Daily Mirror – Gordon Brown: Give our children hope
Writing in the Daily Mirror, Gordon Brown has urged voters to back Labour to end childhood poverty. The former prime minister describes the hardship faced by millions of children as “a stain on the soul of our country” and a “scar on our conscience unless something is done”.
Uefa’s investigation into Jude Bellingham’s ‘crude’ gesture during England’s last match also makes the front page.
‘Hardship facing poor children is a stain on the soul of our country’
Look into the eyes of the youngest Britons, and it’ll quickly become apparent there’s a crisis depriving them of not just basic necessities like clothes and medical care – but most tragically hope. A secondary school pupil in Liverpool brings an empty lunch box to school every day trying to fit in, and a teacher taking notice filling it with food only for her not to touch it and bring it home to her hungry siblings. An aspiring footballer turns up for training at Blackburn Football Club hiding the boots he is playing in because the soles are riddled with holes.
England hit with two charges by UEFA as Jude Bellingham investigated over crude gesture
UEFA are now set to investigate gestures Jude Bellingham allegedly made after scoring his dramatic equaliser against Slovakia on Sunday night. A UEFA spokesperson said: ‘Ethics and Disciplinary Inspector will conduct a disciplinary investigation regarding a potential violation of the basic rules of decent conduct by the English FA player, Jude Bellingham, having allegedly occurred in the scope of this match.’ UEFA have also meanwhile, opened disciplinary proceedings against the Three Lions for the lighting of fireworks and crowd disturbances in Gelsenkirchen.
Rishi Sunak told there’s more chance of ‘lightning striking twice’ than him staying on
Rishi Sunak has been told there’s “more chance of lightning striking twice in the same place” than him remaining PM after the General Election. The brutal moment came as the Tory leader was read out a piece of analysis from the elections expert Professor John Curtice during a BBC Breakfast interview. The polling guru had told the broadcaster: “There is more chance of lightning striking twice in the same place and a bit more than Rishi Sunak remaining as Prime Minister”.
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 02 July 2024.
It will come as no surprise that Tuesday’s front pages continue with their coverage of the upcoming UK general election. UK voters head to the polls on Thursday to elect a new party into power, with all opinion polls heavily suggesting a Labour government will be ushered into No 10.
With only a few days left the papers are firmly in their camps with who they are backing – and their front pages reflect that. The liberal left-leaning papers lead on Labour’s promises of a brighter future, whilst the traditional Conservative-supporting right-leaning newspapers warn their readers not to abandon the Tories and go to Reform UK. The papers say a vote for Reform will keep Labour in power for many years. The right-wing papers have accepted this general election loss and instead have focused on making sure the Conservatives remain the official opposition.
Elsewhere, US politics also finds space on the front page after the US Supreme Court ruled that former presidents are entitled to some degree of immunity from criminal prosecution.