[citation needed] Shah held various jobs, amongst which was floor manager for Granada's television studio.
[citation needed] As the owner of six local newspapers, Shah employed anti-trade union laws introduced by the Margaret Thatcher governments to defeat the print unions after national strikes that went on for seven months, despite receiving death threats.
They had been ordered to strike by the NGA in protest against the employment of non-union members, Shah believed this to be an illegitimate reason after recent laws passed by the Thatcher government.
In response, the National Graphical Association (NGA) began mass picketing of the Messenger's offices.
On 29 November the courts sequestered the NGAs bank accounts to force payment, and kept them frozen as long as the NGA continued illegal action.
[7][8] In January 1985 the NGA agreed to abide by the court orders, and removed support for the picket.
The strike ended entirely in May[9] In 1986 he launched Today, selling it in 1987 to Tiny Rowland's conglomerate Lonrho.
The company was producing The Caesars (1968) and Jennifer White[11] was an actress playing Caligula's sister in the series.
His comments drew strong criticism from the National Association of People Abused in Childhood, who said that rape was always a crime and the law was configured on the assumption that adults would want to protect children.