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9 June 2017

How the right-wing press has turned on Theresa May

As the Tories fail to win a majority, the papers have changed their tune.

By Anoosh Chakelian

(Photo By "He keeps on forgetting what he wrote down". Labour Party Conference speech, 2014. Photo: YouTube screengrab)

I know, I know. It’s not exactly a story that the media is fickle. But the about-turn Britain’s right-wing newspapers have made in response to Theresa May’s failure to win a majority is quite a sight.

Just check out the headlines from various morning editions:

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