At least in Britain, we may now begin to speak of the Murdoch Empire as being of historical interest only.
Most people, although we can obviously excuse many regular readers of this site from their company, think that the Daily Herald only became the Sun when Murdoch bought it. But there was a pre-Murdoch Sun, and even Auberon Waugh wrote for it.
The Daily Herald, meanwhile, was at one time edited by George Lansbury, while both Chesterton and Belloc were known to write for it. It awarded the Order of Industrial Heroism, the medal of which was designed by Eric Gill of the Distributist League and of the Westminster Cathedral Stations of the Cross, and featured Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child.
That at a time when the awarding newspaper was the official organ of the TUC, recalling all those Biblical scenes and characters on many a trade union banner.
So the idea of the post-Murdoch Sun as a voice of Blue Labour, if you will, is a superb one, both in itself and because of how it would also require the Mirror to go back to its own better days in order to compete.
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You could edit it.
ReplyDeleteI know exactly who could edit it.
ReplyDeleteNeil Clark? Rod Liddle?
ReplyDeleteYes.
ReplyDeleteWhich one?
ReplyDeleteAfter the campaign against Rod Liddle as a potential editor of The Independent, and other controversies, one has to question whether the trade unions would accept him. Which is a pity.
As for Neil Clark, while Neil would be excellent, he is out of the country so often (Germany recently, Hungary at the moment) that one doubts whether he would want such a commitment. Doesn't Neil want to live in Serbia at some point?
Rod is a Labour Party member whose views are very similar to those of rank and file trade unionists. The previous "campaign" against him can only serve in his favour.
ReplyDeleteNeil is out of the country a lot with his present work. If his work changed, then so would his itinerary.