“[I]ts patronising, right-on, sanctimonious political correctness gets me so angry it would give me the energy and the willpower to get off that island”

—  Paul Dacre

Dacre's explanation for choosing The Guardian as his luxury on Desert Island Discs in 2004. [Lewis, Helen, w:Helen Lewis (journalist), https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2018/06/paul-dacre-daily-mail-editor, Paul Dacre’s departure from the Daily Mail will trigger a sea-change in the British media, New Statesman, 13 June 2018, y]

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