Daily Star
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The Daily Star is a popular daily tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom. It first published on 2 November 1978, and was the first new national paper to be launched since the Daily Worker
in 1930 (now Morning Star). For many years it published Monday to Saturday but on 15 September 2002 a sister Sunday edition, the Daily Star Sunday
, was launched with a separate staff. On 31 October 2009 the paper published its 10,000th issue.
The paper was launched from Manchester and initially circulated only in the North and Midlands. It was conceived by the then-owners of Express Newspapers, Trafalgar House, to take on the strength of the Daily Mirror and Sun in the north. It was also intended to utilise the under-capacity of the Great Ancoats Street presses in Manchester as the Daily Express was losing circulation. The Daily Star sold out its first night print of 1,400,000.
Its cover price has decreased over the years in order to compete with its rival The Sun.
The Daily Star is published by Express Newspapers
, which also publishes the Daily Express
and Sunday Express. The group is now owned by Richard Desmond
's Northern and Shell company. The paper predominately focuses on stories largely revolving around celebrities, sport, and news and gossip
about popular television programmes, such as soap operas and reality TV shows.
Its editor is Dawn Neesom
. She was promoted to the post in December 2003 after the previous editor, Peter Hill
, moved to become editor of the Daily Express
. Previously she had been an executive on the paper in charge of the features department.
model on weekdays (in a similar vein to The Suns Page 3
feature) and has discovered some well known models, most notably Rachel Ter Horst
in 1993, and Lucy Pinder
on a Bournemouth
beach in Summer 2003. Such models as Cherry Dee
and Michelle Marsh
have also appeared on their page 3. These women are known in the paper as "Star Babes". The paper's glamour photographer is Jeany Savage.
Other regular features in the Daily Star include Goss a daily gossip column edited by Jessica Brown
see The Goss Girls
, "Playlist
", a daily music news column edited by Kim Dawson, "Star TV", a television news column edited by Peter Dyke and Katie Begley, Mike Ward's weekly TV review page and "Forum", a daily page devoted to readers' text messages
, which are apparently printed verbatim. Opinion columns by Dominik Diamond
and Vanessa Feltz
were discontinued in 2008. The chief football writer is Brian Woolnough
, lured from The Sun in 2001 for a £200,000 pay packet.
The paper's leader column
, entitled "The Daily Star Says", appears most days on Page 6.
Beau Peep
is the daily strip cartoon.
. The editor of the Daily Star, Lloyd Turner
, was sacked six weeks after the trial. However the newspaper always stood by its story, and on 19 July 2001 Archer was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice at the 1987 trial and was sentenced to a total of four years' imprisonment. The paper later launched a bid to reclaim £2.2m – the original payout plus interest and damages.
in which 96 Liverpool F.C.
fans were fatally injured at an FA Cup
semi-final game, the Daily Star ran the front page headline Dead Fans Robbed By Drunk Thugs, alleging that Liverpool fans had stolen from fans injured or killed in the tragedy. These allegations, along with claims that fans had also attacked police officers aiding the injured, were published in several other newspapers, though it was the content of a front page article by The Sun on 19 April which caused the most controversy.
and Sunday Express, featured heavy coverage of the missing toddler Madeleine McCann
following her disappearance in May 2007. In 2008 the McCann family sued the Star and Express for libel following the newspapers' coverage of the case. The action concerned more than 100 stories across the Daily Express, Daily Star and their Sunday equivalents, which accused the McCanns of involvement in their daughter's disappearance. The newspapers' coverage was regarded by the McCanns as grossly defamatory. In a settlement at the High Court of Justice
, the newspapers agreed to run a front-page apology to the McCanns on 19 March 2008, publish another apology on the front pages of the Sunday editions on 23 March and make a statement of apology at the High Court. They also agreed to pay costs and substantial damages, which the McCanns plan to use to aid their search for their daughter. In its apology, the Daily Star apologised for printing "stories suggesting the couple were responsible for, or may be responsible for, the death of their daughter Madeleine and for covering it up" and stated that "We now recognise that such a suggestion is absolutely untrue and that Kate and Gerry are completely innocent of any involvement in their daughter's disappearance."
