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Editorial 08.10.24
Tuesday’s front pages feature images of Israelis marking the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks. The tributes are heavily covered on today’s front pages, mostly in images – with the latest from UK politics being the lead story for most publications.
There is ongoing coverage of Sue Gray quitting her No10 role as well as reports that UK troops could be sent to the Middle East.
Elsewhere, there’s a bit of showbiz news on the front pages.
The Guardian says the “sobs and murmured prayers” of mourners gathered at the site of the music festival where hundreds were murdered on October 7 2023. The paper says whilst mourners reflected on the killings at the festival site the “sound of artillery and machine guns being fired in nearby Gaza” were heard.
The Daily Mirror spoke to a British mother whose son was killed by Hamas whilst working as a security guard at the festival. She says he called her on the morning of the attack to say rockets were flying overhead. It was four days later she found out her son had been killed.
The Mail recounts the story of one of the survivors. Yovel Sharvit Trabelsi attended the event with her husband, only to be trapped beneath his body for five hours after he was shot dead.
The i newspaper says the prime minister refused to rule out involving the UK military in Israeli operations against Iran during a speech in the Commons. The paper says he didn’t close down suggestions of British bases or personnel being used. It says there are calls for any involvement to be approved first by MPs.
The Times continues its coverage of Sue Gray. The paper has spoken to senior figures in Whitehall who say the removal of Gray from her role as chief of staff will not resolve “systemic” issues in No 10. One source is quoted as saying the “dysfunction” is not Gray’s fault and that “just because she is gone” it does not mean things are going to improve. The paper says the PM will not reshuffle his cabinet this year.
The Sun also leads on domestic politics, the paper says donors were offered a chance to “mingle” with the prime minister and Angela Rayner at the recent party conference if they paid up to £50,000 to sponsor drinks parties. A Labour spokesperson tells the paper the offer wasn’t an “authorised party communication” and that it wasn’t “something that was taken up”.
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The UK is set to lose the greatest proportion of millionaires in the world in the next four years, new analysis suggests, as a group of respected academics joined growing calls for Rachel Reeves to introduce an exit tax at the upcoming Budget.
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Although the government is telling everyone the economy is on the mend, the reality is the economy is still on the verge of a double dip recession.
The inflation figures don’t show the real picture. Yes, inflation has stopped rising as much as it did, but the metrics they share is a decline rate not a drop. To understand this imagine the economy as a plane, it would still be falling, just not as fast as it was before, but it’s still on its way down.
The reason for that is FTSE companies from insurance to netflix subscriptions has increased its price, in some cases without any real justification, yet wages for the average joe have not increased.
The interest rates are still higher than they should be, and they will have you believe you that it is inversely linked to inflation. But the government could have maintained a price freeze for everyday services. But boosting profits for corporates is costing the average taxpayer more.
It is true, big companies have a stranglehold around the government policies; not just with lobby groups, but as we saw with Liz Truss, by having the power to tank the stock market. This power comes from the amount of American companies that have taken over British companies; because they don’t really care about the Brits, they are just focussed on their bottom line.
With Christmas around the corner, they will need to be some changes, and the government will have to bring that ‘feel good factor’ back in the market to boost spending and confidence, in order to avoid this being labelled as the ‘winter of discontent 2′.
No winter fuel payments, fuel bills rising by £150 per household (today), higher credit cards payments and mortgages equals parents with no money for presents. This will make this winter, not only, one of the coldest but also a thrifty one.
Earlier this morning Israel launched its invasion of Lebanon, despite the calls and protests from world leaders. Netanyahu is determined to push forward his agenda for creating a greater Israel and gain more land.
Despite the conflicts with Starmer on the issue, this provides a political opportunity that politicians will exploit. First and foremost it will take the limelight away from domestic policies. So politicians will use every soundbite to talk about the issue.
Additionally, politicians will use this opportunity to drive home the cuts at home. Although they are determined not to use words like ‘austerity’ – Labour will be making big spending cuts starting with winter fuel payments.
On the surface this may seem like a natural appointment, but once you dig deeper you see the problem. Labour has appointed oil baron Rachel Kyte as the lead UK’s return to high-level environmental diplomacy.
Until this year, she worked with Hedge fund (which has £1.2 Billion) invested in oil and fossil fuels and arms. And there’s more her company, through their foundation paid a £4 Million donation to the Labour party just before the election.
Furthermore Starmer has been accused to Rosie Duffield, MP for Canterbury, said she claimed Starmer had “a woman problem”, claiming that Downing Street was run by a male clique. “It’s clear the lads are in charge,”.
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