Ex-Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre faces ‘re-run’ in race to be Ofcom chair
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The race to find the next Ofcom chair will be “re-run,” the government has revealed – with former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre said to be facing opposition from the online tech giants in his bid to land the job. Former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, who now leads Facebook’s international PR operation, previously compared the ex-Mail editor to the villain of the Star Wars saga, branding him “Darth Dacre”. open image in gallery Facebook’s PR chief Nick Clegg is critic of Paul Dacre A DCMS spokesman said: “In accordance with the governance code of public appointments, the culture secretary has taken the decision to re-run the competition for Ofcom chair. We have written to the Commissioner of Public Appointments to inform him of this.” A Facebook spokesman said: “Neither Nick Clegg nor anybody else at Facebook has spoken to the culture secretary about the Ofcom Chair appointment.
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