Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history.

Although his personality is generally quite agreeable, Mr Murdoch has no loyalty to anyone or anything except his company.

I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me.

I am a passport-carrying citizen of the E.U.

Terrorists cannot threaten the survival of a great nation.

Guerrilla wars, and even more so terrorist assaults, are conducted only by forces with insufficient strength to carry out a real war.

While few judges or prosecutors would be afraid to exercise their perfectly legitimate discretion in favour of an ordinary man, not to mention a minority group member, most would be terrified to exercise the same discretion for someone politically, financially or socially powerful.