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The Sun switched support to the Labour party on 18 March 1997, six weeks before the General Election victory which saw the New Labour leader Tony Blair become Prime Minister with a large parliamentary majority, despite the paper having attacked Blair and New Labour up to a month earlier. Its front page headline read THE SUN BACKS BLAIR and its front page editorial made clear that while it still opposed some New Labour policies, such as the Minimum Wage and Devolution, it believed Blair to be "the breath of fresh air this great country needs". John Major's Conservatives, it said, were "tired, divided and rudderless". Blair, who had radically altered his party's image and policies, noting the influence the paper could have over its readers' political thinking, had courted it (and Murdoch) for some time by granting exclusive interviews and writing columns.

Q1: Who did The Sun declare political endorsement of in 1997?
A1: Labour party
Q2: Who became Prime Minister in 1997?
A2: Tony Blair
Q3: Which New Labour policies did The Sun oppose?
A3: Minimum Wage and Devolution
Q4: How did The Sun describe John Major's Conservatives?
A4: "tired, divided and rudderless"
Q5: Who greatly changed the image of the Labour party?
A5: Blair
In exchange for Rupert Murdoch's support, Blair agreed not to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism – which John Major had withdrawn the country from in September 1992 after barely two years. Cabinet Minister Peter Mandelson was "outed" by Matthew Parris (a former Sun columnist) on BBC TV's Newsnight in November 1998. Misjudging public response, The Sun's editor David Yelland demanded to know in a front page editorial whether Britain was governed by a "gay mafia" of a "closed world of men with a mutual self-interest". Three days later the paper apologised in another editorial which said The Sun would never again reveal a person's sexuality unless it could be defended on the grounds of "overwhelming public interest".

Q1: What did Blair agree to in order to get the support of Rupert Murdoch?
A1: not to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
Q2: Who was Cabinet Minister in 1998?
A2: Peter Mandelson
Q3: What happened on BBC's Newsnight in 1998?
A3: Peter Mandelson was "outed" by Matthew Parris
Q4: Who was editor of The Sun in 1998?
A4: David Yelland
Q5: What did The Sun say its policy about revealing an individual's sexuality would be moving forward?
A5: The Sun would never again reveal a person's sexuality unless it could be defended on the grounds of "overwhelming public interest"
In 2003 the paper was accused of racism by the Government over its criticisms of what it perceived as the "open door" policy on immigration. The attacks came from the Prime Minister's press spokesman Alastair Campbell and the Home Secretary David Blunkett (later a Sun columnist). The paper rebutted the claim, believing that it was not racist to suggest that a "tide" of unchecked illegal immigrants was increasing the risk of terrorist attacks and infectious diseases. It did not help its argument by publishing a front page story on 4 July 2003, under the headline "Swan Bake", which claimed that asylum seekers were slaughtering and eating swans. It later proved to have no basis in fact. Subsequently The Sun published a follow-up headlined "Now they're after our fish!". Following a Press Complaints Commission adjudication a "clarification" was eventually printed, on page 41. In 2005 The Sun published photographs of Prince Harry sporting a Nazi costume to a fancy dress party. The photographs caused outrage across the world and Clarence House was forced to issue a statement in response apologising for any offence or embarrassment caused.

Q1: What allegation did the government level against The Sun in 2003?
A1: racism
Q2: Who specifically leveled the allegations against The Sun?
A2: Prime Minister's press spokesman Alastair Campbell and the Home Secretary David Blunkett
Q3: What did a 4 July 2003 front page story claim?
A3: asylum seekers were slaughtering and eating swans
Q4: From which issue did claims that The Sun was racist stem?
A4: immigration
Q5: Who did The Sun print pictures of in a Nazi outfit in 2005?
A5: Prince Harry
Despite being a persistent critic of some of the government's policies, the paper supported Labour in both subsequent elections the party won. For the 2005 general election, The Sun backed Blair and Labour for a third consecutive election win and vowed to give him "one last chance" to fulfil his promises, despite berating him for several weaknesses including a failure to control immigration. However, it did speak of its hope that the Conservatives (led by Michael Howard) would one day be fit for a return to government. This election (Blair had declared it would be his last as prime minister) resulted in Labour's third successive win but with a much reduced majority.

