Not the Sun wot won it: what Murdoch’s half-hearted, last-minute endorsements mean for Labour

By John Jewell, Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University

Leaving it as late as editorially possible, the Sun has endorsed Labour. With an election day front page saying it’s “time for a change”, the Murdoch-owned tabloid says the Conservatives “have become a divided rabble, more interested in fighting themselves than running the country”.

Mere weeks ago, the former Sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie told the Independent that it would be “absolutely…

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