Billy Bragg makes some very pertinent musical points about the Murdoch Empire:

The background (if you don’t know the story already) to his chorus line “Scousers never buy the Sun” is the virtual city-wide boycott of the Sun that has held for over twenty years. Following the disaster at the Hillsborough Stadium in which 96 Liverpool fans were killed, the Sun published various disgusting and untrue allegations about the conduct of the Liverpool fans at the game. This article gives the background