The responses to arch hatemonger Paul Dacre's resignation as Daily Mail editor are utterly incredible [TWEETS]
Hatemonger extraordinaire Paul Dacre is set to step down as editor of the Daily Mail. The man behind the headlines. The man behind the shock and awe: the massive, monolithic, block-black lettering on the front of each page.
Dacre's influence on the country has been deific, if declining. Though it is inarguable that he has shaped the national conversation in a great many ways; he shaped public attitude and has helped turned corners of the nation into bitter holes of xenophobic argument.
Dacre will become chairman of Associated Newspapers, owned by DMGT - the Daily Mail's parent company. Nonetheless, it seems hopeful that his resignation might signal a sea change in the tone of mainstream channels of communication.
Anyway, people on Twitter have been tearing him up and the responses are pure genius:
https://twitter.com/mutablejoe/status/1004434328632348677
https://twitter.com/DancingTheMind/status/1004436636011192321
https://twitter.com/RopesToInfinity/status/1004449028472541184
https://twitter.com/haveigotnews/status/1004480676417212417
https://twitter.com/Mr_JDTraynor/status/1004443245433245696
https://twitter.com/PoliticsJOE_UK/status/1004441288161288194
https://twitter.com/Trump_ton/status/1004614979146911744
Though at the same time, through the micky-taking, there were some hints at the real damage Paul did as editor of the Daily Mail.
https://twitter.com/SocialistVoice/status/1004434220738138113
https://twitter.com/chakrabortty/status/1004440662291435522
https://twitter.com/withorpe/status/1004461556225241089
https://twitter.com/DancingTheMind/status/1004437086722756608
But to be honest, the jokes are far more entertaining:
https://twitter.com/lucyprebblish/status/1004433703156711427
https://twitter.com/Rachael_Swindon/status/1004434792228753408
https://twitter.com/helenlewis/status/1004432273733808128
https://twitter.com/hrtbps/status/1004434768841277441
https://twitter.com/Simon_Pegg/status/1004432468571762693
https://twitter.com/Ilana/status/1004441688570580992
https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/1004469355869024259
https://twitter.com/toooldforit/status/1004444555004039170
https://twitter.com/brianmoore666/status/1004612465416658945
https://twitter.com/Mativenko80/status/1004446787715858432
https://twitter.com/BriefcaseMike/status/1004611962993561600
And here is my personal favourite. A great riff on the asymmetrical way the Daily Mail spoke about women as compared to men, and the use of stock phrases that the paper overused when describing people:
https://twitter.com/sianushka/status/1004482571865075712