geordie greig has been appointed the new editor of the daily mail. own from the role he has held for 26 years. greig has been the editor of the mail on sunday since 2012, after previously being in charge of the evening standard for three years. earlier, i spoke to our media editor amol rajan and asked him whether the appointment was a surprise. i don't think it's a huge surprise, reeta, because geordie greig was the editor of the mail on sunday, the sister paper to the daily mail, and he'd been long though of as a potential successor to paul dacre, what makes this intriguing is that one of the things that's defined the daily mail has been his opposition to european integration. basically, its stance on brexit. and geordie greig and the mail on sunday have been very pro—remain while the daily mail have been very pro—leave. so i think although geordie's an obvious choice and a natural choice for the daily mail, he faces some big challenges in navigating this path for the daily mail's leave position to his remain position, and then there's all the other

geordie greig has been appointed the new editor of the daily mail after paul dacre stood down yesterday