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Tony Gallagher, appointed as editor-in-chief
of The Sun in September 2015, a former editor
at The Daily Telegraph and former joint deputy
editor of the Daily Mail.
The Sun officially endorsed the ‘Leave’
campaign in the Brexit vote in June 2016. The
‘BeLeave in Britain’ front-page headline was
only present on copies distributed in England
and Wales; editions for the rest of the UK (and
Ireland) led on other topics.
Earlier this year Kelvin MacKenzie, the
newspaper’s former editor wrote a column
comparing Everton star Ross Barkley to
a gorilla and saying he was one of the
“dimmest footballers”, although he claimed
that he had no idea Barkley, 23, had a
Nigerian grandfather.
In recent weeks The Sun has led with covers
blaring “JEZZA’S [Sunspeak for Corbyn’s]
JIHADI COMRADES’ and ‘SHOCK POLL: ONE
IN FIVE MUSLIMS’ SYMPATHY FOR JIHADIS’.
It usually wraps up its UK election coverage
with blind attacks on the Left, like the
invocation ,“WILL THE LAST PERSON TO LEAVE
BRITAIN PLEASE TURN THE LIGHTS OUT in
1992 against Labour leader Neil Kinnock
(generating the subsequent ‘IT’S THE SUN
WOT WON IT’). Its edition of 8 June 2017,
election day, was typical.
June 2017
Sun editor,
Tony Gallagher
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