Geordie Greig to replace Dacre as the Daily Mail’s editor

The pro-remain editor of the Mail on Sunday, Geordie Greig, will replace Paul Dacre once he steps down in November – after 26 years in the post.

Dacre is staunchly pro-brexit and has used the Daily Mail as a tool to impact the politics of the country. The paper has an impressive circulation of 1.3m copies, despite a market otherwise seeing heavy declines, making Dacre one of the most politically influential editors in the UK.

Greig has been in his current position since 2012, during which time the Mail on Sunday has often fought with its sister newspaper over Brexit.

The Daily Mail has also courted controversy under Dacre, with endless negative front pages on migrants and calling three High Court judges “Enemies of the People” following a ruling that the UK Government would require the consent of Parliament to give notice of Brexit.

Greig’s appointment is part of a process of “detoxifying the Daily Mail”, a source told the Guardian.

“Geordie has been an outstanding editor of the Mail on Sunday, and I am delighted that he will continue the high-quality journalism that Paul has made a hallmark of the Daily Mail for more than 25 years,” said Lord Rothermere, chairman of parent company DMGT.

Ted Verity, deputer editor of the Daily Mail, will be taking over as editor of the Mail on Sunday once Greig makes the move; it is expected that the two titles will be working together more closely going forward.

Dacre will remain with the company as chairman and editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers.