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Jessica Brown
Jun 09, 2017
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Labour is forecasted to win 261 seats in the general election, despite all odds.
It seemed everything was against the party; from newspaper front pages begging the public to keep their vote as far away from leader Jeremy Corbyn as possible to abysmal polling numbers.
The Sun urged readers not to “chuck Britain in the Cor-bin,” while The Daily Mail offered readers a guide to tactical voting in order to keep the Tories in power.
But many are calling the results a victory for Corbyn against the "Murdoch machine".
A crushing defeat also for Murdoch (The Sun, Times of London), The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph.— Wolfgang Blau (@Wolfgang Blau) 1496985202
A great shift of power has taken place from Murdoch & Dacre to social media and the young— Anthony Barnett (@Anthony Barnett) 1496965643
So it’s no surprise to hear that media mogul Rupert Murdoch allegedly stormed out of The Times’ election party (a newspaper that most definitely endorsed the Tories) when he saw an exit poll predicting a hung parliament.
The former MP John Prescott claims that he heard this from a “very good source”.
Heard from very good source who was there that Rupert Murdoch stormed out of The Times Election Party after seeing the Exit Poll 😂 #Vote2017— John Prescott (@John Prescott) 1496964279
Murdoch obviously angry that after backing May he may not see the Tories deliver on their manifesto promise to scrap Leveson 2 & Section 40— John Prescott (@John Prescott) 1496964481
indy100 has contacted representatives of Mr Murdoch for comment or clarification of Mr Prescott's claims
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