THE TIMES reported the weekend before last that former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre had been asked by the Prime Minister to become the Chair of Ofcom (a position neither advertised, nor yet vacant).. As editor of the Daily Heil, Paul Dacre spent decades misleading the general public with an increasingly right-wing slant on the news, for a sadly increasing proportion of the public with increasingly stiff right arms. Voters are opposed to the rumoured appointment of former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre as head of Ofcom by four to one, Left Foot Forward can reveal.. A YouGov survey for the New Economics Organisers Network also shows that 49% believe the broadcast regulator should appoint a new chair through an internal recruitment process – rather than being appointed directly by the Government. Paul Dacre has reportedly been asked by the prime minister to take charge of Ofcom (Getty Images) Boris Johnson has asked the former editor of the Daily Mail Paul Dacre … A former editor of the Daily Mail has been tipped to become chairman of the broadcast regulator Ofcom. Boris Johnson looks set to appoint the Daily Mail Group’s editor-in-chief Paul Dacre as chair of Ofcom (Image: Getty). The Sunday Times reported that Charles Moore has been tapped to be the next chair of the BBC, while Paul Dacre is set to run Ofcom. UK prime minister Boris Johnson is set to appoint former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre has been approached by Boris Johnson to become Ofcom Chairman It comes as mandarins try to stop Charles Moore being made Chairman of BBC Mr Dacre, 71, who edited the Daily Mail for 26 years, was wooed by PM at No 10 The story may well be untrue. That’s This Writer’s opinion. Paul Dacre has been approached by Boris Johnson to become Ofcom Chairman It comes as mandarins try to stop Charles Moore being made Chairman of BBC Mr Dacre… Govt Denies Offering Ofcom, BBC Jobs To Paul Dacre… The news that right-wingers Paul Dacre and Charles Moore could become chairmen of Ofcom and the BBC has produced a predictably furious response. https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/paul-dacre-ofcom-chair-daily-mail-1234897101