, the Star splashed a computer-generated image on its front page of 1982's British Airways Flight 9
, which encountered volcanic ash
and suffered the temporary loss of all engines. The image, taken from a documentary, was accompanied by a headline "Terror as plane hits ash cloud", without any indication on the front page that the image and event was a historical one. The splash, on the first day that flights restarted after a six-day closure of UK airspace due to volcanic ash, led to the removal of the paper from newsagents at some UK airports.
was planning an instalment of their Grand Theft Auto
series of video games based around the then-recent shootings carried out by Raoul Moat. Amid outcry at the blatant inaccuracy of the story, an apology was published by the paper on 24 July for making no attempt to verify the truth of any of their own claims, publishing what they claimed to be the cover, criticising Rockstar for their alleged plans without questioning the likelihood, making no attempt to contact Rockstar before publishing, and obtaining statements from a grieving relative of one of Moat's victims. The paper claimed to have paid "substantial" damages to Rockstar as a result, which Rockstar donated to charity.
Prior to the paper's apology, Lawton defended his story on his Facebook page, claiming to be "baffled by the fury of adult gamers,", describing them as "grown (?!?) men who sit around all day playing computer games with one another". He then added "Think I'll challenge them to a virtual reality duel....stab....I win!!!"
and Frank Lampard
had been away to Las Vegas
to look for wedding venues, on 9 August, the paper apologised as a spokesperson for the couple said that the pair didn't visit Vegas and there are no plans for them to marry.
and Gordon Brown
voted out of power, while at the same time it seldom sang the praises of the Conservatives
or their leader David Cameron
– who ultimately won the election but was forced to form a coalition
with the Liberal Democrats
after failing to gain an overall majority.
Daily Worker
The Daily Worker was a newspaper published in New York City by the Communist Party USA, a formerly Comintern-affiliated organization. Publication began in 1924. While it generally reflected the prevailing views of the party, some attempts were made to make it appear that the paper reflected a...
in 1930 (now Morning Star). For many years it published Monday to Saturday but on 15 September 2002 a sister Sunday edition, the Daily Star Sunday
Daily Star Sunday
The Daily Star Sunday is a weekly tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom. It was launched as a sister title to the Daily Star on 15 September 2002....
, was launched with a separate staff. On 31 October 2009 the paper published its 10,000th issue.
The paper was launched from Manchester and initially circulated only in the North and Midlands. It was conceived by the then-owners of Express Newspapers, Trafalgar House, to take on the strength of the Daily Mirror and Sun in the north. It was also intended to utilise the under-capacity of the Great Ancoats Street presses in Manchester as the Daily Express was losing circulation. The Daily Star sold out its first night print of 1,400,000.
Its cover price has decreased over the years in order to compete with its rival The Sun.
The Daily Star is published by Express Newspapers
Express Newspapers
Northern & Shell is a British publishing and television group. The holding company name is "Northern and Shell Network Ltd". Launched and founded in December 1974 and currently owned by Richard Desmond, it publishes the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday, and the...
, which also publishes the Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
and Sunday Express. The group is now owned by Richard Desmond
Richard Desmond
Richard Clive Desmond is an English publisher and businessman. He is the owner of Express Newspapers and founder in 1974 of Northern & Shell, which publishes various celebrity magazines, such as OK! and New!, and British national newspapers Daily Star and Daily Express...
's Northern and Shell company. The paper predominately focuses on stories largely revolving around celebrities, sport, and news and gossip
Gossip
Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others, It is one of the oldest and most common means of sharing facts and views, but also has a reputation for the introduction of errors and variations into the information transmitted...
about popular television programmes, such as soap operas and reality TV shows.
Its editor is Dawn Neesom
Dawn Neesom
Dawn Neesom is a British journalist. She is the current editor of the Daily Star newspaper, having been promoted to the post in December 2003.Born in Stratford, London, England, Neesom attended Valentines High School in Ilford...
. She was promoted to the post in December 2003 after the previous editor, Peter Hill
Peter Hill (journalist)
Peter Hill is a British journalist and a former editor of the Daily ExpressRaised in Saddleworth, he left Hulme Grammar School at 15 and worked in a woollen mill before gaining employment in local papers in Yorkshire and the North West...
, moved to become editor of the Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
. Previously she had been an executive on the paper in charge of the features department.
