The scandal at News International reveals a few home truths about the corrupt establishment, writes James Turley (first published in the Weekly Worker) Some starry-eyed commentators have, of late, begun comparing the implosion of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire with another spectacular collapse: the Berlin wall. This is, obviously enough, overstating the case by some considerable margin. Anybody ...
The News of the World scandal has revealed the true relationship between the media and politicians, writes James Turley (first published in the Weekly Worker) It has probed, at best semi-legally, into the private affairs of well-heeled celebrities, politicians and royals major and minor; yet Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has suffered its first major body-blow in decades ...
The Tories are showing themselves up as the party of corruption, says James Turley Michael Ashcroft, the Tory peer and deputy chairman, is one of a handful in the House of Lords who has non-domiciled tax status - that is, for tax purposes he is not registered as resident in Britain. Instead, his notional home is ...
More than corruption revealed in Northern Ireland, writes James Turley The shaky political regime in Northern Ireland is reeling from political scandal. And what a scandal it is - with inter-generational sex, dirty money and mental illness involved, and at the heart of the rightwing establishment in the province as well. It is the stuff of ...
James Turley brings down some false hares raised during the crisis over MPs' scams If any MP had entertained the naive hope that the expenses crisis was going to blow over with a few well chosen platitudes, they have now been decisively disappointed. On May 19, the speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, announced his ...
Scandals involving Jacqui Smith, Tony Macnulty, and Geoff Hoon are just the tip of an iceberg, says Ben Lewis Against a backdrop of popular outrage over ‘greedy bankers’, there has been a rash of scandals over MPs’ expenses. Whereas it was the Conservatives who came under fire in January 2008 when it was revealed that Tory MP ...