The Ignorance of the Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is the second most read newspapers in the country and I continue to ask myself; how? The paper, which at one time supported the British Union of Fascists, published an article earlier this month claiming Ed Miliband's father hated Britain - an accusation the Labour leader denies.

The Daily Mail has stood by the article and has refused to apologise to Mr Miliband, (although they admitted an 'error of judgement' over a picture published in relation to the article). Mr Miliband's father - Ralph - was known to have supported the Marxist ideology, quite radical admittedly but not a reason to hate Britain. Ralph Miliband fled to Britain during the Second World War because he was a Jew. He served in the British Royal Navy; which once again seems odd to have hated Britain.

The Daily Mail have defended the article saying it is relevant and important - although just because your father is a Marxist doesn't mean you are. Ed Miliband said he was appalled by the article and even got the support of David Cameron (something you don't see everyday).


Protests outside Daily Mail offices after the article was published. Picture courtesy of Guardian.com

The Daily Mail not only ignored Ed Miliband's request to apologise they then published another article claiming he was evil! Ed Miliband, nicknamed 'Red Ed' for his socialist ideas, is trying to stick up for his father and The Daily Mail are almost like a bully teasing him, which has backfired - emotion that the Labour leader has shown grabs voters attention.

The Daily Mail is well know for it's prejudice headlines trying to scare the public with incorrect or twisted facts. The paper, founded by Lord Rothermere, was a big supporter of Oswald Moseley, leader of the BUF, a man who had the same philosophy as Adolf Hitler! And the Daily Mail has the cheek to say Ralph Miliband was evil!

The article has lead to a lot of public support for Ed Miliband; according to a YouGov poll 72% of people support Mr Miliband over the tabloid daily. Although only a tiny amount of people have complained to the Press Complaints Commission (the newspaper regulator) more people complained about the Sun's article about Roy Hodgson's speech impediment. Miliband has said he has had over 10,000 e-mails and messages of support from the public.



The PCC received more complaints for this headline then they did for the article written last week by the Daily Mail. Picture courtesy of  digitalspy.co.uk

The Daily Mail have really shot themselves in the foot with an article like this. They, like all newspapers, are asking for the newspapers not to be regulated to harshly by politicians then they publish an article that offends the next potential Prime Minister of the country.

After a quiet few days the Daily Mail has now come out against the BBC stating the article they published was bias towards Mr Miliband. This is once again incredibly cheeky saying the BBC are being bias when The Daily Mail writes a piece criticising a politicians father in the manner they did.