It’s been a tough 2012 for David Cameron and the coalition government, but it could be about to get a whole lot worse, as it has been reported that Rupert Murdoch wants London mayor Boris Johnson to take the helm and replace Cameron as Conservative Party chief and run for PM in 2015.
Murdoch ditched Gordon Brown and Labour to back David Cameron at the last election, but relations between the two have soured since the phone hacking scandal, and many feel Murdoch favours replacing him with Johnson as the solution.
Whether this is genuine or not, the fact that it has made the news should be disconcerting enough for Cameron and his closest allies in government, like it or not history shows us that the politician who has Murdoch on side ends up Prime Minister.
If Cameron has lost Murdoch’s support then it would be a real kick in the teeth as Cameron publicly campaigned for Johnson’s re-election as mayor of London, and now he could find himself being ousted.
Again I must re-iterate it's hard to say how accurate this story is, but coincidence or not Johnson has invited Murdoch to join him and watch some Olympic swimming tonight.
That’s assuming Johnson doesn’t plan to do any zip-wiring between now and then.
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