The Gerrard Chronicles 2011 - The Campaign Trail

The hacking scandal was all over the papers & media but only once it was revealed that the News of the Screws had hacked the murdered Milly Dowler's mobile telephone & helped o mess up the police enquiry. Otherwise, this media bandit would probably have aquired BSkyB on the nod from the bankers' friends in power, the bankers having until now have seen Murdoch as highly bankable. Many people do not realise that the monster has built his empire on borrowed money. Ken attended the demo outside the High Court when the matter of police access to News International's files was being sought. Ken says if he had been HomeSecretary, Wapping would have been surround by police tape, it being a crime scene & no Murdoch papers published until very slow & tedious legal actions had been completed. However, it has been proved that the police were hand-in-glove with Murdoch. Later, he & his son lied to the House of commons Select Committee. The lad on the right was one of the UKUnCut protesters who went into Fortnum & Masons, causing no damage but have been charged with criminal damage.

The three-day trial happened while we were on a cruise. All the defendants, who were aged 19 to 42, were given a six-month conditional discharge and a £1,000 fine for prosecution costs. One defendant, Jake Colman, was given a further fine after admitting breaching an order given in conjunction with previous environmental direct action.