Regular features
The newspaper features a photograph of a toplessToplessness
Toplessness is the state in which a female's breasts are uncovered, with the areolae and nipples visible, usually in a public space. It can also refer to a female not wearing any clothing above the waist, which is the female equivalent to a male barechestedness.The history and even the present-day...
model on weekdays (in a similar vein to The Suns Page 3
Page Three girl
Page Three is a tabloid newspaper feature consisting of a topless photograph of a female glamour model, usually printed on the paper's third page...
feature) and has discovered some well known models, most notably Rachel Ter Horst
Rachel Ter Horst
Rachel Ter Horst is a Dutch adult model.Ter Horst began modeling when she was nineteen, posing regularly as a Page 3 girl for two of Great Britain's best-known tabloids, The Sun and the Daily Star. She was voted sexiest model of the century in the Dutch edition of Playboy magazine...
in 1993, and Lucy Pinder
Lucy Pinder
Lucy Katherine Pinder is an English glamour model, from Winchester, Hampshire.-Modelling career:In the summer of 2003, Pinder was spotted by a freelance photographer while sunbathing on Bournemouth beach...
on a Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...
beach in Summer 2003. Such models as Cherry Dee
Cherry Dee
Cherry Daniella Andrea Frampton is a former glamour model and Page Three girl from Buckley in Flintshire, Wales, who posed under the name Cherry Dee...
and Michelle Marsh
Michelle Marsh (model)
Michelle Marsh is a British glamour model and television personality from Royton in Greater Manchester, England.-Career:Before becoming a model, Marsh worked as a care assistant at a nursing home in her hometown of Royton....
have also appeared on their page 3. These women are known in the paper as "Star Babes". The paper's glamour photographer is Jeany Savage.
Other regular features in the Daily Star include Goss a daily gossip column edited by Jessica Brown
Jessica Brown
Jessica Brown is editor of the Daily Stars celebrity column Goss.-Journalism career:Brown went to Solihull Sixth Form College, she left with three A Levels in English Language and Literature, Sociology and Geography. She then graduated from Staffordshire University with a B.A...
see The Goss Girls
The Goss Girls
The Goss Girls is the collective title for British newspaper the Daily Stars Goss column written by the paper's showbiz editor Jessica Brown and reporter Sonja Stephen....
, "Playlist
Playlist
In its most general form, a playlist is simply a list of songs. They can be played in sequential or shuffled order. The term has several specialized meanings in the realms of radio broadcasting and personal computers.-In radio:...
", a daily music news column edited by Kim Dawson, "Star TV", a television news column edited by Peter Dyke and Katie Begley, Mike Ward's weekly TV review page and "Forum", a daily page devoted to readers' text messages
SMS language
SMS language or textese is a term for the abbreviations and slang most commonly used due to the necessary brevity of mobile phone text messaging, in particular the widespread SMS SMS language or textese (also known as txt-speak, txtese, chatspeak, txt, txtspk, txtk, txto, texting language, txt...
, which are apparently printed verbatim. Opinion columns by Dominik Diamond
Dominik Diamond
Paul Dominik Diamond is a Scottish television and radio presenter and newspaper columnist. He is best known as the original presenter of Channel 4's video gaming programme GamesMaster, as host of The Dominik Diamond Breakfast Show on Xfm Scotland and as a columnist for the Daily Star...
and Vanessa Feltz
Vanessa Feltz
Vanessa Jane Feltz is an English television personality, broadcaster and journalist. She currently presents an early morning radio show on BBC Radio 2, a mid morning phone-in show on BBC London 94.9. In 2011, she started hosting The Vanessa Show on Channel 5. The first series ended on June 24th...
were discontinued in 2008. The chief football writer is Brian Woolnough
Brian Woolnough
Brian Woolnough is a British sports journalist, currently the Chief Sports writer for tabloid the Daily Star.Previously a writer for The Sun, in 1999 the Daily Mirror tried unsuccessfully to poach him...
, lured from The Sun in 2001 for a £200,000 pay packet.
The paper's leader column
Editorial
An opinion piece is an article, published in a newspaper or magazine, that mainly reflects the author's opinion about the subject. Opinion pieces are featured in many periodicals.-Editorials:...
, entitled "The Daily Star Says", appears most days on Page 6.
Beau Peep
Beau Peep
Beau Peep is a popular British comedic comic strip written by Roger Kettle and illustrated by Andrew Christine. The strip features the misadventures of the eponymous lead character, Beau Peep, an inept and cowardly British man who joins the tough and hardy French Foreign Legion in the deserts of...
is the daily strip cartoon.
