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COMMENT Front pages of UK national newspapers showing the reaction to the interview of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with Oprah Winfrey SUCH are the travails of the Labour Party in Scotland that I woke up bleary-eyed on Thursday to the news that Ian Murray had resigned. My first cogent thought was the only Labour Member of Parliament from Scotland for Edinburgh South had fallen on his sword, until it slowly dawned on me that he was a Hearts fan, and unlikely to have been caught up in the debacle of Rangers fans celebrating in George Square. Then it started to sink in, there was another...

Advertisement Piers Morgan today tweeted that he was 'cancelling himself' from the Press Awards, which is run by industry body the Society of Editors  Piers Morgan today 'cancelled himself' from the Society of Editors Columnist of Year shortlist before 'some deranged wokie' tries to do it -  after the organisation's director was forced out for defending the press against Meghan Markle's racism claims.  He tweeted today: 'I've been nominated in @EditorsUK awards as Columnist of the Year. Obviously, some deranged wokie is now going to make a fuss about this & demand I be cancelled from the ...

Society of Editors board members hold urgent meeting after executive director Ian Murray quit last night  It follows SoE's reaction to comments made by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex about racism in the media Statement provoked furious response from board members including Oly Duff, Vic Motune and Eleanor Mills It's also been criticised by Daily Mirror, Guardian, Financial Times, Evening Standard and HuffPost UK editors 

Last modified on Fri 12 Mar 2021 00.34 EST The National Press Awards will be postponed, the Guardian understands, after the board of the Society of Editors concluded that a series of withdrawals over its statement that there was no racism in the British media threatened its integrity. The decision emerged in an emergency meeting on Thursday prompted by the resignation of Ian Murray, executive director of the industry body, over his statement in response to the Duchess of Sussex’s claims in her interview with Oprah Winfrey. After Murray’s withdrawal critics of the body had demanded a clear...

Ian Murray steps down amid backlash over his article criticising duchess’s claims of UK media bigotry