Former Prime Minister Testifies On Rupert Murdoch's Manipulation Of UK Government [1]
Sir John Major [2] has claimed Rupert Murdoch [3] demanded his government change its policy on Europe or his papers would oppose him at the 1997 general election.
The former Conservative prime minister told the Leveson inquiry [4] on Tuesday that Murdoch delivered the ultimatum at a private meeting with the News Corporation founder on 2 February 1997, three months before the election in which the Tories lost heavily to New Labour.