It was only a matter of time. Nearly two months after Rupert Murdoch joined the Twitterati, he's having a virtual row with pugnacious Labour MP Tom Watson. The News Corporation capo di tutti capi tweeted in defence of Rebekah Brooks, erstwhile apple of his eye and News International chief executive, over a certain equine story: "Now they are complaining about R Brooks saving an old horse from the glue factory!" Watson, who last year took his dogged pursuit of Murdoch over phone-hacking all the way to the News Corp AGM in Los Angeles, was having none of it: "@rupertmurdoch You comment on her horse but not on her insider knowledge of a criminal investigation into your company. Have you no shame?" Can't the poor guy get a moment's peace? On Wednesday Murdoch was kebabed by Alice Sheridan, feisty maw of former MSP Tommy Sheridan, who yelled "scum" at the soon-to-be 81-year-old as he was being bundled into News International's Glasgow office. At this rate, KRM may end up agreeing with some of News Corp's more rebellious US investors – that owning UK newspapers just isn't worth the hassle any more.
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