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It was only in April that Rupert Murdoch told the Leveson Inquiry he considered himself "half-Scottish". In 1985, Rupert became a US citizen in order to buy a chain of tv stations; to do that, he had to give up his Australian passport. Yesterday, he blamed "The English" for his strategic decision to split News Corporation in two; it was nothing to do with "hacking", he said.

Until July last year, this businessman with a self-professed medium- to long-term view wished to invest £7 billion to take full control of BSkyB.

If Chloe Smith v Paxman made you feel uncomfortable, try this from 5.45 in, to around 9.10. I'm rather pleased he's concentrating his thinking on the States.