By Daily Mail Reporter
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The war of words between Rupert Murdoch and Gordon Brown intensified yesterday as the tycoon stood by his claim that the former Prime Minister had ‘declared war’ on his media empire.
On Wednesday, Mr Murdoch told the Leveson Inquiry that an ‘unbalanced’ Mr Brown made the threat in a 2009 phone call to him after the Sun switched its allegiance from Labour to the Tories.
Mr Brown then issued a terse statement accusing Mr Murdoch of misleading the inquiry, saying: ‘I did not phone Mr Murdoch or meet him, or write to him about his decision.’
Difference of opinion: Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Rupert Murdoch have given different accounts of their relationship after the Sun newspaper switched allegiances from Labour to the Tories
Yesterday, when Mr Murdoch resumed his testimony, he was asked about Mr Brown’s contradiction of his evidence.
‘I said that very carefully under oath yesterday and I stand by every word of it,’ he declared.
He went on to claim their row had driven a vengeful Mr Brown to order his lieutenant Lord Mandelson to make up lies about a ‘secret deal’ between Mr Murdoch and David Cameron.
Lord Justice Leveson has heard some contradictory statements from former PM Gordon Brown and Rupert Murdoch this week
The mogul told Lord Justice Leveson: ‘Lord Mandelson, who was then the most senior member of the Cabinet, charged News International with having done a deal with Cameron.
‘He did this under order from Mr Brown, knowing it to be false. That’s in his own autobiography, that he reluctantly went out to do what he was told, and I think that just reflects on Mr Brown’s state of mind at the time.’
The feud between the two men, who were once so close that their wives held a ‘slumber party’ together at Chequers, raises the possibility of Mr Brown being called early to give his version of events to Lord Justice Leveson.
Mr Murdoch yesterday submitted to the inquiry an exchange of letters he had with Mr Brown in April 2010.
The then prime minister pleaded with him to stop the Sun accusing him of letting down British soldiers in Afghanistan with a lack of proper equipment.
Labour went on to lose the General El ection.
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I miss Gordon he was good for a laugh.
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i all ways thought he had declared war on us ENGLISH as revenge for Culloden and Bonny Prince Charlie he did everything he could to ruin us
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Why does the use of the word "unbalanced" not surprise me ?
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In 13 years in power I dont think Gordon Brown ever told one truth !!!
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In this case I believe Murdoch ! We all knew what Brown's temper was like ! We saw it first hand .
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In this case I believe Murdoch ! We all knew what Brown's temper was like ! We saw it first hand .
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you have to believe murdoch on this one,browns decisions such as selling our gold at a cheap rate,and his belief he had ended boom and bust as he wrecked the economy,or taking 10p tax from the poor the give it to give it to richers tax payers,denying our troops were short of equipment when infact they were,were they actions of a balanced mind.
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Gordon unbalanced? Sounds on the button to me!
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If Brown claims today is Friday most people would check the calendar before believing him. I guess that makes him quality material for British PM.
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Gordon was never "Man" enough to be PM, he will be remembered as useless.
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