Sir Kir Stmper has appointed a former editor The Sun Newspaper for a senior communication role in number 10, Bringing it to the center of the government.
David Dinsmore was the editor of Tabloid newspaper between 2013 and 2015. He will now act as a senior civil servant who is responsible for the care and improvement of government communication.
Whitehall Sources indicate that the role of Mr. Dinsmore, the permanent secretary for communication, was newly built by the Prime Minister. After the PM’s understanding of modern media challenges, he was personally chosen by Sir Keer, Wire Report.
Mr. Dinsmore started his career Journalism In 1990, in the Scottish Sun, and in 2006, he woke up to become its editor. He edited The Sun Between 2013 and 2015, after which he was promoted as the Chief Operating Officer of News UK.
The journalist was re -promoted as the Executive Vice President of News UK in 2022, while the COO role was maintained. He has earned pladits for his media career, ranked 27th in the 2014 media guardians 100 and 67th in the 67th. Giku Magazine 2015 ‘Lotter’ Lotter ‘in Britain’ list.
While parts The Sun Online went behind a pavall during the tenure of Mr. Dinsmore, he was extended to 225,000 to double the online customer base of paper from the initial 117,000.
But appointment is likely to prove controversial among some Labor MPs, especially representing from Liverpool, where there is a solid boycott The Sun 1989 on its reporting of Hilsborough Disaster.
The campaigners have also pointed to several controversies which occurred during the time of Mr. Dinsmore in the Tulloid newspaper.
In 2016, the former Sun Editor was convicted in 2013 for dissolving the Sexual Offenses Act after printing a picture of a teenage victim of sexual offense, who did not hide the identity of the victim, and which happened during his tenure.
The teenager was a victim of footballer Adam Johnson, a former England player, who was found guilty of sexual activity with a 15 -year -old girl in 2016.
Judge Howard Rowel said that he was “satisfied”, Mr. Dinsmore did not realize that he was committing a crime. They were ordered to pay £ 1,300 in compensation and pay £ 1,000 in compensation.
Mr. Dinsmore left the post of editor, some time ago, The Sun Page 3 of the characteristics of the topless model was dropped after prolonged resentment from campaigners.
However, he was branded ‘Sexist of the Year’ for women against the campaign group and violence in 2014, After opposing this step initiallyIn 2013, Mr. Dinsmore said in an interview that it was “a good way to sell newspapers.”
The editor of the former newspaper was also criticized Platforming Katie Hopkins During his tenure, during the time he held a weekly column, promoting it as “the most controversial columnist of Britain”.
Both Ms. Hopkins and Mr. Dinsmore were informed to incite the Metropolitan Police in 2015 for racist hatred on a column that appeared Sun.
In this piece it was seen that Ms. Hopkins describes shelters as “cockroaches” to reach Britain and suggests. Government Post “gunship” to prevent them from landing on the edge.
While filing his report, Barrister Peter Herbert, Chairman of the Society of Black lawyers, said that the column included “some of the most aggressive, zenophobic and racist comments that I have read in a British newspaper for a few years.”
While Ms. Hopkins was questioned on the police comments, Mate confirmed that neither she nor Mr. Dinsmore would be accused.
The campaign for the appointment of Mr. Dinsmore for Sir Keir’s top team has been established in 2011 in response to the news of the World Phone-Haking Scam.
Initiating a petition against his appointment, the group said that Mr. Dinnsmore “alleged to have an endless and false refusal that Suraj was involved in the phone hacking scam, eventually exposed in January 2025, when Suraj was forced to apologize.”
“It is an insult to the taxpayer appointing a former Sun Editor for a publicly funded role, and especially for all those who were influenced by the Hilsborough disaster and were surrounded by a low and false attacks by the sun newspaper,” says this.
