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Mail front page comes back to haunt Dacre amid rumours that he could be made a Lord

The man behind the 'House of Unelected Weckers' front page is about to become an unelected wrecker, it would seem.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2022-06-22 11:30
in Media, News
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In Novemeber 2021, former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre withdrew from the running to become the next chair of media watchdog Ofcom.

Boris Johnson’s reported favoured candidate quit the contest despite the government having decided to rerun the appointment process to give him another chance.

So what is he up to now?

Well, he returned to the Daily Mail’s parent company as editor-in-chief after he failed to get the Ofcom job.

He stepped down as editor of the right-of-centre newspaper in 2018 after 26 years in the role.

Now there are rumours he may become a Lord.

Alastair Campbell tweeted: “Well well well. I am hearing it is actually happening – a lifetime ambition is about to be achieved. One of the most malign cultural and political forces of recent decades is to be “elevated” to the House of Lords by the most corrupt Prime Minister the country has ever had”

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Well well well. I am hearing it is actually happening – a lifetime ambition is about to be achieved. One of the most malign cultural and political forces of recent decades is to be “elevated” to the House of Lords by the most corrupt Prime Minister the country has ever had 1/4

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) June 21, 2022

“Johnson debases everything he touches and cares only about his own interests and those he considers useful to him. Hence the peerage for, are you ready for this?, Paul Fucking Dacre. The fact Dacre is so desperate for it is just one more reason among many to despise the man.”

Johnson debases everything he touches and cares only about his own interests and those he considers useful to him. Hence the peerage for, are you ready for this?, Paul Fucking Dacre. The fact Dacre is so desperate for it is just one more reason among many to despise the man 2/4

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) June 21, 2022

“When he gets this putrid reward in the coming weeks for services to Johnson’s press office, feel pity amidst the contempt. Dacre is the worst of British values deluded that his wretched propaganda rag represents the best. I also wonder whether the “elevation” may be related.”

When he gets this putrid reward in the coming weeks for services to Johnson’s press office, feel pity amidst the contempt. Dacre is the worst of British values deluded that his wretched propaganda rag represents the best. I also wonder whether the “elevation” may be related 3/4

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) June 21, 2022

“to the dropping of the story about Johnson trying to get a £100k job for his mistress, a story Lord Family Values now deems unworthy of publication. Dacre has helped to destroy journalism. He feels his reputation is strengthened by being called Lord! The opposite is the case.”

to the dropping of the story about Johnson trying to get a £100k job for his mistress, a story Lord Family Values now deems unworthy of publication. Dacre has helped to destroy journalism. He feels his reputation is strengthened by being called Lord! The opposite is the case4/4

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) June 21, 2022

A lot of people didn’t like the news:

1.

F'KING HELL! PAUL F'KING DACRE GETTING A PEERAGE! This is wrong and unjust on so many levels!
Get the bastards out of office! ALL OF THEM! https://t.co/WON5tQzwHv

— Steve Bray Activist Against Brexit +Corrupt Tories (@snb19692) June 21, 2022

2.

If the rumours are to be believed…

Paul Dacre

The Daily Mail editor responsible for this front page

…is about to receive a peerage from Boris Johnson. pic.twitter.com/oI6OvVQN9M

— Marina Purkiss (@MarinaPurkiss) June 21, 2022

3.

Apparently it soon going to be ‘Lord Dacre’! A reward for helping Johnson and his English National Party destroy Britain? Like giving Lord Haw Haw a Nobel peace prize.

— REJOIN AND REFORM (@sonofr) June 21, 2022

4.

Elevating Paul Dacre to the House of Lords is a sure sign the fuckers have officially entered the last days of Rome stage. pic.twitter.com/3OHQPaa4MF

— Sir Julie Street of Scouseland 🇪🇺💙💛🇺🇦 (@Juliest101) June 21, 2022

But is was left to Lib Dem life peer Lord Roberts to point out a front-page at the Daily Mail.

I see that Paul Dacre is about to be ennobled – I look forward to welcoming him to the House of Lords, reminding him of this headline and reassuring him that I am still doing all I can to prevent the Government he so avidly supports from acting like a dictatorship. pic.twitter.com/tXsvqytQxG

— Roger Roberts (@LordRRoberts) June 21, 2022

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