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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Breaking news: Murdoch's secret meetings with Jeremy Hunt</span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
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<font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/m/74c05da0/2d40d977/58b30608/4674f810/3499939592/VEsH/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Rupert Murdoch" style="border: 4px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);" src="cid:B692E1B7-8683-4086-B4EA-7692714C0849" border="0" height="90" width="160"></span></a></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jeremy Hunt is having secret meetings with Murdoch's lobby team. It looks like they could be trying to strike a deal.</span></font></b></b></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If thousands of us email our MPs</span></font></b></b>, <b><b><font face="Times New Roman">we can create a furore and stop him getting away with it.</font></b></b></p>
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</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear Heather<br><br>It's just been <b><b><font face="Times New Roman">revealed by the BBC that Ofcom think there are big problems with Murdoch's BSkyB power grab.</font></b></b> [1] Their report to Jeremy Hunt says the Competition Commission needs to be involved.<br>
<br>But <b><b><font face="Times New Roman">Jeremy Hunt is sitting on the report </font></b></b>and refusing to make it public. Instead, he's been locked in secret meetings with Murdoch's representatives. [2] It looks like <b><b><font face="Times New Roman">he could be trying to cook up a way of giving the Murdoch power grab the green light</font></b></b>.<br>
<br>Things could move very quickly - if Jeremy Hunt thinks he can get away with this, <b><b><font face="Times New Roman">he could give Rupert Murdoch the go-ahead in the next couple of days</font></b></b>. We need to move fast to create a political storm about this dodgy behaviour, and speak up in favour of the independent inquiry which Ofcom says is necessary.<br>
<br>The more attention we get for the issue from MPs and the media, the less room Jeremy Hunt has to stitch anything up.<b><b><font face="Times New Roman">We need to flood our MPs with messages today telling them to speak out against the secrecy</font></b></b>. Jeremy Hunt needs to be hearing from MPs in all parties saying he has to follow Ofcom's recommendation.<br>
<br>Please <b><b><font face="Times New Roman">click here to send an urgent e-mail to your MP</font></b></b>. Demand an end to the secret meetings and for Jeremy Hunt to do what Ofcom has said he should do:<br><a href="http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/m/74c05da0/2d40d977/58b30608/4674f811/3499939592/VEsF/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://www.38degrees.org.uk/hunts-secret-meetings</a><br>
<br>The BBC's Robert Peston sums up the suspicious behaviour of Jeremy Hunt: "What I don't understand is why Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, has not simply published the report and announced that there will be a further Competition Commission enquiry". [1] <b><b><font face="Times New Roman">Why is he only showing the report to Murdoch's lobbying team?</font></b></b> There's a real risk he's working with them to find a way round the Ofcom report.<br>
<br><b><b><font face="Times New Roman">If thousands of us e-mail our MPs today, Jeremy Hunt will realise that the public won't stand for a new conspiracy with Rupert Murdoch. </font></b></b>MPs will start contacting Jeremy Hunt directly telling him their voters are up in arms!<br>
<br>Together <b><b><font face="Times New Roman">we've proved that it is possible for people to stand up to Rupert Murdoch and win.</font></b></b>When we first started our campaign to challenge Murdoch's BSkyB power grab, even some 38 Degrees members thought we had bitten off more than we could chew. But now we've discovered that our pressure has persuaded Ofcom to make the right recommendation. People power is working -<b><b><font face="Times New Roman">let's work together today to stop Jeremy Hunt</font></b></b> trying to dodge us.<br>
<br><b><b><font face="Times New Roman">Please take two minutes to send an e-mail to your MP and ask them to speak out:</font></b></b><br><a href="http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/m/74c05da0/2d40d977/58b30608/4674f811/3499939592/VEsC/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://www.38degrees.org.uk/hunts-secret-meetings</a><br>
<br><br>Thanks for being involved,<br><br>Hannah, David, Johnny and the 38 Degrees team</span></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
NOTES<br>[1]<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2011/01/ofcom_says_news_corps_sky_bid.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2011/01/ofcom_says_news_corps_sky_bid.htm</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/10/news-corp-bskyb-bid?INTCMP=SRCH" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/10/news-corp-bskyb-bid?INTCMP=SRCH</a></span></font></p>
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