Daily Express

Is the Daily Express left or right?

Right of centre. We place the Daily Express at +7 on a scale from −10 (left) to +10 (right), among the furthest right of the 15 outlets we read.

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What it actually covers

The share of the Daily Express’s politics stories touching each subject, divided by the share across every masthead we read. 2.0× means twice the attention the press as a whole gave it.

Measured across 230 stories over 30 days, 2026-08-29 to 2026-10-02.

Covered more than the press average

Europe & the ECHR1.8×
14 stories · 6% of its output, against 3% across the press
Andy Burnham1.6×
139 stories · 60% of its output, against 38% across the press
Labour1.6×
139 stories · 60% of its output, against 38% across the press
Immigration & asylum1.5×
26 stories · 11% of its output, against 7% across the press
Zack Polanski1.5×
11 stories · 5% of its output, against 3% across the press
The Greens1.5×
11 stories · 5% of its output, against 3% across the press

Covered less than the press average

Defence & foreign policy0.5×
5 stories · 2% of its output, against 5% across the press
Russia0.6×
3 stories · 1% of its output, against 2% across the press
Iran0.6×
3 stories · 1% of its output, against 2% across the press

What the Daily Express is running now

Every masthead we read

All of them, on one scale

One email each morning

See the split every morning

The day's stories as the left and the right each told them, in one email before breakfast.

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