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Papers ponder Budget prospects Papers ponder Budget prospects
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On all sides, the papers expect a pretty forbidding Budget - and as ever the cartoonists capture the mood.On all sides, the papers expect a pretty forbidding Budget - and as ever the cartoonists capture the mood.
The Sun imagines the Chancellor turning for help to a quartet of superheroes - "You've got 24 hours," he tells the stony-faced group.The Sun imagines the Chancellor turning for help to a quartet of superheroes - "You've got 24 hours," he tells the stony-faced group.
The Daily Telegraph sees Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling as lightly-armed pirates trying to stop a giant cargo ship labelled "government spending."The Daily Telegraph sees Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling as lightly-armed pirates trying to stop a giant cargo ship labelled "government spending."
The href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/the-daily-cartoon-760940.html"> Independent portrays Mr Brown and Mr Darling as Laurel and Hardy. The href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/the-daily-cartoon-760940.html">Independent portrays Mr Brown and Mr Darling as Laurel and Hardy.
Summer holidaySummer holiday
No doubt intending to help, the href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1172224/MAIL-COMMENT-Time-throw-away-rose-tinted-specs.html"> Daily Mail has written a budget speech for Alistair Darling. No doubt intending to help, the href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1172224/MAIL-COMMENT-Time-throw-away-rose-tinted-specs.html">Daily Mail has written a budget speech for Alistair Darling.
The paper calls for no more borrowing, tax rises for everyone, cuts in public sector jobs, and an end to the final salary pensions of public servants.The paper calls for no more borrowing, tax rises for everyone, cuts in public sector jobs, and an end to the final salary pensions of public servants.
The decision by MPs to give themselves a three-month summer holiday prompts reaction from the Daily Mirror.The decision by MPs to give themselves a three-month summer holiday prompts reaction from the Daily Mirror.
It comments that "many people think the economy would recover faster if they took all 52 weeks".It comments that "many people think the economy would recover faster if they took all 52 weeks".
'Party over''Party over'
Each year, href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/parties-are-so-pass-as-cannes-gets-frugal-1671658.html"> says the Independent, the Cannes film festival brings together "the wealthy, pouting and famous". Each year, href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/parties-are-so-pass-as-cannes-gets-frugal-1671658.html">says the Independent, the Cannes film festival brings together "the wealthy, pouting and famous".
But next month because of the financial climate there will be sparkling rose not champagne, onion tarts not foie gras, and fewer hairdressers, it says.But next month because of the financial climate there will be sparkling rose not champagne, onion tarts not foie gras, and fewer hairdressers, it says.
As the Daily Telegraph comments on the state of the economy, "the party is over now."As the Daily Telegraph comments on the state of the economy, "the party is over now."
The href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/21/budget-housing-mortgages"> Guardian focuses on a predicted £1bn package for the British housing industry expected in the Budget. The href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/21/budget-housing-mortgages">Guardian focuses on a predicted £1bn package for the British housing industry expected in the Budget.
Star reviewsStar reviews
Given the air of hard times, this may be the perfect time for the release of an escapist blockbuster film.Given the air of hard times, this may be the perfect time for the release of an escapist blockbuster film.
And some think that the new Star Trek, which had its British premiere in London's West End, fits the bill.And some think that the new Star Trek, which had its British premiere in London's West End, fits the bill.
Pictures of the cast feature on the front of the Times and the Daily Mail - and both papers give the movie five-star reviews.Pictures of the cast feature on the front of the Times and the Daily Mail - and both papers give the movie five-star reviews.
href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1172164/Out-world-The-Mails-film-critic-gives-verdict-new-Star-Trek-movie.html"> "The outstanding prequel of all time," says the Mail; href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article6135968.ece"> "a dazzling and beautiful rebirth,"says the Times. href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1172164/Out-world-The-Mails-film-critic-gives-verdict-new-Star-Trek-movie.html">"The outstanding prequel of all time," says the Mail; href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article6135968.ece">"a dazzling and beautiful rebirth,"says the Times.