"It's The Sun Wot Won It" was the headline that appeared on the front page of United Kingdom newspaper The Sun on 11 April 1992 in which it claimed credit for the victory of the Conservative Party in the 1992 general election. It is regularly cited in debates on the influence of the press over politicians and election results and has since become a British political catchphrase.
Front-page of The Sun from Saturday 11 April 1992.
The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper, published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lachlan Murdoch's News Corp. It was founded as a broadsheet in 1964 as a successor to the Daily Herald, and became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owner. The Sun had the largest daily newspaper circulation in the United Kingdom, but was overtaken by freesheet rival Metro in March 2018.
Front page of The Sun, 7 October 2013
First day of issue promotional silver christening mug
"Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster", 13 March 1986
The Sun's front page on 19 April 1989. The allegations were later proven to be entirely false, with The Sun later admitting their decision to publish the allegations was the "blackest day in this newspaper's history."
