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| Sunday papers focus on PM's woes | Sunday papers focus on PM's woes |
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| The political fate of the prime minister dominates many front pages. | The political fate of the prime minister dominates many front pages. |
| In the Observer, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears writes that Labour href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/02/hazel-blears-labour-gordon-brown">has taken a "titanic battering in recent weeks" and warns it must reconnect. | |
| The Mail on Sunday describes the PM as "a dead man walking" and claims plotters want to replace him with the Health Secretary Alan Johnson. | The Mail on Sunday describes the PM as "a dead man walking" and claims plotters want to replace him with the Health Secretary Alan Johnson. |
| Former minister Kate Hoey tells the Sunday Telegraph that Gordon Brown could be replaced within weeks. | Former minister Kate Hoey tells the Sunday Telegraph that Gordon Brown could be replaced within weeks. |
| The Independent on Sunday says disenchantment has spread through the cabinet over the issue of MPs' expenses and settlement rights for the Gurkhas. | The Independent on Sunday says disenchantment has spread through the cabinet over the issue of MPs' expenses and settlement rights for the Gurkhas. |
| One minister it quotes says people are now operating "through gritted teeth". | One minister it quotes says people are now operating "through gritted teeth". |
| However, the href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/">Sunday Mirror believes Gordon Brown can breathe a sigh of relief, claiming Labour big guns have moved to crush a plot by rebel MPs. | |
| It says former deputy PM John Prescott has warned them to rally behind the leadership or leave the party. | It says former deputy PM John Prescott has warned them to rally behind the leadership or leave the party. |
| DNA profiles destroyed | DNA profiles destroyed |
| The Sunday Times reports the government is preparing for a "full-scale retreat" over plans to privatise Royal Mail. | The Sunday Times reports the government is preparing for a "full-scale retreat" over plans to privatise Royal Mail. |
| The paper also carries a report saying that ministers are to shake-up the human rights legislation stopping them from deporting foreign criminals. | The paper also carries a report saying that ministers are to shake-up the human rights legislation stopping them from deporting foreign criminals. |
| The Observer says police are to destroy the DNA profiles of 800,000 innocent people in England and Wales as part of an overhaul of its national database. | The Observer says police are to destroy the DNA profiles of 800,000 innocent people in England and Wales as part of an overhaul of its national database. |
| Civil rights groups have given a cautious welcome to the move, it notes. | Civil rights groups have given a cautious welcome to the move, it notes. |
| Beer mat collectors | Beer mat collectors |
| The News of the World turns its attention to the travel arrangements of the foreign secretary. | The News of the World turns its attention to the travel arrangements of the foreign secretary. |
| Under the headline Airfarce One, it says David Miliband plans to use a private jet, instead of scheduled flights, for official trips abroad. | Under the headline Airfarce One, it says David Miliband plans to use a private jet, instead of scheduled flights, for official trips abroad. |
| According to the Independent on Sunday, tegestologists - beer mat collectors - are up in arms after one of the biggest makers of coasters went bankrupt. | According to the Independent on Sunday, tegestologists - beer mat collectors - are up in arms after one of the biggest makers of coasters went bankrupt. |
| Germany-based Katz group has been hit by falling beer sales, it reports. | Germany-based Katz group has been hit by falling beer sales, it reports. |
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