Proposals backed by poll, if implemented by the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, would end the historic domination of British politics by media billionaires such as Murdoch and Rothermere.
A new poll has found that a majority of the British public would support a ban on foreign-based individuals and companies owning UK media organisations.
According to a new YouGov survey for the Media Sovereignty Act Campaign [https://mediasovereignty.org], over six in ten (63%) of the British public would support an outright ban on foreign ownership of UK media, with a similar number (63%) showing support for a ban on one company or individual owning more than one national newspaper or broadcast corporation.
The findings, published today, show that public opinion on the issue of media ownership and...
