If Max Clifford deserves £1m, what price the Dowler family?/July 12th 2011.

Richie - My good friend trades union activist Dave Salt joined us in the snug Saturday night to celebrate the imminent demise of the vile and corrupt Murdoch media empire. Old Dave is a veteran of Wapping and Orgrive and, like most on the sensible Left, has been warning about the insidious influence of News International since the early 80s. "Thatcher's Tories bent over backwards to crush the print unions and allow Murdoch a free reign" he said cradling his pint of mild. "Who would have thought that Britain would be subjected to Stasiesque spying on an industrial scale and the PM would be Murdoch's official sock-puppet!" There was much mirth regarding Flashman Cameron and his inept performance during the crisis, unlike Red Ed who's showing much-needed backbone. "You can guarantee that Milliband will be targeted by NI's friends in the media, Bob. They'll be calling him a cross-dressing macaque monkey before the end of the week!" Now that's spooky, eh Rich ? Rich ? You there Richie ?