In 1992 the Sun claimed it was them ‘wot won it’, fast forward to the next time the Tories achieved a majority and an editor of a different paper is claiming ‘victory’:
FROM: Sarah Sands
TO: ES ALL (editorial)
SENT: Fri 08/05/2015 10:16
SUBJECT: CongratulationsWell done everyone on our superbly professional election coverage. It is the sweetest victory for the Evening Standard. A million copies today.
Mr S’s spies report ‘dismay’ in the Standard newsroom today after their paper endorsed the Tories – against junior staff wishes – and only went and bloody called it correctly. However, a cynic would note that the London results were the only sliver of hope for Labour.
Unamused hacks, but a clearly a proud editor and presumably a happy proprietor. After all Mr S suspects that Evgeny Lebedev would in theory be eligible for non-dom status.
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