Q1: Who did The Sun endorse in the 2005 general election?
A1: Blair and Labour
Q2: What is one of the weaknesses The Sun thought Blair possessed?
A2: failure to control immigration
Q3: Who was leading the Conservatives at this time?
A3: Michael Howard
Q4: What did Blair state about the 2005 election?
A4: it would be his last as prime minister
Q5: What was the result of the 2005 election?
A5: Labour's third successive win
On 22 September 2003 the newspaper appeared to misjudge the public mood surrounding mental health, as well as its affection for former world heavyweight champion boxer Frank Bruno, who had been admitted to hospital, when the headline "Bonkers Bruno Locked Up" appeared on the front page of early editions. The adverse reaction, once the paper had hit the streets on the evening of 21 September, led to the headline being changed for the paper's second edition to the more sympathetic "Sad Bruno In Mental Home".

Q1: What was the subject of the front page on 22 September 2003?
A1: mental health
Q2: Who was featured in the article on mental health?
A2: Frank Bruno
Q3: What was the original headline on 22 September 2003?
A3: Bonkers Bruno Locked Up
Q4: What was the headline changed to after public backlash?
A4: Sad Bruno In Mental Home
Q5: What had happened to Frank Bruno to spur the publishing of a story about him?
A5: had been admitted to hospital
The Sun has been openly antagonistic towards other European nations, particularly the French and Germans. During the 1980s and 1990s, the nationalities were routinely described in copy and headlines as "frogs", "krauts" or "hun". As the paper is opposed to the EU it has referred to foreign leaders who it deemed hostile to the UK in unflattering terms. Former President Jacques Chirac of France, for instance, was branded "le Worm". An unflattering picture of German chancellor Angela Merkel, taken from the rear, bore the headline "I'm Big in the Bumdestag" (17 April 2006).

Q1: Which two nations has The Sun been very antagonistic towards?
A1: French and Germans
Q2: What names were used by The Sun to characterize the French and Germans?
A2: "frogs", "krauts" or "hun"
Q3: What is the paper's stance on the EU?
A3: opposed
Q4: How was French president Jacques Chirac described by The Sun?
A4: le Worm
Q5: Which German chancellor was criticized by The Sun?
A5: Angela Merkel
On 7 January 2009, The Sun ran an exclusive front page story claiming that participants in a discussion on Ummah.com, a British Muslim internet forum, had made a "hate hit list" of British Jews to be targeted by extremists over the Gaza War. It was claimed that "Those listed [on the forum] should treat it very seriously. Expect a hate campaign and intimidation by 20 or 30 thugs." The UK magazine Private Eye claimed that Glen Jenvey, a man quoted by The Sun as a terrorism expert, who had been posting to the forum under the pseudonym "Abuislam", was the only forum member promoting a hate campaign while other members promoted peaceful advocacy, such as writing 'polite letters'. The story has since been removed from The Sun's website following complaints to the UK's Press Complaints Commission.

Q1: What type of forum was the subject of a January 2009 front page story in The Sun?
A1: a British Muslim internet forum
Q2: Who was said to be targeted in The Sun's front page story?
A2: a "hate hit list" of British Jews
Q3: What magazine refuted the claims made by The Sun in its article about the forum?
A3: Private Eye
Q4: According to Private Eye who was the only forum member expressing wishes for a hate campaign?
A4: Glen Jenvey
Q5: Complaints to which body led to The Sun removing the story from its website?
A5: UK's Press Complaints Commission
On 9 December 2010, The Sun published a front-page story claiming that terrorist group Al-Qaeda had threatened a terrorist attack on Granada Television in Manchester to disrupt the episode of the soap opera Coronation Street to be transmitted live that evening. The paper cited unnamed sources, claiming "cops are throwing a ring of steel around tonight's live episode of Coronation Street over fears it has been targeted by Al-Qaeda." Later that morning, however, Greater Manchester Police categorically denied having "been made aware of any threat from Al-Qaeda or any other proscribed organisation." The Sun published a small correction on 28 December, admitting "that while cast and crew were subject to full body searches, there was no specific threat from Al-Qaeda as we reported." The apology had been negotiated by the Press Complaints Commission. For the day following the 2011 Norway attacks The Sun produced an early edition blaming the massacre on al-Qaeda. Later the perpetrator was revealed to be Anders Behring Breivik, a Norwegian nationalist.

