# The Sun (United Kingdom)

The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1964 as a broadsheet 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 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.