So - what do we think of these Murdoch rumours then?

[RSoovy4]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

We can only wait for what is to come. IF this is what's happened (and remember that it's nothign more than conjecture at the moment) then the fuse has been lit on a hydrogen bomb. And now we wait and see.

One thing is for sure, Murdoch is a very old man, with many billions and a reputation for ruthlessness, who will stop at nothing to fix people who he perceives have wronged him. Such as anyone who has poled his wife, for example.

IF Bliar had poled Deng, I imagine that he would be pooing his romper suit at the moment, given what Murdoch must have on him locked in a safe somewhere.


Bliar's downfall coming?? All bets could be off here, and no mistake.

Edited by RSoovy4 on Monday 25th November 13:39

[jogon]

I'd certainly consider ditching Virgin Media if he did.

[The Vambo]

RSoovy4 said:

This is all very interesting indeed.
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I don't believe in coincidences.

Two things, considering the position Brooks was in, she must have some serious scandals and evidence to back them up stashed away somewhere as a security blanket. Things that could end careers or lead to prison terms.

Murdoch will know this and will surely be taking care of her very well as he knows that she could stick him right in it and the last thing Brooks really needs is to make a personal enemy of Murdoch.

[RSoovy4]

The Vambo said:

RSoovy4 said:

This is all very interesting indeed.
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I don't believe in coincidences.

Two things, considering the position she was in, she must have some serious scandals and evidence to back them up stashed away somewhere as a security blanket. Things that could end careers or lead to prison terms.

Murdoch will know this and will surely be taking care of her very well as he knows that she could stick him right in it and the last thing she really needs is to make a personal enemy of Murdoch.

I reckon Murdoch is straight as a die on the personal scandal front (I worked for one of his companies once and he has that reputation), and so I reckon the only thing she had which could hurt him would be something like his wife playing an away fixture - something to hurt him personally (like ruining his marriage for example). A very female revenge, wouldn't you say? A real knife in the guts as a thank you.


I am pretty sure that she would have kept a few poison pills to use as a bargaining chip if ever things went badly tits. Something akin to the file "Insurance" which Assange apparently handed out on highly encryted zip drives in case anything ever happened to him......

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jan/12/wikil...

Maybe her bluff has been called, those pills haven't worked and now she's handing them round like Smarties before so goes away for a few years......

Edited by RSoovy4 on Monday 25th November 13:51

[The Vambo]

RSoovy4 said:

I reckon Murdoch is straight as a die on the personal scandal front

Maybe, could you say the same about James?

That would worry the old boy most of all.

[RSoovy4]

The Vambo said:

RSoovy4 said:

I reckon Murdoch is straight as a die on the personal scandal front

Maybe, could you say the same about James?

That would worry the old boy most of all.

Good point. Who knows.

One thing is for sure - Brooks was never going to go to prison with a cheery wave and a smile on her face, was she?

I do rather have a gut feeling that once she was cut loose, and lost her protection, she decided that she was going for scorched Earth.


Perhaps Blair is "collateral damage" which would be a delicious irony, wouldn't it?!

[4v6]

The thought of Bliar hanging out the back of anyone is too horrific to contemplate and is likely to keep even the most ardent of horror fans awake with the lights on and heads under duvets.

Pass the mindbleach please.

[Rude-boy]

4v6 said:

The thought of Bliar hanging out the back of anyone is too horrific to contemplate and is likely to keep even the most ardent of horror fans awake with the lights on and heads under duvets.

Pass the mindbleach please.

It's the look on his face just as he starts the vinegar strokes. That grin, those ears...

[4v6]

Rude-boy said:

4v6 said:

The thought of Bliar hanging out the back of anyone is too horrific to contemplate and is likely to keep even the most ardent of horror fans awake with the lights on and heads under duvets.

Pass the mindbleach please.

It's the look on his face just as he starts the vinegar strokes. That grin, those ears...

Just-Dont.

[Vaud]

Rude-boy said:

4v6 said:

The thought of Bliar hanging out the back of anyone is too horrific to contemplate and is likely to keep even the most ardent of horror fans awake with the lights on and heads under duvets.

Pass the mindbleach please.

It's the look on his face just as he starts the vinegar strokes. That grin, those ears...

Mind you, waking up next to Cherie would be like waking up next to a shark. So many teeth...

[dandarez]

4v6 said:

The thought of Bliar hanging out the back of anyone is too horrific to contemplate and is likely to keep even the most ardent of horror fans awake with the lights on and heads under duvets.

