Salmond told to 'come clean' over Murdoch and BSkyB

Opposition politicians have called on Alex Salmond to “come clean” about an apparent offer to intervene with the UK Government as part of News Corporation’s bid to take over BSkyB

Labour, Tories and the Liberal Democrats hit out at the First Minister after an email from a senior figure at the company claimed Mr Salmond would would call UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt “whenever we need him to”.

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