Paul Dacre stepping down as editor of the DM after 26 years. (BBC)

He can be proud of his work!

The only person more destructive to democracy in this country over the last few decades is Murdoch. The sooner they both shuffle off the better.

The greatest newspaper in the world (the Mail) will miss his excellent editorship and guidance.

Vino blanco wrote:The greatest newspaper in the world (the Mail) will miss his excellent editorship and guidance.

Is that the headline he’s planned for tomorrow?

Imploding Turtle wrote:The only person more destructive to democracy in this country over the last few decades is Murdoch.

You really do need to emerge from the Turtle Bunker every decade or so. Perhaps then, you would have heard of George Soros.

RingoMcCartney wrote:

You really do need to emerge from the Turtle Bunker every decade or so. Perhaps then, you would have heard of George Soros.

What's he done then?

RingoMcCartney wrote:

You really do need to emerge from the Turtle Bunker every decade or so. Perhaps then, you would have heard of George Soros.

Oh good, is he going to be the next editor?

RingoMcCartney wrote:

You really do need to emerge from the Turtle Bunker every decade or so. Perhaps then, you would have heard of George Soros.

I am a rock

This news has certainly triggered james obrien, the only thing that could top it off would be if Dacre was replaced by farridge !

He's retiring to spend more time with his prejudices.

Worth mentioning that this is the opportunity that the world has been waiting for.

Its time for Ringo to take up the roll he was born to do.

In my opinion, the Daily Mail is one of the worst newspapers in circulation. However, there's no doubt Dacre was good at fulfilling it's main aim of spreading fear of minorities and distrust of change. Hopefully the next guy won't be such a regressive berk.

That's a promotion isn't it?

Will he be spending more time on his £460,000 EU funded estate?

Lancasterclaret wrote:Worth mentioning that this is the opportunity that the world has been waiting for.

Its time for Ringo to take up the roll he was born to do.

They couldn't afford my wages.

Couldn't afford the proofreaders' wages more like.

Now come off it, the Daily Mail does not have proofreaders!

Lancasterclaret wrote:Now come off it, the Daily Mail does not have proofreaders!

They thought the job title was too close to "poof readers" and said "oh god no, we don't want those"

UpTheBeehole wrote:Will he be spending more time on his £460,000 EU funded estate?

Michael Heseltine recieves around 90,000 per annum from the EU, for keeping some of his many acres unproductive. HE HAS DONE HIS UPMOST TO REMAIN IN THE EU. AND THEREFORE KEEP SUBSUDIES

Dacre also receives 1000s from the EU. HE HAS DONE HIS UPMOST TO LEAVE THE EU. AND THEREFORE LOSE HIS SUBSIDIES.

If you're going to try and label some one and paint them as immoral or whatever. Just recheck that the moral high ground that you believe your side hold really is as solid as you think.!

And don't forget to log in and out if you're make it look like the zero in a half shell is backing you up!

Tall Paul wrote:Couldn't afford the proofreaders' wages more like.

Oreight Slack Paul! The suppositories doing their job I hope?. Renewed your tv licence yet!

Right, so you are know arguing that a bloke will receive millions from the EU is more principled because he wants to leave it?

Surely he'd be more principled by NOT APPLYING FOR IT IN THE FIRST PLACE!!??!!

If that last tweet was your interview for the job, you've got it mate. You'd be perfect.

Not a fan of the Mail, too much hysteria for me. Never seems to get credit for being on the right side of a story though.

Lancasterclaret wrote:Right, so you are know arguing that a bloke will receive millions from the EU is more principled because he wants to leave it?

Surely he'd be more principled by NOT APPLYING FOR IT IN THE FIRST PLACE!!??!!

If that last tweet was your interview for the job, you've got it mate. You'd be perfect.

The rules are the rules. Why wouldn't some one avail themselves financially!?

But only Hesletine is blatantly attempting to preserve his privilege. Dacre is a turkey voting for xmas. And remember , as a Tory minister, Heseltine, was hostile to any sort of state subsidy to help struggling British industry. But when it comes to state subsidies that he benefits from personally, he's there with a bucket!

Typical Remoaner hypocrisy! Dressed up as some sort of moralistic stance. Gina Miller anyone!?

As for a proofreading job. The Mail won't struggle finding one. They're ten a penny. What I will do though is pass the details of, tv licence dodging , Slack Paul, if they need advice on Tenner Man!

