Lying Sun filth and Murdoch trying to steal the election

[SE13]

None of the Labour voters were complaining when The Sun did it from 97 until they switched back to the Tories......

[Briggsy]

The Mirror have been sucking on labours cock for years covering up all the scandals and not reporting it like other papers they tried to do to Tony Blair what the sun done for Jade Goody. The simple fact is Labour will not be in power in a couple of months! I will never vote labour and neither will a lot of people down south. The fact is northern people will never forgive the Tories for the pit closures. Even though its a outdated energy source they where using

[UFGN]

None of the Labour voters were complaining when The Sun did it from 97 until they switched back to the Tories......

Hang on who is a labour voter? I wont be voting Labour. I havent decided who I will vote for. They "switched" to Labour because at the time that is what Murdoch wanted them to do, He has now told them he wants a Conservative government and they have turnrd again.

[Fordy]

most people round here wont vote conservative because of the pitts your right it stupid if labour started killing babys on live tv most the tits round here would still vote for them

[Inchpräctice]

Although a little more judgmental than some of the other comments on Sun readers, you hit the nail on the head.

You call it judgemental, some would call it a stereotype, I call it accurate.
I had plasterers and painters working in my house a few weeks ago and they all read The Sun, and they all based their opinions on what they had just read that morning. Fact.

Sad but true.

[UFGN]

if labour started killing babys on live tv most the tits round here would still vote for them

What do you mean if? Did you not see some of the reports during the Iraq war?

[Fordy]

i read about it in the sun

[Libertine]

I disagree UFGN.
Far from corruptly influencing the vote, i think the Sun just want to be able to say "we backed the winning party".
They only backed Labour because it was obvious they were going to win by a mile in previous elections.
Labour have no chance (in my opinion) of winning the upcoming election and a i believe lot of people who are saying they'll vote Lib Dem won't have the bottle to tick the box when push comes to shove.
As far as i can see The Sun merely want to be able to pat themselves on the back again and print another "It's the Sun what won it!" headline.

[Est83]

I disagree UFGN.
Far from corruptly influencing the vote, i think the Sun just want to be able to say "we backed the winning party".
They only backed Labour because it was obvious they were going to win by a mile in previous elections.
Labour have no chance (in my opinion) of winning the upcoming election and a i believe lot of people who are saying they'll vote Lib Dem won't have the bottle to tick the box when push comes to shove.
As far as i can see The Sun merely want to be able to pat themselves on the back again and print another "It's the Sun what won it!" headline.

Strong argument

[UFGN]

I disagree UFGN.
Far from corruptly influencing the vote, i think the Sun just want to be able to say "we backed the winning party".
They only backed Labour because it was obvious they were going to win by a mile in previous elections.
Labour have no chance (in my opinion) of winning the upcoming election and a i believe lot of people who are saying they'll vote Lib Dem won't have the bottle to tick the box when push comes to shove.
As far as i can see The Sun merely want to be able to pat themselves on the back again and print another "It's the Sun what won it!" headline.

If Rupert Murdoch was not their owner I would say you were right. Its not about selling papers otherwise the Mirror would also be doing it. Backing Brown cant be winning them many readers right now.

[Libertine]

If Rupert Murdoch was not their owner I would say you were right. Its not about selling papers otherwise the Mirror would also be doing it. Backing Brown cant be winning them many readers right now.

The vast majority of Daily Mirror readers are Labour supporters and they won't vote for another party.
The vast majority of Sun readers are Conservative supporters and they won't vote for anybody else either.

I genuinley don't think there's anything sinister behind the Sun backing the Conservatives because, apart from Tony Blair's "New Labour" years, it's the party they've always supported.

[Inchpräctice]

I disagree UFGN.
Far from corruptly influencing the vote, i think the Sun just want to be able to say "we backed the winning party".
They only backed Labour because it was obvious they were going to win by a mile in previous elections.
Labour have no chance (in my opinion) of winning the upcoming election and a i believe lot of people who are saying they'll vote Lib Dem won't have the bottle to tick the box when push comes to shove.
As far as i can see The Sun merely want to be able to pat themselves on the back again and print another "It's the Sun what won it!" headline.

That sounds a bit too cuddly and naive to me.

What do they have to gain from backing the winning party?
If they back a party and don't win they'll just say it was a fix and then spend the next five years crucifying that party.

[Libertine]

What do they have to gain from backing thev winning party?

They get to say "The Sun was right, we have our finger on the pulse, read us not the Mirror." like they do when they get any other prediction right.

If they back a party and don't win they'll just say it was a fix and then spend the next five years crucifying that party.

They backed Labour last time out but they've spent the last 3 years slaughtering them.

[Inchpräctice]

What do they have to gain from backing thev winning party?

They get to say "The Sun was right, we have our finger on the pulse, read us not the Mirror." like they do when they get any other prediction right.

Is that a massive market-share winner for them? I'm not convinced. Call me cynical but I'm more inclined to believe that Murdoch is behind it.

[Libertine]

I think people over do the Sun's influence.

There was some programme on BBC4 a while back (can't remember what is was called, i was watching it on nights) saying about how the Sun was claiming they were behind the Labour election victory in 1997, when in fact only 2 out of 5 Sun readers actually bother to vote.