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5 headlines you won't see in the Sun on Sunday

"Up yours UK laws", and other suggestions for the newspaper's first splash.

By Samira Shackle Published 20 February 2012 16:18

Earlier today, we asked our Twitter followers what we might see on the front cover of the first Sun on Sunday, which launches at the weekend. We've mocked up the five best suggestions. You might not be seeing these on the newsstands on Sunday -- unless someone at News International takes note. Enjoy.

Sunday Sun

Suggested by @SteveLoynes

Sunday Sun

Suggested by @earlpalmerstons

Sunday Sun

Suggested by @simon_hill

Sunday Sun

Suggested by @michaelpcurran

Sunday Sun

Suggested by @kenkenholmes (and @steveloynes)

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9 comments

Tue, 2012-02-21 13:44 — Paul Wooding (not verified)

Christ on a unicycle. MaxineMF - how can it be a bad day for democracy? Surely it's good day for democracy that we live in a country where the media isn't shackled and where wrong doing is taken (eventually I'll grant you) seriously. For every bent journo and News Int employee there are probably 20-30 decent, hard working people who need the Sun on Sunday and the other titles to succeed so they can pay the mortgage, feed the kids and enjoy a decent life which our democracy offends. The solution is simple, if it offends, don't buy it. Buy the Mirror, because I'm sure that is 100% whiter-than-white on the phone hacking front. Here's a tip, it isn't

Wed, 2012-02-22 10:14 — Steve Lockett (not verified)

Paul Wooding - very good points.
Headline you won't ever see

STEVE BUYS MURDOCH PAPER

Tue, 2012-02-21 16:42 — Paul Whitaker (not verified)

Oh, dear. Another example of the dumbing-down that's rampant in today's media world. Even the Daily Telegraph - the paper my partner takes - seems to have a pic of the Duchess of Cambridge on its front page every other day. There's no story involved it's kind of "here's another photo of the Duchess". Barmy!

Mon, 2012-02-20 16:34 — maxinemf

I am appalled there is no real outcry in the media that RM is launching the new Sunday edition of the SUN. Does the man have no shame. let us not forget that phone hacking took place on an industrial scale and there are criminal prosecutions pending but still it is OK to launch a new newspaper. I read somewhere that Ed Miliband said he was not opposed to RM setting up a new newspaper. How sad that EM made this judgement. I think it is a bad day for democracy!!!

Mon, 2012-02-20 19:07 — gerry (not verified)

Maxinemf - agree!

The Murdochs are fighting back, threatening their erstwhile allies the Met Police, and relying on the closed shop which is the national media/national journalists to back up their own...and no surprise either that Miliband said what he said: he still fears the Murdoch empire and its taste for revenge on those who have dared to criticise it, or even make it try to act in a legal manner...

They are behaving exactly like the Mafia crime family they really are..attack being the best form of defence, with Murdoch, Mohan and Kavanagh as the storm-troopers...if they get away with this unsacthed, they will literally be unstoppable in their criminality...

Mon, 2012-02-20 22:33 — Tesco Shelf Stacker (not verified)

maxinemf - "I read somewhere that Ed Miliband said he was not opposed to RM setting up a new newspaper. How sad that EM made this judgement. I think it is a bad day for democracy!!!!!!

Are you saying that banning newspapers you don't particulary like would be a good day for a democratic country?

Sat, 2012-02-25 10:25 — test (not verified)

Didn't realise the Staggers had turned into Liberal Conspiracy.

Tue, 2012-02-21 02:58 — Sir Michael (not verified)

maxinemf - "I am appalled there is no real outcry in the media that RM is launching the new Sunday edition of the SUN."

Given that Rupert owns most of the media did you think an outcry was ever truly likely?

Shelf Stacker - "Are you saying that banning newspapers you don't particulary like would be a good day for a democratic country?"

No, I think he or she is saying that when one man owns most of the news it is a bad day for a democratic country. In any democracy the quality of the democracy is very dependent on the ability of the public to make informed decisions when they cast their votes. This is to a very large extent dependent on the freedom of the current affairs information outlets. A government controlled news network (like the BBC) is poor, as we can see from their trash. But a corporate controlled news organization (Daily Express, Fox News, The Sun) is even worse.