Shortly afterwards, he was named as the eighth most influential person in the British media – behind his proprietor Murdoch, but ahead of his editor, Rebekah Wade.
[4] In February 2017, the IPSO found that a column by Kavanagh published in The Sun about allegedly false refugee claims was factually inaccurate.
"[5] In August 2017, The Sun published a column by Kavanagh which questioned what actions British society should take to deal with "The Muslim Problem".
Kavanagh cited an opinion piece by Labour Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities Sarah Champion MP several days previously as a reason that it was "now acceptable" to describe Muslims as a "specific rather than cultural problem".
"[8] A cross-party group of over 100 MPs from the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens subsequently signed a letter to the editor of The Sun demanding action over the column.
On TalkTV on 6 July 2022, he told Mike Graham that he held an Australian passport which he may use in the event Sadiq Khan becomes prime minister of the UK.