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PM 'tried to get Daily Mail editor sacked'
The proprietor of the Daily Mail told its editor that David Cameron pressed for him to be sacked during the EU referendum, 麻豆社 Newsnight has learned.
Lord Rothermere told Paul Dacre the prime minister urged him to rein in his pro-Brexit editor, then suggested he sack him, a source told the 麻豆社.
The Mail mounted a vociferous campaign for Brexit in the run up to the vote.
A spokesman for Mr Cameron said he "did not believe he could determine who edits the Daily Mail". Emily Maitlis reports.
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