PAUL DACRE, Editor of the Mail, answers the paper's critics

[joebloggs]

I forgot to mention Czechoslovakia. Most of the people I spoke to in those countries at the time weren't all that happy living in a Peoples Democracy aka Marxist/Leninist Dictatorship.

I'm still a bit puzzled over Dacres lack of guts Andy - are you 100% confident that the BBC invited him to Newsnight - perhaps Jon Steafel and Campbell just turned up on spec. Maybe next time I'm at a loose end I'll pitch up and see if I can have my two-penneth in front of the cameras.

I think Dacres "constructive defence" is at #1 above

Has Blair given Campbell his P45 or is he just on a Zero Hours Contract with Millipede ??

and are you 100% confident he wasn't asked by some media company for his comment on his news story

i bet he's been asked 100's of times, Campbell has challenged him, yet he goes into makes you wonder why

[Dedworth]

and are you 100% confident he wasn't asked by some media company for his comment on his news story

i bet he's been asked 100's of times, Campbell has challenged him, yet he goes into makes you wonder why

I dunno Joe - stick to the point I'm talking about an invite from the BBC not "asked to comment by some media company"

And if you mean Campbells petition is his "challenge" I find it quite puerile he's like a brat in a toyshop stamping his feet screaming "I want, I want, I want"

[joebloggs]

I dunno Joe - stick to the point I'm talking about an invite from the BBC not "asked to comment by some media company"

And if you mean Campbells petition is his "challenge" I find it quite puerile he's like a brat in a toyshop stamping his feet screaming "I want, I want, I want"

your
find me one link where Dacre gave an interview on tv or radio after his 'news' story' , i think he went in to

i'm sure ITV, BBC , channel 4 etc all asked him to comment

[Dedworth]

your
find me one link where Dacre gave an interview on tv or radio after his 'news' story' , i think he went in to

i'm sure ITV, BBC , channel 4 etc all asked him to comment

Why have you digressed from your original assertation (post #3 above) that Dacre didn't have the guts to appear on Newsnight - what have some media companies, the ITV and Channel 4 got to do with that ?

He maintained a dignified silence over the matter until giving his full and frank response yesterday in the Mail and Guardian