Wednesday, 2 February 2011

The papers - 2 February, 2011

Great picture on front page of Indy and Morning Star - a great mass of people - million people on the streets to demand change, Robert Fisk reporting from Cairo. Other front pages share the story from the sober "Mubarak paves way for exit" of the FT, The Times "Mubarak's long goodbye" to the Sun"s "They sphinx it's all over". This is the news that Mubarak has finally accepted that he has to go .... but not until September when there will be elections.

Two other stories sold the front pages this morning - Daily Star and the Sun went with the celeb sex hook of the continuing saga of Jordan with Simon Cowell getting in on the act. Mirror and DT splashed with the other 9/11 plotters: the news that secret papers reveal that a gang got away followed up inside by most other papers. Mirror headline "Hell's kitchen" by far the most emotive.

The Express reports demands for adult only flights after noisy children were cited in a survey as the pet hate and news that boffins found that stilletos tone up your legs - waytogo guys. Another drone about Europe - yet another line in the sand - from a Tory MP, via the Mail, with a pix of St Helen Mirren to brighten up the front page. The same story splashed by the Scotsman - it's all aboutEurope opening door for Scottish prisoners to claim compensation for being denied the vote.

UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, is quoted in the Mirror on the NHS - Cameron is dubbed Dr Spin as he claims a long list of groups back his reforms - I never considered 5 as a long list. On the other hand we have 20 who oppose the reforms. http://bit.ly/fcFdWw and Kevin Maguire sticks the knife in on his page.

Interesting analysis of who will be hit hardest by Osborne's tax plans is covered by most. Lovely pix in Guardian of a masterpiece by Pieter Bruegel drawing our attention to the tiny detail of a family throwing sticks at a tied-up goose. Can see it now through a google art project which captures the paintings in super-duper high-res mega giga pixies - maybe it wasn't meant to be seen with the human eye?

And Morning Star loved its front page so much, it also put it on page 3 - perhaps other papers could take note.

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