Metro – Freedom Of The Swifties
The Metro says Taylor Swift should be given the freedom of the City of London, according to an MP impressed by her tour’s impact on the UK economy. The paper says Swift’s Eras Tour – in which she played 8 dates at Wembley – gave Britain’s economy a £1bn boost.
Taylor Swift could be awarded Freedom of City of London as Lib Dems back bid
Taylor Swift could be handed the Freedom of the City of London as a thank-you for giving the capital a cash boost with two separate stops on her record-breaking tour.
London has hosted more nights on the pop megastar’s massively successful Eras tour than any other city on the planet – with four in June and a further four this month.
Following her final show at Wembley yesterday, it’s estimated her impact on the economy of the Big Smoke could be worth as much as £300 million.
Now, the Liberal Democrats want to mark their gratitude by granting her one of the city’s most prestigious awards.
The party pointed to Swift’s food bank donations at her stops around the UK as evidence of her generous spirit, while also managing to get in a dig at the previous government.
Sarah Olney, the Lib Dems’ Treasury spokesperson, said the Shake It Off singer’s career has been one of ‘endless philanthropy and using her platform to bring reforms to the music industry’.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 22 August 2024.
Thursday’s front pages have a variety of stories as their leads but most of the papers feature the dramatic images of the Italian emergency teams bringing victims of the yacht disaster back to shore.
Elsewhere it’s mostly domestic politics on the front pages as the publications offer up their assessments of challenges the new government faces. Some papers are looking ahead to the upcoming Autumn budget.
Showbiz news, including Taylor Swift’s boost to the UK economy and JLO and Ben Afflect’s divorce, make the front pages.
The sports pages are dominated by Premier League gossip, with most back pages choosing to lead on reports Raheem Sterling is being forced out of Chelsea.