Rupert Murdoch comes out in support of Jeremy Corbyn

First Russell Brand, and now Rupert Murdoch has joined the list of ‘endorsements Jeremy Corbyn might not actually want’. The News UK media mogul, whose papers backed the Tories in the general election, says that Corbyn is the only Labour leadership candidate who actually believes in something:

Corbyn increasingly likely Labor winner. Seems only candidate who believes anything, right or wrong.

— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) August 20, 2015

The praise is somewhat limited for Corbyn — who Murdoch says will most likely win — with the newspaper proprietor hastily adding a disclaimer that Corbyn’s beliefs may not actually be right. ‘Seems only candidate who believes anything, right or wrong,’ he says.

While Mr S is unsure that Corbyn will write home about this one, should he be elected it could mark a new era for the Murdoch press and Labour. Murdoch had a long running spat with Ed Miliband during the general election, after the then Labour leader boasted that he had and would continue to stand up to Murdoch even though it meant his papers — which include the Sun and the Times — may give him bad publicity. Murdoch’s