Papers focus on plots against PM

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The newspapers focus on Gordon Brown's woes after Communities Secretary Hazel Blears became the fourth minister to resign in two days.

Above a photograph of a beaming Ms Blears, the Daily Telegraph's headline <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/5439400/Gordon-Brown-fights-for-his-political-life.html">says the PM is fighting "for his political life".</a>

The paper reports that 50 Labour MPs are prepared to sign an email demanding he stands down.

The text of the email appears in a number of the papers, including on the front page of the Independent.

The Sun's headline describes the letter as "The Big E." The paper <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2464095/Labour-email-calling-for-PM-to-resign.html">says: "Labour's cybermen are ready to delete the PM."</a>

The Guardian <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/04/hotmail-conspiracy-gordon-brown">calls the attempt to oust Mr Brown "the Hotmail conspiracy",</a> but says the PM is hanging on, for now.

The Mirror also suggests there is a mood of defiance inside Number Ten. "Brown but not out" is the headline.

The Times is just one of the papers <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6425772.ece">which examine Ms Blears' brooch,</a> inscribed with "rocking the boat".

The Financial Times <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/321b424a-5082-11de-9530-00144feabdc0.html">suggests the PM is locked in a "battle of wills"</a> with Alistair Darling and David Miliband over the forthcoming cabinet reshuffle.

The Daily Mail says there is a new joke doing the rounds at Westminster.

The paper says last weekend Gordon Brown rang to inquire about the health of the talent show singer, Susan Boyle.

Now columnist Peter Oborne <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1190706/PETER-OBORNE-The-day-Susan-Boyle-rang-Gordon-check-health.html">says the joke "in the cruel theatre of Westminster"</a> is that Ms Boyle has called No 10 to ask after the PM.

A number of the papers look at the legacy of the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing 20 years on.

A Times editorial <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6426602.ece">says the legacy for China is prosperity, not liberty,</a> while the Financial Times <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d3c9c04-5059-11de-9530-00144feabdc0.html">asks if western media got the protests wrong.</a>

Meanwhile, the Independent <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/chicken-injected-with-beef-waste-sold-in-uk-1696407.html">reveals that some food outlets have been selling chicken injected with beef waste.</a>

But the Daily Star has a positive food story. It <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/83382/Curry-on-living/">says new research suggests curry can ward off Alzheimer's disease.</a>