Gordon Brown faces a “winter of discontent” of damaging industrial disputes following last week’s gloomy news on the economy.
After the postal strike
Union leaders have warned of further disruptive strikes in the pipeline. These will hit the public and will draw comparisons with the winter of discontent of 1978-9, which contributed to the election defeat of James Callaghan, Labour’s then prime minister.
The Telegraph leads with the revolt of MP's over expenses which may force the watering down of proposals to ban parliamentarians from employing family members,
Scores of MPs among the 201 who currently employ spouses or relatives have protested amid predictions of a mass revolt on the floor of the Commons when Sir Christopher’s final recommendations are debated. Others have threatened legal challenges to any ban.says the paper
The Independent launches its own campaign reporting that
George Soros became the latest high-profile figure from the world of finance to condemn the bankers, and call for watertight restrictions on their activities yesterday.
Soros has said that
"Banks are actually getting hidden subsidies of enormous amounts because of their ability to borrow at effectively zero, and buy 10-year government bonds at 3.5 per cent. So those earnings are not the achievement of risk-takers. These are gifts, hidden gifts, from the Government, so I don't think those monies should be used to pay bonuses. So there's a resentment which I think is justified."
The Observer reports that
Employers will be expected to offer more part-time jobs for working parents under a major shift in government thinking on family life. The move is likely to provoke an outcry from business and accusations that ministers are not taking into account the financial burden of extending workers' rights during a recession.
The week's main topic continues in the Sunday's
Lee Barnes, the BNP's legal officer, accused Griffin of "failing to press the attack" during the televised debate, which was watched by a record 8 million people. Others sympathetic to the BNP's views expressed dismay at Griffin's flustered attempts to appeal to the mainstream.says the Observer
The Times reports that
The veteran Radio 4 presenter Sue MacGregor has accused the BBC of mishandling the first appearance of the British National party on Question Time by setting the “attack dogs” against Nick Griffin.
The News of the World claims that the Queen has declared war on the BNP
She's furious at the party for using Winston Churchill to promote its racist image and has ORDERED all the royals to join forces with her to unite Britain against hated BNP leader Nick Griffin. A senior royal aide told us: "The Queen thinks it is a disgrace that the name of such a courageous leader in our hour of need has been hijacked in this way.
Meanwhile according to the Mail
BBC Director-General Mark Thompson attended a survival course for war reporters as the Corporation was engulfed in crisis over its decision to allow BNP leader Nick Griffin on Question Time.
The Telegraph reports that detectives have relaunched the investigation into the Lockerbie bombing and are pursuing "several" new lines of inquiry including a fresh analysis of forensic evidence,
Many of the papers report that a British coouple have been killed in Kenya.The Times reports that
Kenyan police are investigating the deaths of Norman Joel, 70, and his wife, Rita, 67, of Southend in Essex who were staying in Mombasa on the Kenyan coast.
Mr Joel was stabbed 17 times and sustained severe head wounds during the attack. His wife was stabbed 11 times.
The Independent is amongst many who report that
The former archbishop of Canterbury,Lord Carey criticised the Roman Catholic Church this weekend, branding as "inexcusable" its failure to consult leading Church of England clergy on the Pope's invitation for Anglo-Catholics to join him.
The lead in the http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1222764/Secret-court-seizes-3-2bn-elderly-mentally-impaired.html#ixzz0UvEiyjW1 is a report that
A secret court is seizing the assets of thousands of elderly and mentally impaired people and turning control of their lives over to the State - against the wishes of their relatives.
The paper adds that
The draconian measures are being imposed by the little-known Court of Protection, set up two years ago to act in the interests of people suffering from Alzheimer's or other mental incapacity.
President Obama has declared a swine flu emergency in the US
The proclamation, which Mr Obama signed on Friday night, will make it easier for US medical facilities to handle a surge in patients by allowing the waiver of some requirements of Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health insurance programmes as needed, the White House said in a statement.says the Independent
Pakistan notched up the first major success of its Waziristan campaign yesterday with the capture of Kotkai, home to the Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, a week after it launched a sweeping assault on the militants' heavily protected mountain fortress.reports the Observer
Meanwhile the Telegraph reports that
Dr Abdullah Abdullah, the presidential challenger who has forced Hamid Karzai to go to a second round in the Afghan election has described his triumph as "history in the making."
Finally the Express reports on a new phenonoma as
Security cameras across Britain are picking up alarming new images that are scaring staff stiff.
Ghostly figures and inexplicable lights are being caught on film in stately homes, pubs, shops and even a fire station.
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