NI goes cold on Brown

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

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As Roy Greenslade argues in today's Evening Standard, the real significance of what Irwin Stelzer said on Monday is that we can now expect a seismic shift in News International's press support for New Labour. Not only is Brown's honeymoon over in the wake of the election fiasco, but he has to brace himself for a drip drip of negative stories from here on in. Trevor Kavanagh, keeper of the Sun's political flame, is no fan of the PM's tax and spend instincts. And Kavanagh's politics are close to those of his ultimate boss. All this has proved what many Murdoch-watchers suspected all along; namely, that the News Corp chief's ardour for New Labour was conditional on Blair being PM. Whatever Murdoch's personal feelings for Brown (he admires his work ethic and puritanical streak), now Blair's gone, Labour can expect a rough ride.

Posted by James Silver - On Wednesday, October 17, 2007

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