Ed Miliband: Jeremy Hunt cannot stay in his post

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Ed Miliband: Jeremy Hunt cannot stay in his post

By The Labour Party ⋅ April 24, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Responding to allegations that Jeremy Hunt, the Culture secretary, used a secret channel to pass information to James Murdoch about the BSkyB bid, Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, said tonight:

“Jeremy Hunt should have been standing up for the interests of the British people. In fact, it now turns out he was standing up for the interests of the Murdochs.

“He should resign.

“He himself said that his duty was to be transparent, impartial and fair in the BSkyB takeover. But now we know that he was providing advice, guidance and privileged access to News Corporation. He was acting as a backchannel for the Murdochs.

“He cannot stay in his post. And if he refuses to resign, the Prime Minister must show some leadership and fire him.”

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I’ve got to be honest each time we have a government we have politician like this and calls for sacking labour had a few Blunkett and Purnell, Madelson, Mcbride, and of course the expenses cheats and the tax avoidance, but in the end I’m sick and tired of point scoring what I need to know is what will labour do, and the silly five points queens speech does nothing for me.