David Cameron 'tried to sack' Daily Mail editor over Brexit

Former prime minister reportedly asked paper's owner Lord Rothermere to remove anti-EU chief Paul Dacre

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David Cameron pressurised the owner of the Daily Mail to remove editor-in-chief Paul Dacre over the paper's pro-Brexit stance, according to a report on BBC's Newsnight.

An anonymous source told the programme the then prime minister approached Lord Jonathan Rothermere after failing to convince Dacre to rein in the fiercely anti-EU rhetoric in the run-up to the June referendum.

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