A call in early August 2016 by Patience Wheatcroft, a former "Daily Mail" journalist, for a second referendum intended to reject the Brexit vote "led to her being monstered as a 'cheerleader for the moneyed Metropolitan elite'" by the newspaper, Alastair Campbell wrote. "One of the triumphs of the campaign was for Murdoch and Dacre, two of the wealthiest people journalism has ever produced, to portray anyone in favour of Remain as part of this Metropolitan elite". On 13 September, the day after the former prime minister resigned as the MP for Witney, the headline in the "Mail" was: "The crushing of David Cameron".