News of Theresa May’s coronation as the next Prime Minister is – as you’d expect – emblazoned on the front page of every newspaper today. However, the Daily Mail has gone one step further than its rivals — claiming, pretty much, that it enstooled May itself. And judging by its jubilations, if seems that Paul Dacre sees her as a Manchurian candidate programmed from High Street Kensington.
In fact, on reading their article ‘how the Mail backed May from the start‘, one could be forgiven for thinking that the paper’s editor Paul Dacre was moving into No.10 with May come Wednesday:
‘The Daily Mail was the first newspaper to throw its weight behind Theresa May in the race to succeed David Cameron as Prime Minister. Mrs May stands on the threshold of No 10 just ten days after this newspaper backed her as the only politician who could “calm the fever and heal the divisions of post-referendum Britain”.’
The editorial goes on to claim that — even though May did not win the leadership through a vote from its members — their endorsement played a big role.
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