Of course, given that Griffin is already a four-time loser, it seems that he either lacks a really good escape plan or the fates do not smile kindly upon him.
Readers and viewers who know Murdoch purely as a name or as one of those figures so wealthy, and granted such frictionless mobility by their wealth, that they never seem to be in the part of the world that you expect them to be were startled to see a senior gent, with sparse white hair and a clownish smile, descend upon London.