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]

Dec 15, 2019 · There’s no doubt that Murdoch was an opponent of the Labour Party in 1992, yet just five years later he would be backing the first Labour Government in 18 years. Why? And what lessons can be...

Jul 3, 2024 · Leaving it as late as editorially possible, the Sun has endorsed Labour. With an election day front page saying it’s “time for a change”, the Murdoch-owned tabloid says the Conservatives “have...

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.

Sep 22, 2023 · Murdoch was in and out of No. 10 over the decades, rubbing shoulders with prime ministers and seeking to pull strings in British politics. After that 1992 loss, the New Labour project wanted to avoid again becoming the target of the right wing-press Kinnock was.

Dec 22, 2020 · He has learnt when to restrain his natural right-wing political leanings in order to safeguard his financial interests, as evidenced by his endorsement of Tony Blair’s New Labour (Street, 2001: 133-139) along with his wooing of China’s communist party (Curtin, 2005).

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...

Feb 25, 2024 · Rupert Murdoch famously infuriated Trump by phoning him to tell him he had lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden and their relationship hasn’t been the same since.

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 …

Feb 26, 2024 · RUPERT Murdoch’s UK newspapers are potentially leaning towards backing Labour at the next election if the party’s polling remains strong, it has been reported.