Q1: What was the claimed target of a terrorist attack according to a late 2010 Sun front page story?
A1: Granada Television in Manchester
Q2: What was the television program that would have been affected by the attack?
A2: Coronation Street
Q3: What did the Manchester police say about these claimed attacks?
A3: categorically denied having "been made aware of any threat from Al-Qaeda or any other proscribed organisation."
Q4: Who negotiated an apology from The Sun for its misreporting of this story?
A4: the Press Complaints Commission
Q5: Who was responsible for the 2011 Norway attacks?
A5: Anders Behring Breivik,
In January 2008 the Wapping presses printed The Sun for the last time and London printing was transferred to Waltham Cross in the Borough of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, where News International had built what is claimed to be the largest printing centre in Europe with 12 presses. The site also produces The Times and Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, Wall Street Journal Europe (also now a Murdoch newspaper), London's Evening Standard and local papers. Northern printing had earlier been switched to a new plant at Knowsley on Merseyside and the Scottish Sun to another new plant at Motherwell near Glasgow. The three print centres represent a £600 million investment by NI and allowed all the titles to be produced with every page in full colour from 2008. The Waltham Cross plant is capable of producing one million copies an hour of a 120-page tabloid newspaper.

Q1: When was The Sun printed on the Wapping presses for the last time?
A1: January 2008
Q2: Where was London printing of The Sun moved to?
A2: Waltham Cross in the Borough of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire
Q3: How many presses were there at the new printing facility?
A3: 12
Q4: Where had northern printing been moved to?
A4: Knowsley on Merseyside
Q5: How much had been invested in the new printing locations?
A5: £600 million
Politically, the paper's stance was less clear under Prime Minister Gordon Brown who succeeded Blair in June 2007. Its editorials were critical of many of Brown's policies and often more supportive of those of Conservative leader David Cameron. Rupert Murdoch, head of The Sun's parent company News Corporation, speaking at a 2007 meeting with the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications, which was investigating media ownership and the news, said that he acts as a "traditional proprietor". This means he exercises editorial control on major issues such as which political party to back in a general election or which policy to adopt on Europe.

Q1: Who followed Tony Blair as Prime Minister?
A1: Gordon Brown
Q2: Who was the Conservative leader that The Sun often supported?
A2: David Cameron
Q3: What is the name of the company that operates The Sun?
A3: News Corporation
Q4: What was the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications investigating in 2007?
A4: media ownership and the news
Q5: On which issues did Murdoch claim he exerted editorial control?
A5: which political party to back in a general election or which policy to adopt on Europe
During the campaign for the United Kingdom general election, 2010, The Independent ran ads declaring that "Rupert Murdoch won't decide this election – you will." In response James Murdoch and Rebekah Wade "appeared unannounced and uninvited on the editorial floor" of the Independent, and had an energetic conversation with its editor Simon Kelner. Several days later the Independent reported The Sun's failure to report its own YouGov poll result which said that "if people thought Mr Clegg's party had a significant chance of winning the election" the Liberal Democrats would win 49% of the vote, and with it a landslide majority.