Pass the mindbleach please.

[10 Pence Short]

I may be wrong, but I was under the impression Murdoch was funding the likely 7 figure cost of defending Brookes and Co.

If that's the case, there's a world of difference between professionally distancing yourself from a damaged individual and remaining friends behind closed doors.

Sorry if that doesn't fit the OED definition of 'bullyrammed'.

[RYH64E]

10 Pence Short said:

I may be wrong, but I was under the impression Murdoch was funding the likely 7 figure cost of defending Brookes and Co.

If that's the case, there's a world of difference between professionally distancing yourself from a damaged individual and remaining friends behind closed doors.

Sorry if that doesn't fit the OED definition of 'bullyrammed'.

Yes, I thought Murdoch had been more than fair with Brookes, didn't she get a very generous pay off?

I wonder if Blair or Wendi were foolish enough to leave any incriminating voicemail messages, that would be funny.

[Derek Smith]

RYH64E said:

Yes, I thought Murdoch had been more than fair with Brookes, didn't she get a very generous pay off?

I wonder if Blair or Wendi were foolish enough to leave any incriminating voicemail messages, that would be funny.

If we know about the £10.8 million (or 6.4, or 7 or 11, let's just say a lot) pay-off then it is for a reason. I doubt it came without strings.

I can't see her doing this. It would have been some time ago of course, before the trial started, and around that time she had other things on her mind. Mind you, she dumped her legal team around then. Possible connection?

We'll never know of course.

Still, this is like sex in a lift: something we can enjoy on a number of levels.

This has to be why Cameron was recalled. There must have been a party that everyone was invited to.

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Monday 25th November 16:17

[RSoovy4]

Derek Smith said:

Mind you, she dumped her legal team around then. Possible connection?

Still, this is like sex in a lift: something we can enjoy on a number of levels.

This has to be why Cameron was recalled. There must have been a party that everyone was invited to.

You do just get the sense that a lot of people are very very worried here. She's a loose cannon with a big payload. She knows too much about too many people in too high places, and to make her even more dangerous she knows, I think, that she's going to get a long long stretch here, and she figures she might as well take a few down with her.

I really can't help thinking that the destruction of Murodch's marriage has happened because of this - it's too much of a coincidence that this has happened now, whether it's related to Bliar or anyone else.


I wouldn't be at all surprised if something happened to her to be honest. Perhaps found zipped inside a holdall in her cell, or shanked by a "random" prisoner in a "fight".

Edited by RSoovy4 on Monday 25th November 16:42

[Andy Zarse]

RSoovy4 said:

This is all very interesting indeed.

7. Information comes into the public domain re Blair haging out of Murdoch's wife causing Murdoch to divorce Deng



I don't believe in coincidences.

Nor do I... but am I right in thinking Blair would have been pounding Mrs Rupert Murdoch in the much more recent past? Post-Leveson?

Whatever, the anticipation of a scorned and angry Mrs Cherie Booth QC letting rip on Anthony Charles Lynton's backside in court is quite delectable and something to be savoured. Bring it.

[Rude-boy]

I dislike her as much as the next but doubt that she is stupid enough to have started this game without a large envelope sitting in a solicitors office in Darlington or the like with instructions that it will either be collected in person or is to be copied and released to 3 or 4 major news agencies should news of her untimely passing or permanent incapacity reach their office.

Always serve the good st first or keep it in reserve...

Edited by Rude-boy on Monday 25th November 17:22

[Derek Smith]

A quote from the Mail:

Murdoch . . . [in 1995] introduced Mr Blair to his staff with the words: “If the British press is to be believed, today is all part of a Blair-Murdoch flirtation.”

He then added: “If that flirtation is ever consummated, I suspect we will end up making love like two porcupines – very carefully.”

Rather prophetic.

[Mermaid]

Andy Zarse said:

Whatever, the anticipation of a scorned and angry Mrs Cherie Booth QC letting rip on Anthony Charles Lynton's backside in court is quite delectable and something to be savoured. Bring it.

She would forgive his sins.

[Andy Zarse]

Mermaid said:

Andy Zarse said:

Whatever, the anticipation of a scorned and angry Mrs Cherie Booth QC letting rip on Anthony Charles Lynton's backside in court is quite delectable and something to be savoured. Bring it.

She would forgive his sins.

You reckon? I don't.