Tony Blair revealed to be godfather to one of Rupert Murdoch's children
James Forsyth 11:33pm
It is a sign of just how close the Blairs and the Murdochs were that Tony is godfather to
one of Rupert Murdoch’s young daughters. But it is also a sign of the changed politics around Murdoch that this news will now be a major embarrassment to Blair.
Wendi Deng Murdoch has, the Daily Telegraph reports, told the October edition of Vogue that Blair was present at the christening of her two daughters on the banks of the River Jordan last year. He is, the paper says, godfather to the elder one.
The news of this deeply personal link between Blair and Murdoch will strengthen Cameron’s case when he tries to argue that it was a succession of British politicians, and not just him, who allowed themselves to become too close to Rupert Murdoch and his companies.
This week there will be a whole slew of stories about the whole phone hacking saga as the Culture, Media and Sport select committee hears from the former News of the World editor Colin Myler and its former legal manager Tom Crone who have both cast doubt on some of the details of James Murdoch’s testimony to the committee at the end of the last parliamentary term.
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JohnBUK
September 4th, 2011 11:54pm Report this commentWell I look forward to seeing the full story and analysis on the BBC shortly.
Allen
September 5th, 2011 1:16am Report this commentWhy the surprise, he was Murdoch's pool boy as well and Bush's trained poodle.
Frank P
September 5th, 2011 1:40am Report this commentGoodness me! Prime Ministers and Media Moguls schmoozing? Whatever next? Before you know it coppers and hacks will be talking to one another. What a wicked world we live in.
vklafdsa90
September 5th, 2011 4:08am Report this commentWell I look forward to seeing the full story and analysis on the BBC shortly.
TomTom
September 5th, 2011 7:24am Report this commentYou did mean god-father, didn't you ?
Austin Barry
September 5th, 2011 7:37am Report this commentZzzzzzzzzzzzz
TrevorsDen
September 5th, 2011 8:25am Report this commentLabour never liked Murdoch. Hard to know why - I suppose it was because he led the way in breaking the print unions.
Still they held their noses when it suited them.
Heartless Perry
September 5th, 2011 8:35am Report this commentThe CodFather indeed.
Yam Yam
September 5th, 2011 8:43am Report this commentIt would be interesting to learn what Blair has been teaching Murdoch's daughter about God.
Axstane
September 5th, 2011 8:46am Report this commentI think we all know that he and News International were as thick as thieves.
Much more to come about our ex-PM [and the other one who may have been as mad as a hatter].
More startling are the revelations of the deep and tangled links between Blair, the Milibands and the Gaddafi family.
The sort of straight kind of guy that gives slime a bad name.
Nicholas
September 5th, 2011 8:51am Report this commentThis won't matter. It would only matter if it was Cameron or Osborne and then we would never hear the last of it.
New New Labour's Propaganda Unit - the BBC - have already managed to airbrush Old New Labour's many outrageous crimes from the collective consciousness or blame them instead on the hated Tories. It's as if the Tories were never out of power - they are even copping the flak for the New Labour sponsored MI5 links to the Gadaffi regime.
New Labour, old and new, are the quintessential opposition. They spent most of their 13 years in power in opposition to the British - especially English - people and in opposition to the opposition.
Boudicca
September 5th, 2011 9:04am Report this commentWhere is the Shyster? He seems to have gone to ground in recent weeks. There are a few other 'embarrassments' other than Murdoch coming to light now ... he seems to have been increadibly survile towards Gadaffi and sons. I do hope someone uncovers evidence that he was closely involved in the release of Megrahi!
pottsy
September 5th, 2011 9:14am Report this commentStrange, no mention of this story on the BBC website. Now if Cameron was the god-daddy what's the betting it would be top story, probably dominating the agenda for the next week.
Clear Memories
September 5th, 2011 10:53am Report this commentYam Yam
September 5th, 2011 8:43am
Because Bliar spent as much of his time in office as possible sending people to meet God!
Clear Memories
September 5th, 2011 11:00am Report this commentAnd so, as the relationship between Bliar, Bruin and Libya gets murkier and murkier, as Nu-Labour seems to have been heavily involved in rendition (ie torture) and Milliband exposed as a colluder in everything that was wrong for the past 14 years or so, nice to see the Biased Bollox Corp preparing to rake over the coals and have another bash at that other bunch of inept Socialists, the BNP.
They can no longer deflect criticism from there ex-paymasters, but at least they'll try and defect the masses with some faux outrage.
strapworld
September 5th, 2011 11:08am Report this commentBoudicca, Isn't Chilcott due out shortly?
I believe, in preparation for the release, he is living in his maze of tunnels under his Country Estate. Built it is believed by the same constructors who built the Gaddafi tunnels. Good to have the right kind of friends you know.
Erica Blair
September 5th, 2011 3:14pm Report this commentTony B£air was the Godfather's godfather.
Christianity4Mecca
September 5th, 2011 6:36pm Report this commentMaybe he made him an offer he couldn't refuse
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