Whatever your political views, I hope I speak for us all

Jimbob · Whatever your political views, I hope I speak for us all

when I say I don't want a right wing, neocon, idiotic Australian, who lives in America, decide the outcome of the British election

The fact that The Sun has switched sides unfortunately is a bigger news story than it should be. I'm no Labour supporter(although do, in general prefer them to the tories but that's not saying much) but it angers me when so many people pay attention to the views of someone who isn't even eligible to vote in this country anyway! What the hell does it have to do with him?

I will vote how I wish to vote. Not how the newspaper I read tells me to vote. I urge you all to do the same. If you want to vote Tory fine, vote Tory. But don't do it because Murdoch tells you to. Do it if you think that they best represent YOUR views(not Rupert Murdoch's).

ngreggors

What percentage of Sun readers vote?

Are people that read the Sun really going to change their vote that easily? Did they wake up this morning thinking "Yesterday I was a Labour supporter, today I am a Tory"?

I think too much is being made of this, although it will obviously not exactly help Labours cause (which was probably lost anyway!) and the Torys must be rubbing their hands with glee.

Are the political leanings of papers as marked as they used to be and does that decide what paper you buy? Personally, it makes absolutely no difference to me. I switch from the Times, to the Guardian, to the Racing Post etc depending on the day of the week (supplement).

accajacca

bit of a nothing story really.

the tories will win the next election by a landslide, and the sun want to be able to run some terrible headline about how their support won it for them and how they backed the right horse etc, so they've switched allegiance. i dare say it also suits mr murdoch's business interests to be seen to be a supporter of whoever is in power. i don't suppose he really gives a toss who that might be.

the most worrying element of the whole issue is that the sun is the nation's favourite newspaper and its political allegiances are national news. we are a nation of cretins and the sun has monopolised the market in cretins who buy newspapers. i genuinely think that if they so chose they could start race riots, class wars, whatever they wanted. never underestimate how impressionable and ignorant people can be.

alansouthcoast

ngreggors

Death n Taxes

the headline is todays news but going forward it is about the lilt they put on any given story. Take the news that gordon plans to stop tax relief on child care vouchers with the savings used to fund nursery places for less priveleged children.

Old sun headline might have read 'labour to provide nursery places for less priveleged children.' Headline now might read ' labour pours further misery on working families'

Over time biased repoerting will sway many people even if the instant shift of support doesn't.

golfswing

On a personal note. If the SUN are urging us to vote Tory then I will probably vote for Labour.

Papa 3

The S*N banner should be.

alansouthcoast

Machiavellian

Jimbob in seething shocker

Gorg_George

golfswing

alansouthcoast

Ray, sadly these days all politicians are much of a muchness.

awaywardlad

The Daily Mash has more sense in it than the Sun.

geordie_racer

Flipando

I have very little knowledge of the subject but surely a newspaper has the right to change its political opinions. OK, sure, it may effect those sheep who just follow whatever the paper says but that isn't the paper's problem. Free choice and all that; it's no secret that Brown's considered to be doing a "bad" job so why is it such a problem that the Sun has changed its political standpoint? Shoot me down, but as an uninformed "normal" chap, I don't see a problem.

Owl of Minerva

Flipando

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