Rejected petition Close down the 'newspaper', the Sun.

For too long, the Sun newspaper has continued to spout vile, disgusting views about many things, ranging from the Hillsborough disaster, to the most recent debacle with Fatima Manji wearing a hijab on C4.
They have shown no remorse, and believe they are untouchable.
Lets show them they're wrong.

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http://www.thecanary.co/2016/07/22/sun-just-printed-one-vilest-columns-ever-disgrace-pages-tweets-images/

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Date submitted 23 July 2016
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