Sunday Paper Review: 28th June 2009

The Sundays have - quite unsurprisingly - dedicated acres of space to the death of Michael Jackson. The result is an interesting assortment of stories for those looking for other news content.

The Sunday Times speculates on the earnings potential of Michael Jackson's unfinished songs. One of their most significant political stories accuses Alistair Darling of embarking on "a further example of Government dishonesty" as he "tries to hide Labour cuts from voters".

The Mail on Sunday reveals that the Government have been submitting fake job applications to businesses to try and catch them discriminating against people with non-"Anglo Saxon" sounding names. A spokesperson (cough) for the British Chamber of Commerce has criticised the covert operation as "unethical".

The Observer has a story which we're sure you'll see more of on the big political blogs (especially likely is Guido, we suspect) as Ed Balls reveals that he's been in contact with Damian McBride.

Off on a big tangent is a story in the Sunday Express in which it is revealed that NASA have found the original moon landing tapes - a discovery that it is claimed will put an end to the long running conspiracy theory about the moon landings being faked. Or maybe even just add to it...

The quirky story of the day comes in The Telegraph which has a report on the 'most haunted' locations in the English Heritage property portfolio. We like that sort of 'news'. We like all those UFOs and crop circle stories which are also making the papers regularly these days too. Speaking of 'Most Haunted', the former anchor of the 'Most Haunted Live' show, Dr. David Bull, has reportedly stepped down as the PPC for Brighton Pavilion after being asked to head a Conservative Party review on sexual health policy.

The Independent on Sunday publishes it's annual 'pink list' of the 'the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain today'. They have Peter Mandelson at number one. Obviously, this blog prefers the people at numbers two, three, and four - really rather like them, in fact - but you'll have to look at the paper to see who they are.

So, there we go. A whole load of Michael Jackson tributes and reportage and a lot of fun stuff, too. Enjoy your Sunday.