The Sun Turns Tory

Well lets be honest it was inevitable, they even hinted it would happen, but at least it helps clear the air, not least for those Sun hacks and Labour activists who were never comfortable with each other and culturally and politically loathe each other.

The Sun is in some respects a genius newspaper. It is inventive, sometimes witty, and has an ability to know what many in this country are thinking. That said it has many faults; it can be bullying, misogynistic, vindictive, common, and at times (such as Hillsborough), not only be grossly out of touch, but allows the nasty prejudices of it's Editorial team to lead it towards self harm. It is also opportunistic and follows what it thinks is the prevailing wind and, for me, does not follow the golden ethos of what news should be about, that is to educate, entertain, and inform.

For me it is a great tragedy that the social standards of the past generations in wanting to educate oneself, to want to help those less fortunate in society instead of No 1, seem to be slipping by the wayside. Our nation needs to be consistently run by the socially aware, not the socially selfish. In other words an ideal society should never be dominated by those with the economics of Arthur Daley and the politics of Alf Garnett and the fact that Thatcherism allowed such individuals to have a more dominant role in our society is one of the great tragedies of our age.

I hope that come the next election, Labour will win and The Sun will have made a great mistake and find that times have moved on. That way, not only will we have a Party in power best placed to help the vulnerable in our society, but the "Right-Wing Essex brigade" will realise that they either have to move with the times or accept that their time is over.