Metro – Never mind the ballots!
The Metro leads on Rishi Sunak’s dismissal of comments made by John Swinney that the impact of the timing of the general election – combined with the delays in postal votes being sent out – would mean some Scottish voters would be effectively disenfranchised.
A second front page leads with the death of Peter Fouché, a British combat medic and founder of the Project Konstantin charity, which provides essential supplies to soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine. The charity said Fouché died on Thursday while working as a medic in eastern Ukraine.
British medic who saved 200 soldiers in Ukraine killed on the front line
A British combat medic and volunteer who has saved more than 200 soldiers in Ukraine has been killed on the frontline. The death of Peter Fouché, who had been helping the Ukrainian Army in Donbas since the spring of 2022, was confirmed earlier today. The former carpenter and cabbie, from Fulham, in west London, leaves behind his 15-year-old daughter Nicole. Tributes have been pouring for Peter – who took an oath and officially joined the Ukrainian forces as a medic in January 2024 – describing him as a ‘hero’ whose ‘legacy of courage and compassion’ will never be forgotten.
Keir Starmer: ‘I really do hope the next Labour leader is a woman’
Starmer tells the paper: The Tories’ chaos and division has certainly led to some people looking elsewhere, but this has happened in the past. The difference this time is the British people look to us and see a changed Labour Party firmly back in the service of working people. It’s taken me four and a half years to change the party so it puts country first, party second. I’m proud of the decisions I’ve taken and the progress we have secured. And now the country is seeing we have a credible, fully costed and fully funded manifesto which will transform our country’s public services, deliver the growth we so desperately need and usher in a decade of national renewal.
Rishi Sunak: ‘I’d like to give Giorgia Meloni a taste of Yorkshire nightlife’
Sunak tells the paper: The first week of January this year was the most important because I was able to do something I firmly believe in – make substantial tax cuts for 27 million workers. I’m proud of what we did in the pandemic to rise to the extraordinary challenge and support people through, but I believe in low taxes and it was a relief to be in a place where I could make changes I wanted. To me, cutting taxes is the morally right thing to do and I hope to keep putting money back in people’s pockets in the years ahead – in contrast to Labour, who will raise your taxes.
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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.