The Sunday Telegraph has a report which could run and run. It forms links with the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Peter Mandelson and his old friends Oleg Deripaska and Nat Rothschild... and Colonel Gaddafi. It's a revelation that the newspaper explores in depth and is sure to be the beginnings of an almighty political row.
As if that wasn't huge enough, the Sunday Telegraph also reveals how Britain's payments to the EU are set to increase by SIXTY PER CENT next year! The amount we have to cough up is reported to amount to 3p on the standard rate of UK income tax. So on our calculations (not that we're mathematical geniuses or anything), if you earn £300 per week, you are giving £9 a week to fund the European Union.
The Observer also runs with the Lockerbie-Libya story, but chooses to put Gordon Brown squarely at the centre of it's investigation. In other news, the detail and fallout from this year's G20 in London continues to be centre stage in a newspaper that - together with it's sister paper - thankfully maintains a protective interest in matters of civil liberties.
A lot to digest in the Sunday Times who are not getting into the silly season this week. First up is a dossier which had been suppressed by ministers but has now been seen by the newspaper. It reveals a catalogue of shortcomings which are apparently failing our troops. Fear of political correctness is also out of the window as the newspaper reports on gangs who "import children" in order to claim British state benefits. Meanwhile, it is reported that cereal manufacturers Kellogg's and Weetabix are about to find themselves in the cross-hairs of the EU's interfering with every aspect of everything habit. We're looking forward to this one. A couple of very big and very popular brands up against the EU? We'll get the popcorn...
The Mail on Sunday is scathing of Labour, it's beleaguered Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth and British policies in Afghanistan as it reveals that an exclusive poll for the paper shows that 69% of British folk now want our troops to be brought back home.
The Sunday Express reveals how just ten out of our eighty-six ministers are actually at their desks earning their wages right now. The paper brands Whitehall a "ministerial ghost town"..
The Independent on Sunday has a report on how the Tories may repeal the ban on hunting. Shame they're not planning on reversing the smoking ban. Hey ho. This blog doesn't support fox hunting, but we don't mind the Tories discussing repealing it. Not only do we oppose banning everything, but discussion of repeal should mean the utterly dishy Otis Ferry will be finding his way back into news headlines frequently. Swoon! Call us shallow and superficial... we confess.
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