There are broadly three categories of very public interest in what Paul Dacre has to say and his side of the story in the row with Ed Miliband and wider judicial criticism of Mr Dacre’s methods.įirst – Ed Miliband’s demand that Associated Newspapers investigate their own conduct and ethics. Well quite, would that life were that simple.Īnd with that we and Mr Dispatch left the scene for somewhere, anywhere, a little bit warmer.įor three reasons. “Why don’t you post a request through the letterbox?” he suggested reasonably enough, “or ask the newsdesk to speak to him?” Quite forgivably surprised at our presence – I explained why we were there. Some minutes passed and a rather jovial motorcycle dispatch rider then arrived at the house and posted his parcel through the letterbox. He turned the corner, made a brief call on his mobile phone, then crossed the street, unlocked what appeared to me the same black car as we’d earlier filmed, and drove off into the night. Nor did he show the slightest surprise at my enquiry. He did not look at me, nor stop walking or deviate in any way. I immediately approached this gentleman and enquired if he would kindly relay a message to Mr Dacre explaining that we simply wanted to ask him a few simple questions relating to the article he published saying Ed and David Miliband’s father Ralph “hated” Britain. He entered.Īfter a few minutes on the top floor he descended, exited, locked up behind him and left, carrying what appeared to be a small hold-all, ideal for containing the immediate necessities for someone suddenly deciding they would not spend the night in their own bed.
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Subsequent events would rather suggest that he was however.Ībout five minutes later a burly man in a suit – possibly the driver or bodyguard, approached the house belonging to Mr Dacre on foot. I cannot say for sure that Paul Dacre was in the car.
The car then slowly reversed back out of the lane, onto the street, turned, and drove off into the night. We had made no attempt to hide ourselves or what we were doing – why should we, it is perfectly lawful. It stopped for a moment or two as if the occupants of that car had seen us. Towards 11pm a black car nosed down the narrow laneway approaching the house. That northerly wind strengthened by the hour. That is not unusual since Mr Dacre is on record as telling the world that he is generally in the office in Kensington until around 10 o’clock at night. We rang the doorbell to his large townhouse but there was no response and, whilst a car was in the parking space in front of the garage in the cobbled mews lane, there was no sign of anybody at home. Read more: Paul Dacre – mystery man at the centre of the Miliband row We arrived in Paul Dacre’s street in west London, mid-evening.
So first let’s look at last night’s absurdity, then consider why this is an important matter of public interest.
Two reasons why Channel 4 News has asked repeatedly to conduct a civilised, possibly even indoor, interview with the editor-in-chief of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, Paul Dacre.īecause Associated Newspapers continue to dismiss this out of hand, the situation for us and Mr Dacre is becoming increasingly bizarre as we seek to ask him some legitimate questions. I can tell you that with a deep depression centring on the North Sea and a northerly gale-force airflow, autumn is truly here and it’s damned cold standing around in the dark for hours on end.
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