Rebekah’s arrest and certain gaoling for years not months will mean Rupert’s gaoling too and the end of his newspaper empire here and the end of the influence of Andrew Bolt, Janet Albrechtsen, Steve Lewis, Imre Salusinski, Tim Blair, Piers Akerman, David Speers, Laurie Oakes, Denis Shanahan and the contemptible Newspoll tweaker O’Shannessy. It was a big day for democracy and the Social Democrat parties which will have a wind at their back hereafter as the net widens and more and more high-stepping Murdochists are hunted down and punished. David Cameron may go to gaol, and John Howard and Mark Vaile for giving two hundred and ninety-seven thousand dollars to Saddam Hussein. Ed Miliband or Nick Clegg may be Prime Minister by Christmas. And so on.
Murdoch’s gaoling was always on the cards and I alone on earth have been predicting it. Under Delaware law, where his company is constituted, the CEO of any company that seeks to corrupt foreign officials — Scotland Yard, for instance — goes automatically to gaol. He has no friends left and the number of his allies dropped by half with Rebekah’s arrest and bailing.
‘Murdoch cheats; it’s what he likes to do’ is what I’ve been tediously saying for years now.
It’s now official.
Or perhaps you disagree.
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My prediction is Fairfax to be taken over by Gina and either Akerman or Bolt to become editor in Chief.
Speaking of media spats Gerard has really had a go at you on his media watchdog blog!
Henderson and that list of Bob’s . . . what a disgraceful state Australia’s journalism has come to. Sadly, few will be gaoled for their offences against sense and decency.
Who, in right mind, doesn’t drop everything, Fridays around 2, for the adorable, straight-shooting Nancy.
The Courage of Cuchulain – mentioning the Unmentionable.
AM, reading your posts is like doing a cryptic crossword, too esoteric for common folk.
Was pretty sure that Bob would not be a frequent visitor to that site, so giving a heads up was warranted. Still in myth the courage of Cuchulain was described as reckless.
In my opinion Ellistabletalk should be as widely read as possible. Ellis appears now to be ostracised by the ABC and will not get a run in any Murdoch publication (not that he would want it). He is however finding the blog a powerful means of expressing his powerful views and I think it behoves his supporters to spread word of it as best we can. How can we make it ‘go viral’? Use Facebook, Linked In and all the other social media, I suggest. To the barricades!
Bob should video some of his written pieces, read them out in his inimitable voice. Upload to youtube, and he will be on his way.
This is a good idea.
“inimitable voice”?
I’ve never heard it.
Any cryptic clues?
Love your work AM, not quite the same range and depth of Simon, he is still the master, but you are close behind. Keep up the good work.
You’re Simon??!!
The puzzlements -
So hard to keep up
And thank you for the pat on the head,
O Temperate One
(Also, beautiful grammar from you, around here somewhere – and a pronoun cuddling-up to a verbal noun. So rare, so rare.
Esteem intensifies)
“Murdoch’s gaoling was always on the cards and I alone on earth have been predicting it”
You alone? I’m pleased he may be for the dungeon, but last year Forbes, the Guardian, the Fairfax Press, Crikey, the BBC, Huff Post….also predicted this.
Well, I alone was predicting it in March, 2011.
Was Murdoch ever The Australian Of The Year? Just curious…
Rebekah Brooks might just be the one to bring down Rupert and David Cameron, if she realises that they have sold her down the river.
We live in hope.
She’ll do it without even trying.
True, I agree; but a cooperative witness is more fruitful than a recalcitrant one.