Busy day gents. Must crack on.

Paul Dacre - the journalistic Alex Ferguson.

Its about principle though isn't it?

And you are suggesting that Heseltine is only pro-EU because of his farm subsidy?

Like I said mate, the job is yours, you are perfect for it.

Lancasterclaret wrote:
And you are suggesting that Heseltine is only pro-EU because of his farm subsidy?

No.

Toodle pip.

RingoMcCartney wrote:The rules are the rules. Why wouldn't some one avail themselves financially!?

But only Hesletine is blatantly attempting to preserve his privilege. Dacre is a turkey voting for xmas. And remember , as a Tory minister, Heseltine, was hostile to any sort of state subsidy to help struggling British industry. But when it comes to state subsidies that he benefits from personally, he's there with a bucket!

Typical Remoaner hypocrisy! Dressed up as some sort of moralistic stance. Gina Miller anyone!?

You're a turkey voting for Christmas. Most of the people who voted for Brexit were Turkeys voting for Christmas. The biggest problem is you don't think that's true.

Edit: One of the biggest frustrations among liberals and the left is that we're the ones trying to protect your interests. Workers' rights being a prime example of something the conservatives in this country are going set fire to, these are rights fought for by the left to protect people like you, and yet you celebrate when you vote for their abolition. And then you mock us for getting frustrated that you're cutting your own face off. lol.

You're absolutely right that you are indeed turkeys voting for Christmas. That's pretty much the smartest thing you've ever posted on here.

RingoMcCartney wrote:Paul Dacre - the journalistic Alex Ferguson.

Ironically Ferguson is a lifelong socialist and supporter of the Labour Party, I'm sure he'd take issue with that comparison.

Imploding Turtle wrote:That's pretty much the smartest thing you've ever posted on here.

Yet still riddled with basic, childlike grammatical errors.

Anyway, he's got a busy day, just obviously not in school.

Lancasterclaret wrote:Worth mentioning that this is the opportunity that the world has been waiting for.

Its time for Ringo to take up the roll he was born to do.

Paperboy.

Clarifications and corrections
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PUBLISHED: 00:24, 5 June 2018 | UPDATED: 01:47, 5 June 2018


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On April 8 an article was published by MailOnline with a headline stating that a border watchdog report revealed that two-thirds of child refugees coming to Britain were found to be adults. This article was published by the Daily Mail newspaper under a different headline. We are happy to clarify that the two-thirds figure is in reference to the number of juvenile asylum seekers found to be adults after they had been assessed by officials who had doubted the veracity of their claims, and does not relate to the overall number of juvenile asylum seekers. It totals 13.6% of the whole number of child refugees.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/article ... tions.html

This was a lie which a whole host of the usual suspects took as fact.

The Daily Mail is pure poison.

Whilst of course I’d like to see Ringo given a platform to entertain us all on a more regular basis I don’t think it’s the right time for him to be taking over the Mail.

It looks like David Davis is trying to find a way out of dealing with Brexit. There is only one man I think can save us now...

A bit like Batman, he’s the hero The Mail deserves but not the one it needs right now.

Claret-On-A-T-Rex wrote:Yet still riddled with basic, childlike grammatical errors.

Anyway, he's got a busy day, just obviously not in school.

We could correct him but he'll just deny he was ever wrong. In fact it'll be everyone else that is wrong.

Also...

“I never said it would be a beneficial thing to leave and everyone would be better off” - Nigel Farage

Imploding Turtle wrote:
“I never said it would be a beneficial thing to leave and everyone would be better off” - Nigel Farage

Yes but "we will be self-governing"!! (You missed that important bit! It's the all-important "blue passport" bit).

The new editor is Geordie Greig, current editor of The Mail on Sunday. I wonder how the average ‘Daily Mail reader’ will react to the fact that he’s a staunch ‘remoaner’?

That’s certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons.

martin_p wrote:The new editor is Geordie Greig, current editor of The Mail on Sunday. I wonder how the average ‘Daily Mail reader’ will react to the fact that he’s a staunch ‘remoaner’?

That’s certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons.

Well we will soon find out whether the mail sets the agenda, or its readership goes elsewhere.

claretandy wrote:Well we will soon find out whether the mail sets the agenda, or its readership goes elsewhere.

