Ed’s inbox – July 11th

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he’d read these ones…

Is the whole of News International now in trouble? – Liberal Conspiracy
By Sunny Hundal

Gordon Brown is imminently expected to make a statement in the House of Commons. The Indy says:

“Gordon Brown will today break his silence over the phone-hacking scandal by accusing Rupert Murdoch’s News International of illegally accessing his personal details, The Independent has learnt.

The BSkyB bid is now almost certainly dead. The big question is now whether the rest of News International is also about to be engulfed in the flames.” – Read more.

Questions for Cameron extend beyond Coulson – Left Foot Forward
By Matthew Pitt

As the popular saying goes, “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”; in the case of the never ending revelations about the true extent of the rampant, unrestrained and despicable behaviour by more than just one ‘rogue reporter’ at the News of the World, politicians now need to work together and focus on what really matters.

Questions that need to be urgently addressed by David Cameron include: – Read more.

A Week is a Long Time in Print Media – Next Left
By Olly Parker

Ed Miliband is politically at his most comfortable as the insurgent campaigner, taking on the vested interests of the establishment. The battle for the Labour leadership is good evidence of this. In the recent biography ‘Ed’, we learn of two incidents prior to this that shaped Ed Miliband’s political career. The first was over rent rises at University and the second was convincing the world’s Governments to come to some form of an agreement over climate change at Copenhagen.

In light of this, the BskyB takeover finds Miliband where he is most comfortable as a politician while also being in tune with the public. If he can build a head of steam and present Cameron as the agent of the cosy media establishment then he can do serious reputational damage to the Government. – Read more.

BskyB vote: time to put your money where your mouth is – Labour Uncut
By John Woodcock

After Ed Miliband made the running last week, members of parliament from all parties have said sensible things about the need for a new relationship between politicians and the press.

But the test of whether we understand the gravity of the current situation will come on Wednesday when the house of commons votes on Labour’s motion to delay the BSkyB takeover bid until the current criminal investigation into News International has concluded. I hope MPs on the government benches will put aside their differences and vote with us. They will have spent the weekend listening to constituents who simply will not understand if they talk a good game but fail to act. – Read more.

Monitor gives up on impossible job – FT Westminster blog
By Nicholas Timmins

Monitor, the current foundation trust regulator and, under the government’s NHS plans, soon to be the health service’s new economic regulator as well, has scrapped, at least for now, its plan to appoint a new chief executive. – Read more.