Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
Tuesday’s front pages are dominated by the Met Police officer David Carrick who plead guilty to dozens of sexual offences. Other lead stories include PM Rishi Sunak blocking Scotland’s law on gender recognition and teachers’ voting to strike.
Met Officer David Carrick
The Daily Express’s headline asks: “Just how did police miss serial rapist in its ranks?” whilst the Sun calls him “monster of the Met,” and the Mirror says the Met had nine chances to stop him but failed to act. Whilst the Daily Mail asks “just how many more monsters in uniform?”
The Daily Telegraph looks at the pressure on Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley due to the fact he was in effect Carrick’s boss when some of his offences were happening.
Left-wing Daily Mirror uses its editorial to say official apologies and admission of failure are not enough. The paper says the Met must come up with a foolproof system to avoid recruiting “villains.”
Whilst the former home secretary Priti Patel tells the right-wing Express that a change of law is needed to clean up the Met Police. An editorial in the Sun says Scotland Yard is a “broken force which betrays Londoners and shames Britain”.
UK blocks Scotland’s law on gender recognition
The Telegraph describes Rishi Sunak’s blocking of Scotland’s law as unprecedented, while the Guardian says Scottish ministers will mount a legal challenge. The i newspaper says the move will only deepen the rift between the UK and Scottish government, but the paper says it isn’t likely to be a factor in increasing support for independence.
The Times’ editorial supports Rishi Sunak’s decision to block the Scottish law because it effectively extends the new Scottish right of gender-self-identification to the rest of the UK, by the backdoor, and that is unacceptable. The Daily Mail also agrees and calls Sunak’s move “an act of political courage that will be applauded on both sides of the border”.
Teachers strike in England and Wales
The Times features a piece from Education Secretary Gillian Keagan, who accuses teachers of “turning their backs” on children after teachers voted to strike in England and Wales. The paper claims ministers are worried that walkouts will disrupt education and harm the economy. But the unions say teachers are quitting the profession in droves, and action is needed.