Q1: Who showed up on the editorial floor of the Independent?
A1: James Murdoch and Rebekah Wade
Q2: Who was the editor of the Independent?
A2: Simon Kelner
Q3: What did The Sun neglect to report concerning the upcoming election?
A3: its own YouGov poll result
Q4: Who did the Independent state wouldn't decide the election?
A4: Rupert Murdoch
Q5: What year was the United Kingdom general election?
A5: 2010
On election day (6 May 2010), The Sun urged its readers to vote for David Cameron's "modern and positive" Conservatives in order to save Britain from "disaster" which the paper thought the country would face if the Labour government was re-elected. The election ended in the first hung parliament after an election for 36 years, with the Tories gaining the most seats and votes but being 20 seats short of an overall majority. They finally came to power on 11 May when Gordon Brown stepped down as prime minister, paving the way for David Cameron to become prime minister by forming a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

Q1: Who did The Sun advocate for the 2010 election?
A1: David Cameron
Q2: What did The Sun fear would result from election of the Labour Party?
A2: disaster
Q3: What was the outcome of the general election?
A3: hung parliament
Q4: Which party came to power after the election?
A4: Tories
Q5: Who did David Cameron align with in order to become Prime Minister?
A5: Liberal Democrats
On 28 January 2012, police arrested four current and former staff members of The Sun, as part of a probe in which journalists paid police officers for information; a police officer was also arrested in the probe. The Sun staffers arrested were crime editor Mike Sullivan, head of news Chris Pharo, former deputy editor Fergus Shanahan, and former managing editor Graham Dudman, who since became a columnist and media writer. All five arrested were held on suspicion of corruption. Police also searched the offices of News International, the publishers of The Sun, as part of a continuing investigation into the News of the World scandal.

Q1: Why were former Sun staff members put in police custody in early 2012?
A1: as part of a probe in which journalists paid police officers for information
Q2: What was the charge against those arrested?
A2: suspicion of corruption
Q3: What greater scandal was this investigation a part of?
A3: the News of the World scandal
Q4: Which Sun staffers were arrested?
A4: crime editor Mike Sullivan, head of news Chris Pharo, former deputy editor Fergus Shanahan, and former managing editor Graham Dudman
Q5: What role had Graham Dudman taken after serving as The Sun managing editor?
A5: columnist and media writer
The main party leaders, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, were all depicted holding a copy of the special issue in publicity material. Miliband's decision to pose with a copy of The Sun received a strong response. Organisations representing the relatives of Hillsborough victims described Miliband's action as an "absolute disgrace" and he faced criticism too from Liverpool Labour MPs and the city's Labour Mayor, Joe Anderson. A statement was issued on 13 June explaining that Miliband "was promoting England's bid to win the World Cup", although "he understands the anger that is felt towards the Sun over Hillsborough by many people in Merseyside and he is sorry to those who feel offended."

Q1: Who were the main leaders of the ruling party?
A1: David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband
Q2: Who criticized Milliband for posing with a copy of The Sun showing the Hillsborough disaster?
A2: Liverpool Labour MPs and the city's Labour Mayor, Joe Anderson
Q3: How did Milliband explain posing with this newspaper?
A3: promoting England's bid to win the World Cup
Q4: Who was the Labour Mayour of Liverpool?
A4: Joe Anderson
Q5: What emotion did many people feel over The Sun's coverage of Hillsborough?
A5: anger
On 2 June 2013, The Sun on Sunday ran a front page story on singer-songwriter Tulisa Contostavlos. The front page read: "Tulisa's cocaine deal shame"; this story was written by The Sun On Sunday's undercover reporter Mahzer Mahmood, who had previously worked for the News of the World. It was claimed that Tulisa introduced three film producers (actually Mahmood and two other Sun journalists) to a drug dealer and set up a £800 deal. The subterfuge involved conning the singer into believing that she was being considered for a role in an £8 million Bollywood film.

Q1: Who was the subject of an early June 2013 front page story?
A1: Tulisa Contostavlos
Q2: Who wrote the story on Tulisa Contostavlos?
A2: Mahzer Mahmood
Q3: What was the main allegation in The Sun's story on Contostavlos?
A3: that Tulisa introduced three film producers (actually Mahmood and two other Sun journalists) to a drug dealer and set up a £800 deal
Q4: What did The Sun reporters make Contostavlos believe?
A4: that she was being considered for a role in an £8 million Bollywood film
Q5: What was the title of the front page story on Contostavlos?
A5: Tulisa's cocaine deal shame
At her subsequent trial, the case against Tulisa collapsed at Southwark Crown Court in July 2014, with the judge commenting that there were "strong grounds" to believe that Mahmood had lied at a pre-trial hearing and tried to manipulate evidence against the co-defendant Tulisa. Tulisa was cleared of supplying Class A drugs. After these events, The Sun released a statement saying that the newspaper "takes the Judge's remarks very seriously. Mahmood has been suspended pending an immediate internal investigation."

