Gary Jones –  the Labour-supporting, Remain-voting ex-Sunday Mirror editor who took over the Daily Express three years ago –  believes the paper has “come a long way” since he began his mission to make it a more positive force for good.

Jones made much upon his appointment of his plan to make the Express more inclusive and move away from the “Islamophobic sentiment” that made him “very uncomfortable”.

He wanted to rebrand the Express away from the front pages for which it had become notorious, rarely deviating from the royals, health breakthroughs (especially on diabetes), Brexit and the weather.