The Sun (United Kingdom)

The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and. Founded in 1964 as a and successor to the Daily Herald, it was relaunched as a tabloid in 1969. For more than 50 years, the paper's journalistic ethics have received much comment.

Selected headlines

 * STICK IT UP YOUR JUNTA
 * On rejecting peace proposals before the Falklands War (20 April 1982), cited in "The Top 10: Headlines", The Independent (10 December 2018).


 * GOTCHA!
 * Headline (in early editions, 4 May 1982) following the sinking of the Argentinian General Belgrano during the Falklands War.


 * FREDDIE STARR ATE MY HAMSTER - Allegations about comedian Freddie Starr
 * Headline (13 March 1986).


 * IT'S WALL OVER
 * The fall of the Berlin Wall (10 November 1989).


 * THE TRUTH
 * Headline (19 April 1989) on a story about misbehaviour by Liverpool FC fans during the Hillsborough stadium disaster. The story led to a boycott of the paper on Merseyside which has yet to end.


 * MRS T-EARS
 * On Margaret Thatcher's resignation (1990)


 * IF KINNOCK WINS TODAY WILL THE LAST PERSON IN BRITAIN PLEASE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS
 * About Neil Kinnock and the 1992 general election


 * IT WAS THE SUN WOT WON IT
 * Claim after John Major's victory (1992).
 * UP YOURS DELORS
 * On President of the European Commission Jacques Delors.


 * YANKS 2 PLANKS 0!
 * On the humiliating 2–0 defeat by the United States in the 1993 U.S. Cup (11 June 1993).


 * THAT'S YER ALLOTMENT
 * On the resignation of England Manager Graham Taylor, after his side's failure to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup (24 November 1993).


 * DINIZ IN THE OVEN
 * After [[w:Pedro Diniz|Pedro Diniz]']s car caught fire during the Grand Prix of Argentina (1996).


 * QUEEN HAS A RUBBER DUCK AND IT WEARS A CROWN
 * Queen Elizabeth II has a Rubber duck (October 2001).


 * ZIP ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO
 * After George Michael was arrested in a public toilet


 * SPLIFF CLUB SEVEN
 * After the male members of S Club 7 were caught smoking a joint


 * CLOBBA SLOBBA: OUR BOYS BATTER BUTCHER OF SERBIA IN NATO BLITZ
 * Bombing Yugoslavia.


 * IS THIS THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN BRITAIN
 * Questioning Tony Blair's views on Europe (24 June 1998).


 * IS THIS THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN EUROPE
 * Questioning Oskar Lafontaine's views, during the Euro debate (25 November 1998).


 * NAIL THE BASTARD
 * After the body of Sarah Payne was found.


 * BONKERS BRUNO LOCKED UP
 * Unpopular headline after Frank Bruno entered hospital with mental health problems.


 * UP YOURS SEÑORS
 * After beating Argentina in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.


 * CHIRAC EST UN VER
 * "Chirac is a worm"; French edition, handed out free in France because of his anti Iraq War stance (February 2003).


 * SHIP SHIP HOORAY
 * After the suicide of Harold Shipman (January 2004).


 * FROM HITLER YOUTH TO PAPA RATZI
 * Joseph Ratzinger becomes Pope Benedict XVI (20 April 2005).


 * TYRANT'S IN HIS PANTS
 * After publishing pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underpants (20 May 2005).


 * ONE DOWN THREE TO GO
 * On the death of 27 year old Brazilian man Jean Charles de Menezes (23 July 2005).

Fictional Headlines

 * KILL AN ARGIE WIN A METRO
 * Spoof Private Eye headline during the Falklands war, as cited in Roy Greenslade "A new Britain, a new kind of newspaper", The Guardian (25 February 2002).
 * According to Greenslade, then assistant editor of The Sun, then editor Kelvin MacKenzie commented in response: "Why didn't we think of that?"


 * SCOTT OF PANTARTICA
 * From the film Notting Hill, when nude pictures of actress Anna Scott are found

Quotes about The Sun

 * Sun readers don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big tits.
 * Yes, Prime Minister, Series 2 ep. 4:
 * From late 1970, the newspaper's Page 3 contained images of topless female models. The feature was finally discontinued in 2015 after many years of controversy.