The paper is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News UK and has endorsed the Conservative Party in every election since 2005. While newspaper circulations have declined, endorsements are still seen...
Power, influence and scandal: Rupert Murdoch's long-lasting …
Sep 23, 2023 · LONDON — In July 1995, Tony Blair was so popular in Britain that he was considered prime minister-in-waiting a full two years before his crowning election. Yet, he still thought it necessary to fly...
Murdoch's Sun newspaper backs Labour in UK election
Jul 3, 2024 · Rupert Murdoch-owned British tabloid newspaper The Sun endorsed the Labour party and its leader Keir Starmer on Wednesday, one day before a national election.
Rupert Murdoch’s UK papers ‘could switch allegiance to Labour’
Sep 28, 2023 · Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers could switch allegiance to Labour at the next election, the media mogul’s biographer has predicted. Michael Wolff said the print baron may decide to back Sir Keir...