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| Is Brown out of tune, papers ask? | Is Brown out of tune, papers ask? |
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| Should he stay or should he go? That is the question exercising the minds of columnists and leader writers as they contemplate the future of Gordon Brown. | Should he stay or should he go? That is the question exercising the minds of columnists and leader writers as they contemplate the future of Gordon Brown. |
| There is general agreement that, in the words of Tony Parsons in the Daily Mirror, Labour cannot give the British people two unelected leaders in a row by choosing a new party head who will become prime minister. | There is general agreement that, in the words of Tony Parsons in the Daily Mirror, Labour cannot give the British people two unelected leaders in a row by choosing a new party head who will become prime minister. |
| For Peter Oborne in the Daily Mail this might not be a problem if a massively popular figure were in waiting. | For Peter Oborne in the Daily Mail this might not be a problem if a massively popular figure were in waiting. |
| David Hughes in the Daily Telegraph believes Labour is running on empty. | |
| Wrong note | Wrong note |
| There is widespread support for what the Daily Mirror calls Sir Terry Wogan's "boom banga-blast" at the Eurovision Song Contest. | There is widespread support for what the Daily Mirror calls Sir Terry Wogan's "boom banga-blast" at the Eurovision Song Contest. |
| It has been reduced to an East European "stitch-up", the Daily Express says. | It has been reduced to an East European "stitch-up", the Daily Express says. |
| The nation that gave the world the Beatles and Rolling Stones has nothing to learn from "plinky-plonky" sounds of the Balkan and Baltic states, it says. | The nation that gave the world the Beatles and Rolling Stones has nothing to learn from "plinky-plonky" sounds of the Balkan and Baltic states, it says. |
| In the Sun's words, the UK is too proud and full of genuine talent to submit to this annual humiliation. | In the Sun's words, the UK is too proud and full of genuine talent to submit to this annual humiliation. |
| Winning formula | Winning formula |
| If the UK's Eurovision result depresses the papers, then British success at the Monaco Grand Prix cheers them up. | If the UK's Eurovision result depresses the papers, then British success at the Monaco Grand Prix cheers them up. |
| Pictures of Lewis Hamilton celebrating his win in what the Daily Mail calls the "most punishing and glamorous motor race on earth" are on many front pages. | Pictures of Lewis Hamilton celebrating his win in what the Daily Mail calls the "most punishing and glamorous motor race on earth" are on many front pages. |
| They are accompanied by headlines such as "Hamilton conquers Monaco" in the Guardian, and "Prince Lewis of Monaco" in the Sun. | They are accompanied by headlines such as "Hamilton conquers Monaco" in the Guardian, and "Prince Lewis of Monaco" in the Sun. |
| For the Daily Mirror it was a day when greatness called and Hamilton answered. | For the Daily Mirror it was a day when greatness called and Hamilton answered. |
| Split nation | Split nation |
| The weather is a hot topic of conversation, with the country dividing into two for the bank holiday. | The weather is a hot topic of conversation, with the country dividing into two for the bank holiday. |
| It was, the Sun reports, far from grim up north, while rain put a dampener in the south. A reversal to the usual picture, the Daily Mail says. | It was, the Sun reports, far from grim up north, while rain put a dampener in the south. A reversal to the usual picture, the Daily Mail says. |
| The Daily Express shows families in Scarborough relaxing in deckchairs, while a solitary couple are sheltering under an umbrella in Bournemouth. | The Daily Express shows families in Scarborough relaxing in deckchairs, while a solitary couple are sheltering under an umbrella in Bournemouth. |
| But, says the Times, the bank holiday fun goes on regardless. | But, says the Times, the bank holiday fun goes on regardless. |