Theresa May had a private meeting with Rupert Murdoch during a flying visit to New York last week, in which she made her maiden speech to the UN as prime minister. The meeting, less than three months after she was appointed prime minister, is notable given her previous reputation for keeping the media at arm’s length. The meeting between Murdoch and May, never part of the “Chipping Norton set” of her predecessor, David Cameron, suggests that she is happy to nurture a relationship between Downing Street and the Murdoch media empire, which had been strained by the phone-hacking scandal. May managed to squeeze in the meeting with Murdoch during the one-night trip. Downing Street confirmed that a “brief meeting” had taken place.

Source: The Guardian September 29, 2016 12:54 UTC