The Daily Mail has accused Virgin Trains of censorship after the company stopped stocking the newspaper and described it as “not at all compatible†with its brand and beliefs.
The train operator said it made the decision in November, pointing out in an internal note to staff that “considerable concern†had been raised by colleagues about the newspaper’s editorial position on issues such as immigration, LGBT rights and unemployment.
But the newspaper said Virgin Trains told them that the only reason the paper would no longer be sold was to “save spaceâ€.
A spokesman for the Daily Mail said: “It is disgraceful that, at a time of massive customer dissatisfaction over ever-increasing rail fares, and after the taxpayer was forced to bail out Virgin’s East Coast mainline franchise, a decision strongly criticised by the Mail, that Virgin Trains should now announce that for political reasons it is censoring the choice of newspapers it offers to passengers.
“It is equally rich that Virgin chose to launch this attack on free speech in the Aslef trade union journal.
“For the record Virgin used to sell only 70 Daily Mails a day.
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