The London Economic - One Euromyth published by The Sun in 2006 claimed "nutty" EU officials wanted to rename Bombay mix to Mumbai mix “to make the snack politically correct" - News
No, its worse. I remember seeing an obese women on the “page 3” were tabloids used to put nude women, with the threat that this is what it will look like, if labour gets elected. I cannot find it anymore. I found a similar trope from 2010 though.
What? They were this openly sexist?
No, its worse. I remember seeing an obese women on the “page 3” were tabloids used to put nude women, with the threat that this is what it will look like, if labour gets elected. I cannot find it anymore. I found a similar trope from 2010 though.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2010/may/05/the-sun-page-three-pants
So yes, in the UK of that time “if you vote the wrong party, we will take your softporn from the paper” was a political argument accepted in society.