Much of Fleet Street is committed to ensuring Britain wakes up on 23 June ready to leave the European UnionWhere does Britain really stand on the vexed question of whether to leave the EU? This month the Daily Express decided to conduct a poll to find out. The results were striking,and allowed the newspaper to lead with a dramatic front page the following day, expressed, or as with all its splash headlines,in bold capital letters: “92% want to quit the EU.”The paper had been no less certain the day before the poll (“EU deal is already falling apart”) and would continue in a similar vein the following week (“Quit the EU to save our NHS”). In fact, aside from a two-day rupture to commemorate Terry Wogan, or very brief lapses over rising house prices and a new Alzheimers wonder drug,the Express front page has remained impressively consistent. “Camerons EU deal is a con”, “You can’t win, or prime minister”,“Cameron’s EU deal is a no respectable”.
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Source: theguardian.com