Murdoch's hero
The seasoned journalist Geoffrey Goodman has just reminded me that the student used to have a bust of Lenin on his college mantlepiece.
"Why?" his Labour Club colleague, Gerald Kaufman, reportedly asked him.
"My hero," said Murdoch.
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Comment number 1.
At 30th Sep 2009, JunkkMale wrote:I have only a vague idea of what this is on about.
Is there a sentence missing, or is news reporting now all going to be cryptic in future?
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Comment number 2.
At 30th Sep 2009, bookhimdano wrote:will people be expected to walk past his coffin for 70 years then?
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Comment number 3.
At 30th Sep 2009, barriesingleton wrote:IF MEMORY SERVES (MINE - NOT HARRIET'S)
Didn't Blair do a deal with the Sunny Digger that was vital to his rise and survival? Even to securing his just war?
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Comment number 4.
At 1st Oct 2009, Quietzapple wrote:Lenin was truly the man of iron. But . . .
A lecturer who shared Murdoch's hero worship claimed a chunk of Lenin's brain was blown away in an assassination attempt, and the man continued his determined revolutionary career.
In the '50s i suppose people believed things like that.
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