LONDON – Virgin Trains and the Daily Mail are sparring in Britain after the rail operator said it had stopped stocking the newspaper on its west coast trains amid concern it was “not compatible” with the company’s brand.
An internal memo in November took issue with the newspaper’s “editorial position on issues such as immigration, LGBT rights and unemployment.” The memo said that while thousands read the Daily Mail, “they will no longer be reading it courtesy of (Virgin Trains.)”