For the Mail - as most tabloids, it's all about selling papers.
If they sense that the Brexit tide is turning then they'll quickly change sides. In that sense it will be very interesting to see what direction the paper takes, since as you correctly point out the Mail on Sunday has been pretty forthright in its anti-brexit agenda. Maybe The Mail will start to position itself more in the centre in order to try to broaden its appeal. Its sales have gone down by about half a million in the past 5 years, though as I'm sure someone will point out, sales of most papers have declined.
Apparently very few people under the age of 35 buy the Mail, so that must be of some concern to them.

nil_desperandum wrote:For the Mail - as most tabloids, it's all about selling papers.
If they sense that the Brexit tide is turning then they'll quickly change sides. In that sense it will be very interesting to see what direction the paper takes, since as you correctly point out the Mail on Sunday has been pretty forthright in its anti-brexit agenda. Maybe The Mail will start to position itself more in the centre in order to try to broaden its appeal. Its sales have gone down by about half a million in the past 5 years, though as I'm sure someone will point out, sales of most papers have declined.
Apparently very few people under the age of 35 buy the Mail, so that must be of some concern to them.

I had a brief look earlier at circulation figures, the Mail has lost nearly a million daily sales since 2010, but it's in line with the fall across the board. I must say I don't understand the appointment of Greig at all though, and thought the new editor would have had to have been a hard line Brexiteer. The Mail for me has always been consistent, even during the height of Blair's appeal it still backed the Tories, probably one of the only papers that did.

He's moved from the Mail on Sunday. He's probably a nicer bloke than Dacre, but he's probably not going to change that much.

Might print more truthful articles, and maybe less along the lines of "out steps **** ********, looking fabulous and curvy just three weeks after giving birth"

SammyBoy wrote:I had a brief look earlier at circulation figures, the Mail has lost nearly a million daily sales since 2010, but it's in line with the fall across the board. .

I think that that is only true of the tabloids. The "quality" papers have held up much better and some like The Times, Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph have actually risen.
I agree with your view that its a strange appointment and that is why I was wondering if they might be trying to broaden their readership.

nil_desperandum wrote:I think that that is only true of the tabloids. The "quality" papers have held up much better and some like The Times, Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph have actually risen.
I agree with your view that its a strange appointment and that is why I was wondering if they might be trying to broaden their readership.

The Mail has become pretty toxic under Dacre, maybe the new appointment is intended to improve the papers reputation a bit. It can still be a Tory, Brexit supporting rag without the outright nastiness it has displayed under Dacre.

martin_p wrote:The Mail has become pretty toxic under Dacre, maybe the new appointment is intended to improve the papers reputation a bit. It can still be a Tory, Brexit supporting rag without the outright nastiness it has displayed under Dacre.

But then where would the great unwashed masses get their kicks?

Can't be about DONALD TRUMP ALL THE TIME YOU KNOW!

starting_11 wrote:But then where would the great unwashed masses get their kicks?

Can't be about DONALD TRUMP ALL THE TIME YOU KNOW!

What's wrong with just wanting accurate reporting without trying to spread hatred?

Imploding Turtle wrote:You're a turkey voting for Christmas. Most of the people who voted for Brexit were Turkeys voting for Christmas. The biggest problem is you don't think that's true.

Edit: One of the biggest frustrations among liberals and the left is that we're the ones trying to protect your interests. Workers' rights being a prime example of something the conservatives in this country are going set fire to, these are rights fought for by the left to protect people like you, and yet you celebrate when you vote for their abolition. And then you mock us for getting frustrated that you're cutting your own face off. lol.

You're absolutely right that you are indeed turkeys voting for Christmas. That's pretty much the smartest thing you've ever posted on here.

Left v Right again? interesting..... what a boring fk you are

KRBFC wrote:Left v Right again? interesting..... what a boring fk you are

Selective anger

Imploding Turtle wrote:Selective anger

Have a day off, your obsession with left v right is so strange. Do you have 2 left feet?

Lancasterclaret wrote:He's moved from the Mail on Sunday. He's probably a nicer bloke than Dacre, but he's probably not going to change that much.

I’m not sure about that. I think they’ll be a big difference if MOS is anything to go by.

KRBFC wrote:Have a day off, your obsession with left v right is so strange. Do you have 2 left feet?

You realise i was replying to someone, right? You daft ****.

"We could correct him but he'll just deny he was ever wrong. In fact it'll be everyone else that is wrong"

Love that. Have you ever been wrong about anything Turtle?