[bots]

Virgin Trains has announced that it has stopped selling the Daily Mail newspaper on its West Coast trains.

A spokesperson for Virgin said it regularly reviewed products sold on its trains, adding that "after listening to feedback from our people" it decided to stop stocking copies of the paper.

A Daily Mail spokesman called the decision "disgraceful".

Last year, stationery chain Paperchase apologised for a promotional giveaway in the Mail following criticism.

The Virgin spokesperson added that when it stocked the paper, which it stopped carrying in November, it only sold one copy for every four trains.

The spokesperson told the BBC that the paper had never been stocked on its East Coast trains under the management of Virgin/Stagecoach

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42621425

[arista]

Train Company getting a bit Political.

[Greg!]

[Greg!]

Although I'm a hypocrite as I have been known to browse the showbiz sidebar on the odd occasion.

[Vicky.]

The mail is utter trash, but I don't see the point in people complaining that its sold tbh. If you don't like it...just don't buy it? Easy enough done surely

[Kizzy]

Well done Branson now stop buying up all the mother *******ing NHS and we good

( sorry just been watching vines )

[Crimson Dynamo]

oh its Virgin is it..

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

The mail is utter trash, but I don't see the point in people complaining that its sold tbh. If you don't like it...just don't buy it? Easy enough done surely

Well it sounds as if nobody on Virgjn Trains was buying it in the first place, so there shouldn't be a problem

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by MB.

Well it sounds as if nobody on Virgjn Trains was buying it in the first place, so there shouldn't be a problem

But it says specifically

after listening to feedback from our people

So people were moaning that they even carried the paper at all. What kind of idiot moans about them selling a ****ing newspaper just because they disagree with the paper

One copy every 4 trains does seem very low mind. i thought the mail was one of the most bought in the country

[Crimson Dynamo]

Online is much better anyroad so most folks will look on their phone

like this story

'I didn't make the racist connection!' Loose Women's Saira Khan defends H&M over 'Monkey in the Jungle' hoodie admitting she would BUY IT for her mixed-race son

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...#ixzz53iJdLR00

[Withano]

Come thru lefty liberal cucks, first virgin trains, then the world

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Online is much better anyroad so most folks will look on their phone

You are vastly over-estimating Virgin Train's ability to provide working WiFi. As soon as you go out of 3G range, you're not going to be browsing anything at all .

[bots]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

You are vastly over-estimating Virgin Train's ability to provide working WiFi. As soon as you go out of 3G range, you're not going to be browsing anything at all .

they have internet plugged in on the train. I think you have to pay for it though

[user104658]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

they have internet plugged in on the train. I think you have to pay for it though

Though I haven't been on one for a while, in my experience, it basically NEVER works.

[Livia]

I despise the Daily Mail, but this is nothing but censorship.

If you don't like someone's opinion, shut them down. People can't be allowed to have an opinion that is different from the expectation of the Guardian readers who obviously made this decision.

[Oliver_W]

Wasn't it things like the Guardian who ran the lie about Corbyn not being able to find a seat?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Wasn't it things like the Guardian who ran the lie about Corbyn not being able to find a seat?

Oh no... the Guardian is the absolute bastion of all things truthful. Ask anyone who reads it and quotes it as evidence!

[Northern Monkey]

If it’s genuinely the case that it’s not selling to their customers then fair enough,You can’t begrudge them making way for something more profitable.People can just buy it at John Menzies or WHS Smiths in the station.
I do think they’ve given in to pressure from a few sensitive lefties though who get triggered by the very sight of it

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Livia

Oh no... the Guardian is the absolute bastion of all things truthful. Ask anyone who reads it and quotes it as evidence!

That paper is fecking laughable with its bias.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

If it’s genuinely the case that it’s not selling to their customers then fair enough,You can’t begrudge them making way for something more profitable.People can just buy it at John Menzies or WHS Smiths in the station.
I do think they’ve given in to pressure from a few sensitive lefties though who get triggered by the very sight of it

Yes. And as always, the squeaky wheel gets the oil.

[Alf]

Can't they buy a newspaper from a newsagents before they get on the train?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Alf

Can't they buy a newspaper from a newsagents before they get on the train?

That's not the point, Alfie. This is a rail company deciding which newspaper is and isn't appropriate for their passengers. Their adult, paying passengers.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Livia

That's not the point, Alfie. This is a rail company deciding which newspaper is and isn't appropriate for their passengers. Their adult, paying passengers.

Probably just billionaire Richard Branston still narked over Brexit, so he's throwing his toys out the pram.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Alf

Probably just billionaire Richard Branston still narked over Brexit, so he's throwing his toys out the pram.

LOL wouldn't surprise me at all.

[joeysteele]

I'm not a follower of any so called newspaper/s.

However of them all,I really enjoy any negative action against both the Sun and this equal pile of gutter trash,the Daily Mail.

So pleased to read this.