News of the World backing Tories

The News of the World is backing David Cameron's Tory party
12 April 2012

The News of the World has announced it is backing the Tories in the general election - after supporting Labour in 1997, 2001 and 2005.

In its leader column, the paper said the country is "crying out for change. Which is why, after much soul-searching, the News of the World believes that David Cameron and the Tory Party must now be given the chance to run the country.

"Right now, they are our best hope for a brighter, saner, safer, more honourable future."

The tabloid, the country's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper, said Mr Cameron still has much to spell out and prove, but it added that Britain deserves better after the "nightmare we have all suffered".

"We certainly do not deserve a headlong return to the days of Old Labour, of division, strikes and lost opportunity.

"This paper backed New Labour to rid the nation of such a blight. Now, confronted with a renewed threat from old ways, the modernised Tories can be a force for good.

"It is time to give change a chance and move forward with fresh vigour and hope."

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