Well, it’s been a funny old week hasn’t it? First my Sunday reading got wiped out with the News of the Screws full of self-congratulatory nonsense about how they had banged up loads of criminals and exposed fraudsters on a global scale, under the banner of “It was us wot won it”.
As hard as I looked, and believe me I read every bloody page, there wasn’t a “celebrity whipped in chains” scandal in sight. Now I find out that The Sunday Times is on the “do-not-read” hit-list too. Sundays just won’t be the same again with the distinctly “worthy” Observer and the “old skool” Sunday People… How on earth am I going to find out what Max Moseley is getting up to now?
Anyway, I hadn’t realised but apparently the Idol household has had a major part to play in News Corp’s fall from grace. You see, the missus signed me and the rest of the family up as members of 38 Degrees, the pressure group originally set up to save the UK’s top dogging sites, er, I mean forests. First thing on Wednesday I got an email from them…
Dear Ivan
Yes! Together we’ve done it – Rupert Murdoch just abandoned his bid to takeover BSkyB. This is a huge turnaround. Only a few days ago David Cameron claimed it was impossible to stop the BSkyB deal.
Then, nearly 100,000 of us emailed our MPs demanding the government act (first I’ve heard of it!). Suddenly, late yesterday, MPs of all parties united to tell Murdoch to call the deal off. And this afternoon, Rupert Murdoch finally caved in. People power worked!
This is a huge breakthrough, and a huge moment for people power in the UK. We’re powerful because we work together – so let’s decide together what we do next. Should we do more work to clean up politics and the media? Should we work together to protect the NHS or the environment? Or something else?
Have your say – take two minutes to set the future direction of 38 Degrees here: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/murdoch-poll
Thanks for getting involved,
David, Marie, Cian, Becky, Johnny, Hannah and the 38 Degrees team
Bloody hell, those tree huggers sure have expanded their network since Swampy had a silver birch shoved where the sun don’t shine, haven’t they?
The thing is, I reckon we could have a bit of fun with this so-called people power, don’t you? How about trying to get them to vote for a three-day week? Or maybe to bring back smoking in pubs? Or how about an extra Bank Holiday for people who work in DM? Of course I’m open to suggestions – this people power shit is catching! – so why don’t you email me your suggestions or post them in the comment section below…
Don’t forget, these guys single-handedly brought down Murdoch you know, imagine what they could do for us?
(Got anything you’re dying to get off your chest? Email me, discretion guaranteed! ivan.idol@hotmail.co.uk)
