The revelation from former Daily Mirror editor Roy Greenslade that he “supported the right of the Irish people to engage in armed struggle” via the IRA throughout the 1970s and 1980s has prompted a furious response from many in the industry.

And yesterday the fallout from his article in the British Journalism Review prompted him to resign his post as an honorary professor at City University.

Greenslade today responded to the row telling Press Gazette: “I did nothing more than the scores of journalists who keep their political views to themselves.”