âHe then turned to Brookes who bowed low and said: âPeter Brookes, sir, the Times,â at which point Phil the Greek exploded ⦠âThe Times? Bloody Murdoch rag! Wouldnât have it in the house! Dreadful self-righteous rubbish!â âAt which point I interjected to say that the Guardian was the self-righteous one, to which he replied: âNot as bad as the bloody Times!â and stalked off. Needless to say, he went up considerably in my estimation at this point and his comments are worth bearing in mind as all those News International â as was â papers drool over his memory. He clearly hated them.â