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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

There is still fun in The Sun...

Kelvin MacKenzie told delegates to the Leveson inquiry yesterday that people should not take The Sun too seriously.

He was replying to a question about his famous 1992 splash, It was The Sun wot won it, the one in which the paper claimed it had played the key role in John Major's election victory over Neil Kinnock.

Nowadays, though it may be argued that The Sun is less amusing than during MacKenzie's 1980s editorship, it can still raise a smile.

Today's example is this editorial, headlined Mini address:

"It wasn't exactly Churchillian, was it? Katie Price's speech to Oxford University students lasted all of eight minutes.

It was to the point though. Calling herself a rich chav, she offered sex to one student, ogled others and invited ten men to strip so she could assess their qualifications.

But Katie's no mug. She has a huge following and is worth millions. They should give her a PhDD."

Boom, boom!

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