Daily Fail
A derogatory nickname for the Daily Mail, one of the UK's best-selling tabloid newspapers.
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I was sitting next to a man on the Tube this morning who was reading the Daily Fail rag. I saw a 2 page spread on the “rampant” antisemitism in The Green Party. Sigh.
Another newspaper poll on whether Brexit should be reversed. They seem to constantly show about 70/30 in favour - even the daily fail one a couple of weeks ago. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
So some unproven allegations from the Daily Fail where "claims" and "alledges" are doing some heavy lifting 😂 I fail to see any actual evidence there.
The Daily Fail do not know better, they have been racist chancers since the beginning of their existence under Rothmere. This is a rag that openly supported Hitler and has been fascist ever since. Daily Fail is ra…
www.dailymail.com/news/article... not that the daily fail is the world's best source, but holy fucking shit.
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A derogatory nickname for the Daily Mail, one of the UK's best-selling tabloid newspapers. The name is typically used by critics who regard the paper as sensationalist, factually unreliable, or politically reactionary. It's widely used in British online discourse, particularly on social media and forums like Reddit and Twitter, by those who view the paper's journalism as shoddy or agenda-driven. The nickname neatly inverts 'Mail' to 'Fail,' a jab at perceived journalistic failures.
He forwarded the article but added, 'Take it with a pinch of salt — it's from the Daily Fail.'
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(UK, slang, derogatory) The Daily Mail newspaper.
“I was sitting next to a man on the Tube this morning who was reading the Daily Fail rag. I saw a 2 page spread on the “rampant” antisemitism in The Green Party. Sigh.”
“Another newspaper poll on whether Brexit should be reversed. They seem to constantly show about 70/30 in favour - even the daily fail one a couple of weeks ago. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...”
“So some unproven allegations from the Daily Fail where "claims" and "alledges" are doing some heavy lifting 😂 I fail to see any actual evidence there.”
“I was sitting next to a man on the Tube this morning who was reading the Daily Fail rag. I saw a 2 page spread on the “rampant” antisemitism in The Green Party. Sigh.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Another newspaper poll on whether Brexit should be reversed. They seem to constantly show about 70/30 in favour - even the daily fail one a couple of weeks ago. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“So some unproven allegations from the Daily Fail where "claims" and "alledges" are doing some heavy lifting 😂 I fail to see any actual evidence there.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Daily Fail do not know better, they have been racist chancers since the beginning of their existence under Rothmere. This is a rag that openly supported Hitler and has been fascist ever since. Daily Fail is racism for the pseudo intellectual. S*n is for the crayon eaters.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“www.dailymail.com/news/article... not that the daily fail is the world's best source, but holy fucking shit.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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