Jeffrey Archer
In 1987, the newspaper lost a high profile libel action brought by Jeffrey Archer, leading to an award of £500,000 in damages, over allegations of Archer's involvement with Monica CoghlanMonica Coghlan
Monica Coghlan was the British prostitute at the centre of a scandal that involved English Conservative politician Jeffrey Archer in 1987. Although he won a libel case against the Daily Star newspaper, which had alleged that he had sex with her, it was later established, in legal proceeding in...
. The editor of the Daily Star, Lloyd Turner
Lloyd Turner (journalist)
Lloyd Turner was a newspaper editor in the United Kingdom.Born in Australia, Turner worked on the Newcastle Morning Herald before moving to England to work as a journalist at the Manchester Evening News...
, was sacked six weeks after the trial. However the newspaper always stood by its story, and on 19 July 2001 Archer was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice at the 1987 trial and was sentenced to a total of four years' imprisonment. The paper later launched a bid to reclaim £2.2m – the original payout plus interest and damages.
Hillsborough disaster
On 18 April 1989, three days after the Hillsborough disasterHillsborough disaster
The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush that occurred on 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough, a football stadium, the home of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people, and 766 being injured, all fans of Liverpool F.C....
in which 96 Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
fans were fatally injured at an FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
semi-final game, the Daily Star ran the front page headline Dead Fans Robbed By Drunk Thugs, alleging that Liverpool fans had stolen from fans injured or killed in the tragedy. These allegations, along with claims that fans had also attacked police officers aiding the injured, were published in several other newspapers, though it was the content of a front page article by The Sun on 19 April which caused the most controversy.
Madeleine McCann
Both the Daily Star and its Sunday equivalent, as well as its stablemates the Daily ExpressDaily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
and Sunday Express, featured heavy coverage of the missing toddler Madeleine McCann
Response to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
On the evening of Thursday, 3 May 2007, shortly before her fourth birthday, a British child, Madeleine McCann, went missing from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in the Algarve in Portugal, in which she was staying with her parents. The initial investigation by the Guarda Nacional Republicana,...
following her disappearance in May 2007. In 2008 the McCann family sued the Star and Express for libel following the newspapers' coverage of the case. The action concerned more than 100 stories across the Daily Express, Daily Star and their Sunday equivalents, which accused the McCanns of involvement in their daughter's disappearance. The newspapers' coverage was regarded by the McCanns as grossly defamatory. In a settlement at the High Court of Justice
High Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
, the newspapers agreed to run a front-page apology to the McCanns on 19 March 2008, publish another apology on the front pages of the Sunday editions on 23 March and make a statement of apology at the High Court. They also agreed to pay costs and substantial damages, which the McCanns plan to use to aid their search for their daughter. In its apology, the Daily Star apologised for printing "stories suggesting the couple were responsible for, or may be responsible for, the death of their daughter Madeleine and for covering it up" and stated that "We now recognise that such a suggestion is absolutely untrue and that Kate and Gerry are completely innocent of any involvement in their daughter's disappearance."
Volcanic ash front page
On 21 April 2010, in the aftermath of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruptionAftermath of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption
The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on 14 April 2010 affected the economic, political and cultural activities in Europe and across the world....
, the Star splashed a computer-generated image on its front page of 1982's British Airways Flight 9
British Airways Flight 9
British Airways Flight 9, sometimes referred to by its callsign Speedbird 9 or Jakarta incident, was a scheduled British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Auckland, with stops in Bombay, Madras, Kuala Lumpur, Perth, and Melbourne....
, which encountered volcanic ash
Volcanic ash
Volcanic ash consists of small tephra, which are bits of pulverized rock and glass created by volcanic eruptions, less than in diameter. There are three mechanisms of volcanic ash formation: gas release under decompression causing magmatic eruptions; thermal contraction from chilling on contact...
and suffered the temporary loss of all engines. The image, taken from a documentary, was accompanied by a headline "Terror as plane hits ash cloud", without any indication on the front page that the image and event was a historical one. The splash, on the first day that flights restarted after a six-day closure of UK airspace due to volcanic ash, led to the removal of the paper from newsagents at some UK airports.
