The Daily Mail being the Daily Mail
To reinforce the idea that it is quite frankly a horrid paper, here's an attack on Miliband's dad.
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Ed Miliband has hit out at the Daily Mail over an article it ran calling his father, Ralph, "the man who hated Britain". The Labour leader said he was "not prepared to allow his [father's] good name to be denigrated in this way" after the two page article in Saturday's edition of the newspaper.He took the unusual step of using Twitter to express his deep anger about the piece and reveal that the newspaper had agreed to publish a response from him this week. The essay by Geoffrey Levy examined the politics of the Marxist academic and questioned what he "really" believed in, adding "the answer should disturb everyone who loves this country".
The article states: "As for the country that gave him and his family protection, the 17-year-old wrote in his diary: 'The Englishman is a rabid nationalist. They are perhaps the most nationalist people in the world … you sometimes want them almost to lose [the war] to show them how things are. They have the greatest contempt for the continent … To lose their empire would be the worst possible humiliation'.
"This adolescent distaste for the British character certainly didn't stop him availing himself of the fine education that was on offer in this country, or spending the rest of his life here."
The article also quotes a letter attacking the British establishment. It adds: "Given this tirade, one is entitled to wonder whether Ralph Miliband's Marxism was actually fuelled by a giant-sized social chip on his shoulder as he lived in his adoptive country.
"He opposed the Falklands war with such a ferocity that he even swore - a rare occurrence - at the sight of Margaret Thatcher's soaring popularity."
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...father-britain
Also, there's this letter sent by Ed Miliband to the Daily Mail about an uninvited journalist turning up at his uncle's funeral:
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Dear Lord Rothermere,
Yesterday I spoke at a memorial event held at Guy’s Hospital in London for my uncle, Professor Harry Keen, a distinguished doctor who died earlier this year. It was an event in a room on the 29th floor of Guy’s Hospital which was attended only by family members, close friends and colleagues.
I was told by one of my relatives late yesterday evening that a reporter from the Mail on Sunday had found her way into the event uninvited. I also discovered that, once there, she approached members of my family seeking comments on the controversy over the Daily Mail’s description of my late father as someone who “hated Britain”.
My wider family, who are not in public life, feel understandably appalled and shocked that this can have happened.
The Editor of the Mail on Sunday has since confirmed to my office that a journalist from his newspaper did indeed attend the memorial uninvited with the intention of seeking information for publication this weekend.
Sending a reporter to my late uncle’s memorial crosses a line of common decency. I believe it a symptom of the culture and practices of both the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday.
There are many decent people working at those newspapers and I know that many of them will be disgusted by this latest episode. But they will also recognise that what has happened to my family has happened to many others.
I believe no purpose would be served by me complaining to the Press Complaints Commission because it is widely discredited.
Instead, I am writing to you as the owners of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday because I believe it is long overdue that you reflect on the culture of your newspapers. You should conduct your own swift investigation into who was responsible at a senior level for this latest episode and also who is responsible for the culture and practices of these newspapers which jar so badly with the values of your readers.
There are bigger issues for the people of Britain in the midst of the worst cost of living crisis for a century than intrusion into the life of my family. But the reaction of many people to the Daily Mail’s attacks on my father this week demonstrates that the way your newspapers have behaved does not reflect the real character of our country.
It is now your responsibility to respond.
Ed Miliband
Source: http://labourpress.tumblr.com/post/6...ord-rothermere
Quite surprised this hasn't been posted sooner as it just shows the Mail's true colours. But as long as they represent what the typical British man thinks then it's fine, right?
