It does stack up and Gus O Donnell has confirmed that he advised Brown that what he was proposing to do would likely end in legal action against the Government that would derail any election process. What it shows and O Donnell confirmed this, was that despite his wife's friendship with Brookes...
Simster has a very valid point. Blair was too far involved with Murdoch however Blair was also being roundly criticised by the Murdoch press for much of his time in office (Richard Littlejohn and Trevor kavanagh for example) so no matter how in he may have been with the board of NI, the rank and...
Blair was most likely as involved with Murdoch as the current Tory party are. Brown I think time will porve was not as much so. As I wrote on here previously, his friendship with Brooks was severely damaged as he has become aware of the deceit she used when dealing with him over the family...