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* ''The Times'' - One of the UK's oldest newspapers (founded in the 1780s), currently owned by [[Rupert Murdoch]]. A neutral-to-conservative-leaning paper which, unlike ''The Sun'', is editorially independent and therefore doesn't necessarily have to toe the Murdoch line. Famous for its cryptic crosswords, and also the origin of the ubiquitous [[Useful Notes/Fonts|Times New Roman typeface]]. Occasionally referred to abroad as ''The London Times'' or ''The Times of London'' to distinguish it from other papers which imitated its name.
** ''The Sunday Times'' - sister paper to ''The Times'' and also owned by Murdoch, but they were founded independently. Remains in broadsheet format with several supplements, making it a heavyweight in more ways than one. Publishes the famous annual ''Sunday Times'' Rich List, a league table of the UK's richest people.
* ''The Guardian'' - Formerly ''The Manchester Guardian''. AKA "The Grauniad"<ref> To the extent that grauniad.co.uk redirects to the Guardian website</ref> or "General Belgrauniad", for its (historical reputation for) frequent printing errors. Officially a "centre-left, liberal" newspaper its columnists and readership often veer further left and its letters page can sometimes read like the outpourings of ''[[Private Eye]]'''s parody Trot, Dave Spart (often to the point where people can't tell if it's [[
** ''The Observer'' - Sunday-only sister paper to ''The Guardian''. Basically the same, but even more smug. Also leans more towards the arts.
*** ''The Observer'' does have some reason to be smug - it is oldest Sunday newspaper in the entire world.
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*** And over twenty-five; anything below and you're a hoody, a vicious criminal or slacking off in school thanks to all the exam boards 'dumbing down'.
** All of the above make the arrests of the weekend of the 11-12 February 2012 and the subsequent internal blame game very easy to watch for all of the above offended groups.
** Former editor Kelvin McKenzie (the one responsible for the above-mentioned Hillsborough article) conveniently summed up the average ''Sun'' reader: "He's the [[British Pubs|bloke you see in the pub]], [[
** The Sun now publishes an edition every day except Christmas Day.
* ''The Mirror'' - A generally left-wing tabloid (though as a populist paper it can veer right on issues like crime), supporting Labour doggedly but opposing the Iraq War. Ironically founded as a Conservative stable-mate of the ''Daily Mail'' (to the extent of supporting Oswald Mosley), but new ownership in the '30s turned it to its present left-of-centre ideology. Had one editor (Piers Morgan) [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012123314/ sacked over faked pictures of abuse in Iraq], then few months later ran the "Bush states have lower IQs" hoax as genuine. Has been in decline a long period of time. Also known as the "Daily Moron", after Piers Morgan - [[Insistent Terminology|always named]] some variant on Piers Moron by ''[[Private Eye]]''.
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