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The Labour Party missed out on the “full” backing of Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers and Labour leader Keir Starmer is expected to receive only half-hearted support. SunThat’s what those involved believe.
A final decision on whether to back Starmer has yet to be made. I I understand this is amidst some heated debate amongst executives at publisher News UK.
Winning the support of SunThe party, which has backed the Conservatives for the past 15 years, is seen as a symbolic prize for the Labour leader’s team.
The paper is expected to withhold its support until Mr Starmer and Rishi Sunak face grilling from its readers and political editor Harry Cole. I don’t care about the ballots. The web TV show is scheduled for Monday, June 24th.
Sources say there is little enthusiasm within News UK for Labour’s policy agenda.
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Starmer’s previous tenure as director of public prosecutions saw relations between potential prime ministers and senior government officials sour. Sun Journalists during the phone-tapping scandal.
Victoria Newton, SunThe editor-in-chief of Newsweek has a good personal relationship with Mr Sunak and is thought to speak regularly to the Prime Minister by phone.
A former insider said key figures were “pushing the Conservatives” including deputy editor James Slack, who served as communications director in Boris Johnson’s government.
But the Conservative Party’s slump in popularity during the election confirmed News UK bosses’ view that readers had turned decidedly against the party.
A News Corp source said: “The long-held view is that British newspapers are likely to support Labour and this is likely to happen.”
“Towards the end of the election campaign, Times Title and Sun To write editorials in favour of Keir Starmer.”
The source added: “They probably won’t be as vocal in their support as they were in the last election, but it’s clear Labour will win and we will support the winner.”
David Yelland, who was editor of the tabloid from 1998 to 2003, posted on X (formerly Twitter): “I’ve heard from a number of sources that Sun I will support Keir Starmer but only pray behind closed doors. It will give the impression of being powerful but it will not get much real support.”
There was no support in the Labour manifesto for national press regulation or for the implementation of a second phase of the Leveson inquiry, a reversal of 2019 election pledges, which were also seen as a necessary condition for supporting News UK.
However, another source said: “No decisions have been made yet and only a few people are involved. Ballot When will the debate finally take place? Sun We listen to our readers.”
Lachlan Murdoch, who took over the reins of News Corp and Fox from his father Rupert last year, is due to sign the final decision after consulting with UK executives led by News UK chief executive Rebecca Brooks. I I understand.
Rupert, 93, who recently remarried, likes to root for the winner of elections and, despite his retirement, maintains a keen interest in British newspapers.
former Sun Editor Kelvin McKenzie said it would be “utterly shocking” if Mr Murdoch were to go along with the decision to back Mr Starmer.
Starmer authorised the prosecution of 29 journalists from News UK and other publications for allegedly bribing public officials, but only one was ultimately convicted.
“Although most of the journalists were acquitted, their lives were still hurt and destroyed,” McKenzie said.
One staff member said:Sun Normally it would be decisive, but this decision came long overdue and no one expected Mr Sunak to suffer such a bad defeat in the polls.
“Newspapers like to be on the winning side, even if this time it’s half-hearted support with lots of conditions attached.”
Newton said, I don’t care about the ballots. Collision: “This is Sun “The aim is to engage readers at the heart of the UK election, asking the questions that matter most to them and their families.”
nevertheless Sun While print circulation has fallen to around one million from four million in the mid-nineties, the brand is seen by nine million people every day in print and online – a demographic of potential swing voters that Labour was hoping to reach.
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On Monday the Liberal Democrats published their manifesto, followed by the Conservatives on Tuesday, which included further cuts to NHS. On Wednesday the Greens will publish their manifesto, in which they hope to win key seats.
Labour’s manifesto launch on Thursday was interrupted by protesters calling for stronger policies for young people, but Mr Starmer was undeterred, announcing changes to the voting age and confirming the party’s positions on tax and spending cuts.
I has signed the Save Britain’s Rivers manifesto, calling on all political parties to commit to improving our waterways. The Liberal Democrats were the first to back the campaign, followed by the Green Party.
This week, the Labour Party Sun The website’s homepage featured a photo of Starmer and an advertisement urging readers to “Vote for change.”
The belated support for Starmer SunIn 1997 he decided to pledge allegiance to Tony Blair.
After years of trying to persuade the Labour leader, the paper moved quickly to back Blair just six weeks before the polls.
The full front-page support gave the Labour Party a huge boost, and five years later Sun He boasted that his hostility towards Neil Kinnock helped the Conservative party win the 1992 election.
Every day of”Sun Leadership column Says has given Mr Starmer little support so far during the election, warning that Labour must give more convincing answers on immigration, tax and plans to give workers more rights.
Nigel Farage is Sun On these issues, the paper dismissed Reform UK, saying voting for the party would simply give Labour “unlimited powers” to implement policies that reform supporters dislike.
Sister Newspaper Times The Conservatives have yet to back it either, and in a leader column this week he warned that with opinion polls showing Labour heading for a landslide victory there would be merit in “softening the defeat and maximising the strength of the Conservative opposition”.
Starmer retracted his promise not to give interviews. SunThe statement was made while he was running for Labour leader in 2020, in recognition of long-standing anger in Liverpool over the Hillsborough report.
He has already appeared I don’t care about the ballots.A public appeal has been made to Nike to remove the England Euro 2024 shirt, which introduces a new St George’s Cross design.
News UK declined to comment.
Murdoch and the Labour Party – Sun
After the public left the Labour Party in favour of the Conservatives in 1992, Sun The front page proclaimed: Sun Who won?”
On election day, the tabloids ran front pages like this: “If [Neil] Kinnock won today. The last person to leave the UK please turn off your lights.”
In July 1995, then-Labour leader Tony Blair flew halfway across the world to attend a News Corp conference on Hayman Island in Australia to strengthen his relationship with Rupert Murdoch.
Introducing him, the media mogul joked: “If you believe the British press, everything that happened today is all part of Blair and Murdoch’s flirting.”
“If the affair goes ahead, Tony, I think we’ll make love very discreetly, like two porcupines.”
The love affair was indeed consummated when Murdoch switched to Blair’s New Labour programme in 1997.
News Corp was affiliated to the Conservative Party for 12 years, before switching back to the Conservative Party in 2010 under David Cameron.
Over the past 20 years, Times In each election, they have supported the party that ultimately won the most seats.