Q1: How did the case against Tulisa fare?
A1: collapsed
Q2: What did the judge in the case state?
A2: Mahmood had lied at a pre-trial hearing and tried to manipulate evidence against the co-defendant Tulisa
Q3: What type of drugs was Tulisa accused of supplying?
A3: Class A drugs
Q4: What action did The Sun take against Mahmood?
A4: suspended
Q5: When was the case against Tulisa tried?
A5: July 2014
In October 2014, the trial of six senior staff and journalists at The Sun newspaper began. All six were charged with conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office. They included The Sun's head of news Chris Pharo, who faced six charges, while ex-managing editor Graham Dudman and ex-Sun deputy news editor Ben O'Driscoll were accused of four charges each. Thames Valley district reporter Jamie Pyatt and picture editor John Edwards were charged with three counts each, while ex-reporter John Troup was accused of two counts. The trial related to illegal payments allegedly made to public officials, with prosecutors saying the men conspired to pay officials from 2002–11, including police, prison officers and soldiers. They were accused of buying confidential information about the Royal Family, public figures and prison inmates. They all denied the charges. On 16 January 2015, Troup and Edwards were cleared by the jury of all charges against them. The jury also partially cleared O'Driscoll and Dudman but continued deliberating over other counts faced by them, as well as the charges against Pharo and Pyatt. On 21 January 2015, the jury told the court that it was unable to reach unanimous verdicts on any of the outstanding charges and was told by the judge, Richard Marks, that he would accept majority verdicts. Shortly afterwards, one of the jurors sent a note to the judge and was discharged. The judge told the remaining 11 jurors that their colleague had been "feeling unwell and feeling under a great deal of pressure and stress from the situation you are in", and that under the circumstances he was prepared to accept majority verdicts of "11 to zero or 10 to 1". On 22 January 2015, the jury was discharged after failing to reach verdicts on the outstanding charges. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced that it would seek a retrial.

Q1: What were Sun staff accused of in a 2014 trial?
A1: conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office
Q2: What was at issue in the 2014 trial?
A2: illegal payments allegedly made to public officials
Q3: Who were The Sun staffers accused of buying information about?
A3: the Royal Family, public figures and prison inmates
Q4: Who was the judge in this particular case?
A4: Richard Marks
Q5: What was the outcome of the jury's deliberation in the trial?
A5: failing to reach verdicts on the outstanding charges
On 6 February 2015, it was announced that Judge Richard Marks is to be replaced by Judge Charles Wide at the retrial. Two days earlier, Marks had emailed counsel for the defendants telling them: "It has been decided (not by me but by my elders and betters) that I am not going to be doing the retrial". Reporting the decision in UK newspaper The Guardian, Lisa O’Carroll wrote: "Wide is the only judge so far to have presided in a case which has seen a conviction of a journalist in relation to allegations of unlawful payments to public officials for stories. The journalist, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is appealing the verdict". Defence counsel for the four journalists threatened to take the decision to judicial review, with the barrister representing Pharo, Nigel Rumfitt QC, saying: "The way this has come about gives rise to the impression that something has been going on behind the scenes which should not have been going on behind the scenes and which should have been dealt with transparently". He added that the defendants were "extremely concerned" and "entitled" to know why Marks was being replaced by Wide.

Q1: Who was appointed presiding judge over the retrial in 2015?
A1: Charles Wide
Q2: In which newspaper did Lisa O'Carroll report the choice of judge?
A2: The Guardian
Q3: Who was Pharo's lawyer in the case?
A3: Nigel Rumfitt QC
Q4: What did Rumfit state that the defendants should have been informed about?
A4: why Marks was being replaced by Wide
Q5: What did the lawyers for the defendants threaten to do?
A5: take the decision to judicial review