Day 6 – Prisonomics
Jonnie Marbles wrote this from prison, where he was serving time for throwing a cream pie at Rupert Murdoch. See his previous prison blogs here. Here, as far as I can…
Jonnie Marbles Prison Blog – Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Wandsworth
Jonnie Marbles wrote this from prison, where he was serving time for throwing a cream pie at Rupert Murdoch. See his previous prison blogs here. I’m worried I’m going to…
Jonnie Marbles Prison Blog – Don’t Fear The Jailer
Jonnie Marbles wrote this from prison, where he was serving time for throwing a cream pie at Rupert Murdoch. See his previous prison blogs here. Every day feels like a…
Jonnie Marbles prison blog: 47 hours in a locked room
Jonnie Marbles wrote this from prison, where he was serving time for throwing a cream pie at Rupert Murdoch. See his previous prison blogs here. I'm tired and I need…
The fungibility of Rebekah Brooks
Economists have a word for it: fungibility. It describes how replaceable a type of commodity is. Art isn't at all fungible - every piece is unique. Money is highly fungible.…
An Open Letter to Jenny Jones
Dear Jenny, I’ve been following your thoughts on Twitter about yesterday’s select committee hearings which saw Andy Hayman and John Yates volunteer to open the parliamentary barbecue season. I sense…
Murdoch, New Labour, Credit Crunch, Expenses: collapses of concentrated power
Four years, and four great institutions of British capitalist hegemony have been shaken by crisis. In 2008, the banks collapsed. In 2009, it was expenses and 'trust in MPs'. In…
Murdoch’s media: it’s ownership, not regulation, that matters
In the coming weeks we must surely move the discussion around the News of the World from the details of phone hacking to the questions of control. Already, David Cameron…
Why I’m not Cheering the News of the World’s Demise.
So this Sunday's News Of The World will be the last, after over 150 years James Murdoch has announced that News International's biggest selling paper is to close. You'd think…