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Did the Liverpool boycott of The Sun change voting attitudes?

When the newspaper The Sun covered the Hillsborough Disaster, a tragic crush at a football match ...

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14.22 2 Sep 2025


Did the Liverpool boycott of The Sun change voting attitudes?


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14.22 2 Sep 2025


When the newspaper The Sun covered the Hillsborough Disaster, a tragic crush at a football match where 97 lost their lives, they wrongly blamed Liverpool supporters, and the city boycotted them. That boycott still exists today, but has it affected voting intentions and attitudes in the city?

Joining Seán to discuss is PhD Researcher in Political Science at Trinity, Lucas Paulo da Silva.


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