| | In common with conservatives in many other countries, UK Conservatives tend towards a patriotic rather than [[internationalist]] outlook, and are traditionally skeptical of the [[European Union]]. | | In common with conservatives in many other countries, UK Conservatives tend towards a patriotic rather than [[internationalist]] outlook, and are traditionally skeptical of the [[European Union]]. |
| − | Whilst there is the belief that British broadcast news services are exclusively [[liberal]] in nature, this is inaccurate. There are three main British based broadcast news services, the ''[[BBC]]'' which conservatives view as being liberal in nature, ''[[ITN]]'' which tends to not to be seen as being either liberal or conservative by either side and ''[[Sky News]]'' which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, and so is conservative in nature. The print media is balanced in terms of number of right-wing and left-wing papers - for example, ''[[The Times]]'' is a centre-right paper owned by Rupert Murdoch<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/</ref>, whose readership vote 40% Tory, 29% Liberal Democrats and 26% Labour in a poll conducted by MORI; the ''[[Independent]]'' and the ''[[Guardian]]'', on the other hand, are significantly further to the Left than any mainstream American publication. The main conservative newspapers are the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' and the more populist ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[Daily Express]]'' {{fact}} and the ''[[The Sun]]'', which is also owned by Rupert Murdoch<ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/</ref>. ''[[The Mirror]]'', ''[[The Sun]]'' and the ''[[Daily Star]]'' are the traditional form of tabloid papers that are designed to cater to the working class, with ''[[The Sun]]'' being right-wing, ''[[The Mirror]]'' being left-wing and the ''[[Daily Star]]'' tending to avoid political leanings and instead concentrate on what can be considered to be sensasionlist news stories. ''[[The Spectator]]'' is a weekly journal of opinion which expresses broadly conservative views; until 2006 it was edited by [[Boris Johnson]], a conservative politician who was elected Mayor of [[London]] in 2008.
| + | British broadcast news services is overwhelmingly [[liberal]]. The ''[[BBC]]'' which conservatives view as very liberal in nature and the ''[[ITN]]'' less so. ''[[Sky News]]'' is owned by Rupert Murdoch but is not [[conservative]] by American standards either. |
| | + | The print media in Britain is also dominated by leftist papers. ''[[Independent]]'' and the ''[[Guardian]]'' are significantly further to the Left than any mainstream American publication. ''[[The Times]]'' is not as [[liberal]], being owned by Rupert Murdoch<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/</ref> and having a readership that votes 40% Tory, 29% Liberal Democrats and 26% Labour in a poll conducted by MORI. |
| | + | Populist and less political papers are the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', ''[[Daily Mail]]'', ''[[Daily Express]]'' and the ''[[The Sun]]'', which is also owned by Rupert Murdoch<ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/</ref>. ''[[The Mirror]]'', ''[[The Sun]]'' and the ''[[Daily Star]]'' are the traditional form of tabloid papers that are designed to cater to the working class, with ''[[The Sun]]'' being right-wing, ''[[The Mirror]]'' being left-wing and the ''[[Daily Star]]'' tending to avoid political leanings and instead concentrate on what can be considered to be sensationalist news stories. ''[[The Spectator]]'' is a weekly journal of opinion which expresses broadly conservative views; until 2006 it was edited by [[Boris Johnson]], a conservative politician who was elected Mayor of [[London]] in 2008. |