All parties unite in bid to stop BSkyB takeover

RUPERT MURDOCH was urged to bow to the will of the British parliament yesterday after it emerged all three main parties are set to back a call for him to abandon his takeover bid for BSkyB.

The Tories and the Liberal Democrats said they would be supporting a motion tabled by Labour leader Ed Miliband when it comes before MPs today.

The text insists it is “in the public interest for Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation to withdraw their bid for BSkyB”.