GQ's most influential men

[wellinghall]

These are the top 10 "most influential men [in Britain] ... the result of exhaustive discussion between the GQ editors and a panel of independent judges."

1. David Cameron ("PM in waiting")
2. Lord Mandelson ("de facto head of government")
3. James Murdoch (Chairman and Chief Executive, News Corp Europe and Asia; Executive Chairman, News International)
4. George Osborne (Shadow Chancellor)
5. Rupert Murdoch (Chairman and Chief Executive, News Corporation)
6. Viscount Rothermere (Chairman, Daily Mail & General Trust)
7. Sir Philip Green (Owner, Arcadia Group)
8. Paul Dacre (Editor-in-Chief, Associated Newspapers)
9. Gordon Brown ("PM (until next year)")
10. Mervyn King (Governor, The Bank of England)

Comments

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I heard a mention on Radio 4 in the summer that James Murdoch was very much a man in his own right, and not just a mouthpiece for his father - but I can't remember just what was said. I'll see what GQ says about both of them (although it is just a few lines).

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

Fairy nuff; I don't think I was doing anything other than assuming....