Saturday, 30 May 2009

Saturday's papers

The Times reveals that Labour is heading for disaster in the polls next week.

Its latest populus poll predicts that the expenses scandal has had a devastating impact on Labour and Gordon Brown,with its overall position down to 21 per cent, its lowest in polling history.

Furthermore in the European poll Labour is in third place behind UKIP and the Tories, for the first time.

The Telegraph concentrates on the Tory party in the wake of the latest expenses revelations.In an interview with the paper David Cameron says that MPs who have used taxpayers’ money to pay for “phantom” mortgages on their expenses should be investigated by the police and prosecuted.

Meanwhile the Guardian reports that

A group of Tory grandees and former ­senior diplomats will tomorrow launch a devastating attack on David Cameron's flagship Eurosceptic policies, warning that they pose a threat to British influence in the European Union.


The Mail turns its attention to the BBC.The paper claims that the corporation

has offered to pay £30,000 and apologise to the Muslim Council of Britain after airing claims that it encourages the killing of British troops.
adding that

The Corporation caved in after a panellist on the Question Time TV programme accused the country's most influential Muslim organisation of failing to condemn attacks on soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.


The Independent leads with the news that

Boosting levels of vitamin D could cut the incidence of breast cancer by a quarter, bowel cancer by a third and it should be offered to the population as part of a public health drive, scientists say.


Finally also concentrating on the sunshine,the Express reports that

SCORCHING sunshine and signs of an upturn in the economy brought the feelgood factor back to Britain this weekend.

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