Grand Theft Auto Rothbury
On 21 July 2010, the paper ran a story by Jerry Lawton claiming that Rockstar GamesRockstar Games
Rockstar Games is a major video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of UK video game publisher BMG Interactive. The brand is mostly known for Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A...
was planning an instalment of their Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto (series)
Grand Theft Auto is a multi-award-winning British video game series created in the United Kingdom by Dave Jones, then later by brothers Dan Houser and Sam Houser, and game designer Zachary Clarke. It is primarily developed by Edinburgh based Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games...
series of video games based around the then-recent shootings carried out by Raoul Moat. Amid outcry at the blatant inaccuracy of the story, an apology was published by the paper on 24 July for making no attempt to verify the truth of any of their own claims, publishing what they claimed to be the cover, criticising Rockstar for their alleged plans without questioning the likelihood, making no attempt to contact Rockstar before publishing, and obtaining statements from a grieving relative of one of Moat's victims. The paper claimed to have paid "substantial" damages to Rockstar as a result, which Rockstar donated to charity.
Prior to the paper's apology, Lawton defended his story on his Facebook page, claiming to be "baffled by the fury of adult gamers,", describing them as "grown (?!?) men who sit around all day playing computer games with one another". He then added "Think I'll challenge them to a virtual reality duel....stab....I win!!!"
Christine Bleakley & Frank Lampard
On Saturday 7 August 2010, the paper said that Christine BleakleyChristine Bleakley
Christine Louise Bleakley is a television presenter from Northern Ireland. She joined Daybreak on ITV as co-presenter with Adrian Chiles in September 2010...
and Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard
Frank James Lampard is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chelsea and the England national team. He also holds the position of vice-captain for his club side...
had been away to Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
to look for wedding venues, on 9 August, the paper apologised as a spokesperson for the couple said that the pair didn't visit Vegas and there are no plans for them to marry.
Editors
- 1978: Derek JamesonDerek JamesonDerek Jameson is a retired British tabloid journalist and broadcaster.As a child, Jameson was evacuated from London in WW2...
- 1980: Lloyd TurnerLloyd Turner (journalist)Lloyd Turner was a newspaper editor in the United Kingdom.Born in Australia, Turner worked on the Newcastle Morning Herald before moving to England to work as a journalist at the Manchester Evening News...
- 1987: Mike Gabbert. He was brought in to take the paper downmarket, which he did, briefly including content from the Sunday SportSunday SportSunday Sport is a British tabloid newspaper, published by Sport Newspapers, which was established in 1986. It prints plainly ludicrous stories, such as a double-decker London bus being found frozen in the Antarctic ice, or a World War II bomber found on the moon. Defenders of the paper pointed out...
under the name Daily Star Sport (this was before the Daily Sport launched). He had a very short tenure as circulation dropped dramatically. He was the journalist who had exposed the Sheffield Wednesday trio of Swan, Layne and Kay for match fixing in the 1960s. - 1987: Brian HitchenBrian HitchenBrian Hitchen is a publisher and former newspaper editor in the United Kingdom.Hitchen edited the Daily Star from 1987 to 1994, when he became the editor of the Sunday Express for a year. In 1996, he set up Brian Hitchen Communications and also became chairman of the Kerry Life and Irish Country...
- 1994: Phil WalkerPhil Walker (journalist)Philip Andrew Geoffrey Walker was a British former newspaper editor.Walker grew up in Cardiff, where he attended Howardian High School. He entered journalism in 1962, working for the South Wales Echo, then in 1964 moved to London to work for the Daily Sketch. In 1966, he joined the Reading...
- 1998: Peter HillPeter Hill (journalist)Peter Hill is a British journalist and a former editor of the Daily ExpressRaised in Saddleworth, he left Hulme Grammar School at 15 and worked in a woollen mill before gaining employment in local papers in Yorkshire and the North West...
- 2003: Dawn NeesomDawn NeesomDawn Neesom is a British journalist. She is the current editor of the Daily Star newspaper, having been promoted to the post in December 2003.Born in Stratford, London, England, Neesom attended Valentines High School in Ilford...
Political allegiance
Unlike most national newspapers, the Daily Star has limited articles on politics and has rarely shown clear support for any specific party or leader; although in the run-up to the 2010 general election the newspaper printed several articles which hinted that it wanted to see LabourLabour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
and Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
voted out of power, while at the same time it seldom sang the praises of the Conservatives
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
or their leader David Cameron
David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....
– who ultimately won the election but was forced to form a coalition
Coalition
A coalition is a pact or treaty among individuals or groups, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest, joining forces together for a common cause. This alliance may be temporary or a matter of convenience. A coalition thus differs from a more formal covenant...
with the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
after failing to gain an overall majority.
External links
- Online e:edition
- Daily Star reporter quits in protest at tabloid's 'anti-Muslim' coverage, The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, 5 March 2011