What does Murdoch want with Scotland?
To go to all this trouble of backing the Yes vote seems a bit much to merely give Westminster a bloody nose in revenge and do some good business with his newspapers in Scotland to me. Surely Murdoch is after more from Salmond to resort to such a big thing as backing the break up of the UK - but what? It did really make me smile how columnists in Murdoch papers who would always be dead set against this kind of "lefty looney madness" are now so warm towards Yes 
Seriously, are any of them even right wing or do they just do whatever Rupe tells them year round?
Seriously, are any of them even right wing or do they just do whatever Rupe tells them year round? 0
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some sort of deal for his Sky call centre no doubt
He should just call up his old chums in the No camp Scotland will be a wasteland with nothing happening if it goes independent ;-) Apparently. Not too attractive for power.
there was a cracking interview with some guy who wrote a book about Murdoch on Radio 5 livelast night.
Says the only time Murdoch has done anything without the motivation of money was when he paid for the distribution of Galipoli, a film that highlighted the gross stupidity and cruelty of the English officer class
Maybe Rupert is just a true patriot!:D
Maybe Rupert is just a true patriot!:D
He hates the English, just watch Gallipoli for evidence of that
If you live in the Irish Republic you can watch the BBC on Sky! So why not the same for Scotland.
I don't think you can easily?
Granted if you know what you're doing or buy kit registered in the UK you can watch it, but legitimately installed Sky boxes with Irish subscriptions should display the Irish channels (RTE, TG4 etc) instead of BBC/ITV AFAIK?
I may be wrong on this but I thought it was a case of they can't see ours, we can't see theirs (I know RTE and the other Irish terrestrials etc are encrypted on 28e)
Funnily enough he is having behind closed doors meeting with Nigel Farage, another one of the 'anti-establishment' figures
So there is a piece of truth and goodness in that dark soul. I don't buy into the stupid unthinking slaughter in the French campaign wholesale (though it did exist and in more than we would care to experience) but on occasions there were actual tactical reasons why - just very badly executed. It was a stalemate of carnage in the end. And something I would never want to experience.
If you don't understand why Gallipoli was a wasted generation you really need to get the books out, that was stupid slaughter, for nothing. Rupert backed the right horse on that one.
They pay the BBC for the privilege, Scotland will no doubt be given the same option.
It certainly won't be given to Scots for free though.