While admitting that Britain is “in the eye of the storm”, the Prime Minister said in an interview with The Daily Telegraph that the country will see off the worst of the slowdown if the public can harness the “British spirit” and remain resolute and upbeat.
The Times herald the dawn of a new age of industrial action
Gordon Brown’s pledge to create “British jobs for British workers” came back to haunt him yesterday when a dispute over foreign labourers sparked a wave of industrial unrest.
The Independent calls it the soundbite that the PM will be haunted by for many years to come.
The Mail leads with the story
The hollowness of Gordon Brown's pledge to create 'British jobs for British workers' was exposed tonight as wildcat strikes spread across Britain in protest at the use of foreign labour.
The Telegraph has more on the Ermingate controversy the paper reporting that Lord Truscott was secretly video recorded describing how peers charge up to £5,000 per day to help clients with what he called "facilitating amendments" to the law.
The Mail reports that
Peers are offering their services as conference and after-dinner speakers for up to £25,000, But because of a loophole in the law, the Lords do not have to declare how much they make from socialising with bankers, industrialists and other professionals.
But because of a loophole in the law, the Lords do not have to declare how much they make from socialising with bankers, industrialists and other professionals.
Many of the papers hail the formation of a government of unity in Zimbabwe,the Guardian says that
The agreement – which has yet to backed by western governments – is being seen as a risky attempt to find a political solution to the country's mounting humanitarian and economic crisis.
The Indy looks forward to today's elections in Iraq describing them as a crucial test for Prime Minister Maliki and democracy as American forces begin withdrawal
The Times has an exclusive.An interview with Tony Blair in which the ex PM tells the paper that Hamas must somehow be brought into the Middle East peace process because the policy of isolating Gaza in the quest for a settlement will not work,
Staying with the Middle East the Guardian reports how hours after clashing with the Israeli president, Shimon Peres,Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arrived home to a tumultuous reception of cheering crowds early today after storming out of a debate in Davos over Israel's recent offensive in Gaza.
Meanwhile returing to issues at home,the Guardian says that the government will nationalise recession-hit private schools by turning them into state-funded academies,
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