Rupert Murdoch

Not to mention the lives his gutter press Sun and NoW ruined. The taxes he doesn’t pay, the regular meetings he has with Cabinet ministers - oh and his GP stayed open late so he could have (both) his vaccines with privacy and accommodate the fleet of vehicles that brought him to the surgery.

Surely he could have had the vaccine at home

It's really time that the Grim Reaper called for him...

The most toxic man on the planet- even his own son thinks so.

Anniebach

Surely he could have had the vaccine at home

Why? He’s fit and active and should have been treated like the other patients at the practice.

There does seem to be a great number of people, including politicians who do think that Rupert Murdoch should be treated as special.
I think this may change as print media is overtaken by digital, and television news becomes less important.
I also don't see why he couldn't travel to a vaccination point in normal hours the same as anyone else.

Other patients at the practice ask for the surgery to remain open after hours to suit themselves? If it’s true the surgery could have said - no.

The people that ask the surgeries to open outside normal hours are, in the main, key workers doing useful jobs that are keeping our society running.

I think there is a new TV company being set up, reportedly to rival the BBC, and at least one Sun journalist will be presenting. I expect it is part of the big push to finish off the BBC. If Fox News is anything to go by, this isn't what I would like to see.

Eloethan

I think there is a new TV company being set up, reportedly to rival the BBC, and at least one Sun journalist will be presenting. I expect it is part of the big push to finish off the BBC. If Fox News is anything to go by, this isn't what I would like to see.

The new station is called GB News, Andrew Neil, Dan Wooton, Becca Houston and several Sky News presenters are onboard so far (sorry cannot remember the others)

I would have thought Murdoch would have paid for a private vaccination at home, certainly not queue with the rest of us.

Murdoch's new venture is called New UK TV. The GB News company and New UK TV are both reported as being "right leaning".

Sorry, that News, with an s, not New.

Katie59

I would have thought Murdoch would have paid for a private vaccination at home, certainly not queue with the rest of us.

Fortunately, so far, you cannot pay for a private vaccine in the UK

Nor did he queue with the rest of us.

The fault is with the surgery not him

Oh I see, the surgery forced him to go outside normal hours, did they bar him from going with other people then? It wasn't poor Mr Murdoch 's fault.

Anniebach

The fault is with the surgery not him

Of course, of course. Goodness me. I’m surprised the fault doesn’t lie with Jeremy Corbyn ?

Obviously he will get highly preferential treatment. He helped the current govt win the election.

There has never, since 1979, been a government elected in a UK general election without the support of Rupert Murdoch.

We could have got the same result by saving money by banning voting and just asking Rupert MUrdoch who he wanted to geovern the UK.

Varian absolutely. Democracy is a wonderful thing isn’t it?

It certainly would be wonderful to live in a democracy. How can us Brits ever aspire to that?

It was definitely Jeremy Corbyn wot did it.

Just look at the way he has run Fox News, which promoted Trump be propogating lies.

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