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27 April 2023

Axed Times columnist has stopped pulling punches

David Aaronovitch didn’t hold back about his former employer – or the Telegraph.

By The Chatterer

David Aaronovitch said his editor had never spoken to him. Photo by Keith Morris/Hay Ffotos/Alamy Stock Photo

David Aaronovitch, the former Times columnist, is not holding back.

In an interview to promote his new Substack on Press Gazette’s Future of Media Explained podcast, Aaronovitch laid into his former editor (“lacking in class”) and his former rivals at the Telegraph (“wall to wall rubbish”).

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