Kelvin MacKenzie to leave the Sun over Ross Barkley column

Kelvin MacKenzie was suspended by the Sun over a column that led to accusations of ‘racial slurs’.The former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie will not return to the paper after being suspended for writing a column comparing the footballer Ross Barkley, who is mixed race, to a gorilla and making disparaging comments about the city of Liverpool.Officially, News UK, the parent company of the Sun, has said MacKenzie, a longstanding ally of Rupert Murdoch who edited the Sun between 1981 and 19