Comments on: Maggie backs The Sun. Go figure. http://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/11/maggie-backs-the-sun-go-figure/ News and gossip from the Top 10-ranked left wing blog. Edited by Laurence Durnan. Tue, 22 May 2012 22:09:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Political Scrapbookhttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/11/maggie-backs-the-sun-go-figure/#comment-789 Political Scrapbook Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:30:19 +0000 http://politicalscrapbook.net/?p=2659#comment-789 IRFAN IS DEAD - LONG LIVE IRFAN (OR LIBERAL MONKEY)!!TB I think you mean Help *For* Heroes ;-)Notwithstanding supporting veterans' charities, The Sun is using troop deaths as the most tasteless and crass cover to pursue a political vendetta against the Labour Party in general and Gordon Brown in particular.The Sun drapes itself in the Union Jack and basks in the reflected glory of "our boys". So why did Rupert Murdoch agitate to put UK troops into harms way (179 of them dying) in Iraq? The unimpeachable moral objective of the, erm, $40 barrel of oil, of course! IRFAN IS DEAD – LONG LIVE IRFAN (OR LIBERAL MONKEY)!!

TB I think you mean Help *For* Heroes ;-)

Notwithstanding supporting veterans’ charities, The Sun is using troop deaths as the most tasteless and crass cover to pursue a political vendetta against the Labour Party in general and Gordon Brown in particular.

The Sun drapes itself in the Union Jack and basks in the reflected glory of “our boys”. So why did Rupert Murdoch agitate to put UK troops into harms way (179 of them dying) in Iraq? The unimpeachable moral objective of the, erm, $40 barrel of oil, of course!

]]> By: Tory Bearhttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/11/maggie-backs-the-sun-go-figure/#comment-788 Tory Bear Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:05:34 +0000 http://politicalscrapbook.net/?p=2659#comment-788 Pretty Irfan-esque post ; )You don't think the Sun should be commended for the fantastic campaigning they do for Help the Heroes? Pretty Irfan-esque post ; )

You don’t think the Sun should be commended for the fantastic campaigning they do for Help the Heroes?

]]> By: Tom Callowhttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/11/maggie-backs-the-sun-go-figure/#comment-790 Tom Callow Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:05:21 +0000 http://politicalscrapbook.net/?p=2659#comment-790 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @psbook: New post - Maggie backs The Sun. Go figure. http://cli.gs/HsbqE - that'll lose Tories votes! Sun readership hardly Thatcherites!</span></span> RT @psbook: New post – Maggie backs The Sun. Go figure. http://cli.gs/HsbqE – that'll lose Tories votes! Sun readership hardly Thatcherites!

]]> By: Ellie Gellardhttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/11/maggie-backs-the-sun-go-figure/#comment-791 Ellie Gellard Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:59:02 +0000 http://politicalscrapbook.net/?p=2659#comment-791 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">#dontbuytheSun RT @psbook: New post --> Maggie backs The Sun. Go figure. http://cli.gs/HsbqE</span></span> #dontbuytheSun RT @psbook: New post –> Maggie backs The Sun. Go figure. http://cli.gs/HsbqE

]]> By: Political Scrapbookhttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/11/maggie-backs-the-sun-go-figure/#comment-792 Political Scrapbook Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:57:36 +0000 http://politicalscrapbook.net/?p=2659#comment-792 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New post --> Maggie backs The Sun. Go figure. http://cli.gs/HsbqE</span></span> New post –> Maggie backs The Sun. Go figure. http://cli.gs/HsbqE

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