Today British politics will see a piece of history as the next phase of the battle against Rupert Murdoch and his media empire begins. This is the battle between the media mogul and the British Parliament. The House of Commons shall vote on whether Rupert Murdoch should proceed with his bid to take over BSkyB. All of Britain's major parties; the Conservative Party, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats will today join forces in the House of Commons (which is an extreme rarity at the best of times) and overwhelmingly reject Rupert Murdoch's bid to obtain full ownership of BSkyB. Could this vote signal the last stand of the Murdoch Empire in its aim to control all of BSkyB? This motion (which has been tabled by the Labour Party) will be the latest in a long line of recent humiliations for Murdoch and his company, News Corp. These humiliations range from the potentially illegal developments in the phone hacking scandal, the necessity to close the News of the World and the public rejections of Murdoch's BSkyB bid by all three main parties.
In the early hours of the day when this historic vote is due to occur, a letter has emerged that has been written by three senior Liberal Democrats, which represents yet another rejection of News Corp’s bid to own all of BSkyB. The letter written by Simon Hughes, Tim Farron and Don Foster also goes on to state that the recent allegations made against News International have "shocked and sickened the British people." Furthermore the letter accuses those working for News International of seeking to "cover up the many wrongs which it has committed." The aim of the letter is to persuade Murdoch to drop his bid to own all of BSkyB because after the recent scandals "many people in this country have no desire to have any more of our media" fall into his hands. This letter is evidence of how one of Britain's main political parties, the Liberal Democrats wishes for Murdoch to withdraw his BSkyB bid. The link to the article displaying this letter is here: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2011/07/13/lib-dems-fire-salvo-against-murdoch. It shall soon become apparent after today's vote in Parliament whether or not Murdoch will withdraw his bid for BSkyB. Today, may very well be the last stand of the Murdoch Empire’s takeover ambitions. One thing however is certain it will take months if not years for News International to rebuild its integrity in the minds of the British public and Britain's politicians after its integrity has been so clearly shattered in the past fortnight.
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