Who is David Dinsmore? The former Sun editor given top comms job by Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer appointed a former editor. Sun He brought the newspaper to the senior communication role in number 10 and brought him to the center of the government.
Between 2013-2015, David Dinsmore was the editor of the tableid newspaper. He will now act as a senior officer responsible for supervising and developing state communication.
Whitehall sources show that Dainsmore’s permanent communication secretary has been created by the Prime Minister. PM was personally chosen by Sir Keir after being influenced by modern media difficulties. Telegram Reports.
Mr. Dinsmore started in 1990 in Scottish Sun in the field of journalism and rose in 2006 to become an editor. Edited Sun Between 2013-2015, he was promoted to the Chief Business Officer of News UK.
In 2022, the journalist retained the role of COO, while News was promoted to the UK’s vice president. Plaudits won for the media career and 2014 Media Guardian 100 and 67. GQ The list of the magazine 2015 ‘most linked men in the UK’.
Part Sun On the online, during the term of Mr Dinsmore’s term of office, the online was on the back of a payment wall, and the article grew at almost 225,000, increasing the online subscriber base from the first 117,000 to almost 225,000.
However, it is likely to prove that the appointment is controversial among some of the deputies representing Liverpool, especially from Liverpool. Sun On 1989 Hillsborough disaster reports.
Campaigns also drew attention to the various discussions that took place in the Tableid newspaper of Mr. Dinsmore.
In 2016, the former Sun editor was convicted of violating the Law of Sexual Crimes after he had written a photograph of a young victim of a sexual crime that did not hide the victim’s identity in 2013 and did not hide the identity of the victim and during his term of office.
Young was the victim of Adam Johnson, a former England player who was guilty of sexual activity in 2016 with a 15 -year -old girl.
Judge Howard Riddle said “satisfied” that Mr. Dinsmore did not realize that he had committed a crime. He was ordered to pay $ 1,300 for the sacrifice and a £ 1,000 compensation.
Shortly before Mr. Dinsmore leaving the editor mail, Sun After a long -term explosion from the campaigns, he left the page 3 with topless models.
However, in 2014, the campaign group was called the ‘sexist of the year’ after opposing violence against violence against women. In 2013, Mr. Dinsmore said in an interview that it was a “good way to sell newspapers”.
The former newspaper editor was also criticized for Katie Hopkins’s platform during his term, and during this time he hired a weekly column that introduced him as the “England’s most controversial columnist”.
Both Ms. Hopkins and Mr. Dinsmore reported to the metropolitan police in 2015 because it was encouraged to racial hatred through a resulting column. Sun
The piece saw that Ms. Hopkins described asylum seekers who wanted to reach Britain as “cockroaches ve and suggested that the government talks to“ arms ships ”to stop the shore.
By submitting the report, Lawyer Peter Herbert, President of the Black Lawyers Association, contained the column that “some of the most aggressive, xenophobia and racist interpretations I have read in the British newspaper for several years”.
While Ms. Hopkins was questioned about the comments of the police, Met, neither itself nor Mr. Dinsmore will be accused.
The appointment of Mr. Dinsmore to the best team of Sir Keir was strongly criticized by the hacked campaign group established in 2011 in response to the news of the world phone holding scandal.
The group, who started a petition against the appointment, accused Mr. Dinsmore of supervising that the sun was involved in the telephone hacking scandal and eventually was forced to apologize in January 2025 ”.
“A former Sun editor’s role financed by the public is an insult to everyone who is influenced by the Hillsborough disaster, especially by the Sun newspaper, who is influenced by the Hillsborough disaster,” he adds.
