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12 June 2014updated 24 Jun 2021 1:00pm

Ed Miliband, the anti-Murdoch crusader, poses with a special edition of the Sun

The Labour leader posing with the Sun's special World Cup edition isn't the best banner for his battle against Murdoch...

By Media Mole

Ed Miliband, the Labour leader often celebrated by his supporters for standing up to the big bad “vested interests” like banks, energy companies and the Murdoch empire, has posed with a picture of the Sun‘s special edition.

Here he is, awkwardly holding the Murdoch tabloid’s World Cup issue, 22m of which are being distributed around the country for free.

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