Morning Star

The Morning Star is a left-wing British daily newspaper with a focus on social, political and trade union issues. The paper was founded in 1930 as the Daily Worker by the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). Since 1945, it has been owned by the People's Press Printing Society. It was renamed the Morning Star in 1966. The New Statesman has described Morning Star as "Britain's last communist newspaper". The paper describes its editorial stance as in line with Britain's Road to Socialism, the programme of the Communist Party of Britain. Articles and comment columns are now contributed by writers from socialist, communist, social democratic, Green and religious perspectives.

Links to Peel
Peel was featured in an Morning Star article, published on 23rd July 1977, talking to journalist Peter Knights, about his show and the music played. The article did not reveal Peel's political beliefs, but favoured him as a man  'who has consistently treated popular music and its broadcasting as a serious professional skill'.

In 1987, Peel revealed on his 23 June 1987 show that he has subscribed to the Morning Star newspaper and is still waiting for them from the newsagents.