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July 12, 2012 2:46 pm

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At the Press Gallery Lunch today, Ed Miliband said:

“No hard feelings between me and News International. They want me to lose, I want them in jail”

(h/t: Nicholas Watt)

UKAzeri

)) nice one!!
http://twitter.com/tristanpw1 TristanPriceWilliams

Fair comment…
http://twitter.com/jayuux jason green

Lol. I do like Ed’s dry sense of humour. For a moment there I thought Blair’s ‘malign’ influence was already taking effect.
JoeDM

When a politician says he wants to put newspaper owners in jail then we have a real problem.

A somewhat Stalinist attitude.
- Alan Giles
  
  There is a trial pending of senior News International staff, Joe. If they are found guilty of perverting the course of justice, one of the charges, there is a mandatory prison sentence.
  - treborc
    
    Three months in an open prison
- Peter Barnard
  
  He didn’t say “all” newspaper owners, Mr DM …
  - Peter Barnard
    
    Added : he didn’t actually say “newspaper owners,” either ; he was specifically referring to News International.
    
    Having said that, (i) perhaps it was precipitate of Mr Miliband in expressing a wish that “News International” should be in jail – justice must take its course independent of politicians and anyone else, but (ii) I think there was possibly a bit of tongue-in-cheek with the remark, given the occasion.
Brumanuensis

Oh Ed, I do love you. Even if this is certain to be used to nurse a grudge against you by ‘The Sun’ for years to come.
- treborc
  
  I thought my god Miliband is the problem with the sun, then I realized you mean the news paper.
Daniel Speight

Good joke, but if we support the idea of News International being punished by having some of its senior staff sent to prison, shouldn’t we also demand the same treatment for the man who corruptly changed policy on media ownership so as to suck up to Rupert Murdoch?

Just because you wore a white suit at their kid’s christening on the River Jordan doesn’t make you holy, Tony. A godfather maybe, but certainly not Jesus or John the Baptist. Too much blood on your hands I’m afraid.

Why am I suddenly thinking about Macbeth and his wife, and who would play the three witches? Campbell and Mandelson of course, but who’s the third?
- Chris
  
  Another Blair obsessive! He is history – not all good but he is history!
  - Daniel Speight
    
    Is he history or is he back? Whichever the baggage remains.

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