Guido can reveal that  following on from the Guardian’s apology, Dan Wootton has now also won an apology plus substantial damages from the Daily Mirror after they reprinted the subsequently discredited Byline Times allegations about him. The official Mirror apology reads:

An article headlined “Met Police launches probe into ‘Dan Wootton sex offences’ allegations” was published on our website on 2 October 2023 and removed later that day following a complaint from Dan Wootton. Last week, the Metropolitan police and Police Scotland said that they had concluded their investigations and are taking no further action. We accept that we were wrong to have published the article and apologise unreservedly to Mr Wootton for any upset the article may have caused. Mr Wootton has restated that the police inquiries have exonerated him of any criminal wrongdoing.

Mirror Group Newspapers are also paying substantial five-figure damages to Wootton. This means the country’s two biggest left-wing newspapers have apologised for following up the shoddy reporting of Byline Times. Byline Times are currently busy taking on JK Rowling and have yet to concede to Dan. Either Dan or JK could likely bankrupt the rag…