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Originally Posted by danielf
Apart from the fact that, imo, newspapers should objectively report the news and leave opinion to the opinion pages, and that therefore the concept of a newspaper backing a party in an election seems an odd concept to me: good choice!
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I think they should back no one but the broadsheets are much better at keeping the opinion to the editorial. You won't get the embarrassing stuff coming out from The Sun from any of the broadsheets (although The Times and Independent might test that theory).
They haven't actually said who they are backing but the theme seems to be that Voting reform is the priority. I hope they reject picking a party and simply campaign on that to make it a bigger issue.
In truth it doesn't matter who they back because the readers will have decided already IMO. Also The Guardian has too small a readership to be able to make much impact on the election in the way The Sun can. The Sun has quite a wide readership and a lot will take only a passing interesting in politics and the mood they get from the paper could influence them in my view. Unlikely with The Guardian/Telegraph or Independent.
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On a similar note: Sky should be banned from ever hosting a leaders' debete again.
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Why?