When Mr S revealed a few weeks ago that long-time Mail columnist Richard Kay had been booted ‘up’ to a roaming writer role (to make way for Sebastian Shakespeare), there was plenty of speculation that Kay must have fallen out with his boss Paul Dacre.
Perhaps the chattering was unfounded. The two were spotted being very chummy at the weekend, drinking wine in the Twickenham car park after the England v New Zealand match. Either Kay is extremely forgiving or there’s more to this than meets the eye.
Shakespeare is very close to Dacre’s sparring partner Geordie Greig. The Mail on Sunday editor is said to have the ear of higher powers than Mr Dacre. Could this be a case of Greig laying some ground work?
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