By James Chapman and Tim Shipman PUBLISHED: 03:46 EST, 11 June 2012 | UPDATED: 02:02 EST, 12 June 2012 Exit: Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves the Leveson Inquiry at the High Court in London after a controversial morning of evidence Gordon Brown yesterday accused Rupert Murdoch of lying on oath in his claim to the Leveson Inquiry that the former prime minister ‘declared war’ on his media empire. Mr Brown said an alleged ‘unbalanced’ phone call the tycoon claimed was made after The Sun switched its backing to the Tories did not take place. ‘This call did not happen. The threat was not made. I find it shocking. There is no evidence that it happened,’ he said.
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The former PM denied he called Mr Murdoch to threaten him with war after The Sun backed the Tories
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Sarah and I never gave permission for the Sun to print a story about his son Fraser's cystic fibrosis, he said
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Asked why his wife remained friends with Rebekah Brooks afterwards, 'My wife is the most forgiving person I know,' he said
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