The only 6 responses you need to today’s Daily Mail front page
The Daily Mail has got the hump with the House of Lords after it dared to question whether the way the government was going about Brexit was entirely in the national interest.
Here’s what it had to say its front page today.
And here’s what people had to say to that.
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TOMORROW: Is there anything more unsavoury in British politics than a millionaire newspaper editor deliberately misleading readers over the purpose of parliamentary scrutiny to wallow in nationalist fantasies. No wonder the Daily Mail was yesterday described as a “bag of dicks.” pic.twitter.com/6J6uE7L1DL
— The DM Reporter (@DMReporter) January 30, 2018
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So that's the rule of law, Parliamentary sovereignty, academic freedom, judicial independence, freedom of speech, political representation of half the population and now the House of Lords that Paul Dacre can't abide. If he hates British values so much why does he live here? pic.twitter.com/V6psmzZEBO
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 31, 2018
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It’s DISGRACEFUL to sneer at 17.4m voters. It’s FINE to sneer at 16.1m voters absolutely every day. Something magical happens to democracy between 16.1m and 17.4m it’s complicated you wouldn’t understand. pic.twitter.com/qUfK18LIE6
— Dan Rebellato (@DanRebellato) January 30, 2018
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‘Is there anything more unsavoury than the unelected Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre bullying MPs and lords and trying to wreck British democracy? No wonder the Mail regarded as the gutter of British journalism’ pic.twitter.com/awRjvo4FCJ
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) January 30, 2018
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https://twitter.com/TheMediaTweets/status/958483762685382662
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TODAY: ‘Stop telling us unicorns don’t exist and we can’t have as many as we want” warns newspaper editor unhappy at not getting his knighthood. pic.twitter.com/30GUkepiiK
— The DM Reporter (@DMReporter) January 31, 2018
It’s not the first time the Daily Mail has struggled to get to grips with the concept of parliamentary sovereignty of course. Remember this?