Prime Minister Keir Starmer has shocked the papers and that shock is evident in Wednesday’s front pages, highlighting Britain’s media divide: on the left, you’ll see reports of the government’s new approach to Israel, highlighting the strong condemnation used by the government, whilst the right-leaning press have largely left the story off the front splashes and instead have chosen to focus on domestic political stories.
Keir Starmer has shocked the papers
The UK has largely been silent – or at least in line with what the US has said – regarding Israel’s genocide in Gaza, in fact despite the ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, the government have officially resisted the calls for calling this massacre a genocide. But strangely a pushback has begun.
From suggestions of sanctions to pausing trade deals, which in itself is a moot point, but significantly the language used in the House has set a precedent, that the UK acknowledges Israel is doing something that is unacceptable; which if it continues must lead to a breach of international law.
Britain finally has something to say about Gaza
This seems to have caught the British press off guard; the papers in turn have highlighted the use of keywords such as “repellent” “monstrous” and “intolerable”.
The Guardian, the Daily Mirror and The i quoted Foreign Secretary David Lammy in accusing Israel of ‘cruel extremism.’
The Times says the UK is ready to issue sanctions against Israel as trade talks are paused and the country warns Israel not to break international laws, perhaps that should have been, ‘don’t force our hand.’
The FT blazingly makes a pragmatic stance to suggest this does impact us, the business people of the UK, as it printed says ‘the international condemnation has stepped up after the UK, France and Canada jointly criticised Benjamin Netanyahu’s “far-right government.”
Most of the papers use images from the horrors including starving children to highlight their stance. You must remember, this is after 18 months of continuous bombardment.
Some papers have ignored Gaza – highlighting Britain’s media divide
For the right-leaning press, the government’s sudden change of heart on Gaza has been left off the front pages and instead, they continue to attempt to drum up concern over Brexit 2.0 and other domestic problems.
The Daily Telegraph is out to get Angela Rayner with yet another hit piece on the deputy PM. This time, the paper says Rayner had a “secret plan for a new tax raid on savers.”
There’s continued coverage of the “Brexit reset” on the front splash as it tells its readers that any hopes of cheap phone calls for UK tourists were “blocked by the EU”.
The Daily Mail leads with the opinions of the former prime minister Boris Johnson who takes to the Mail to say Britain under Starmer has turned into a “police state.” It comes after a judge refused to reduce the sentence of a woman locked up over a “hateful” tweet following the Southport murders.
The Sun turns to its favourite group – illegal migrants, for its front page focus this morning. The paper reports on a migrant who travelled over by boat and brought his dog with him. It’ll now cost the British taxpayer thousands to look after the canine, the paper tells its readers.
Pensioners are headlining the Daily Express say they are about to be hit by “unprecedented tax demands.”
Images: ITV Daytime TV job loss ‘bloodbath’
Filling up space on the front pages are images of Princess Kate, who has returned to public life following the end of her chemotherapy.
The Loose Women are splashed on several of the tabloids as ITV confirms they are cutting daytime TV jobs.
Back pages: Goodbye to KDB & Previews of all-English Europa League final
The back pages bid farewell to Manchester City legend Kevin De Bruyne – who recently hinted he might move to another Premier League club after City shockingly ditched him.
There’s plenty of coverage on the back pages of tonight’s all-English Europa League final – with £100 million on the line and both Man Utd and Spurs desperately needing to win some silverware in what has been a very poor season for both.