Papers' focus remains on the BNP

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BNP leader Nick Griffin's appearance on Question Time is still being debated in the Sunday papers - three days on.

The News of the World quotes <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/565763/Queen-fury-at-BNP-Outrage-at-Nick-Griffin-Churchill-hijacking.html">a senior Royal source saying the Queen was "furious" the party</a> used Winston Churchill to promote its image.

Colonel Bob Stewart <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.express.co.uk/sunday">tells the Sunday Express he fears the free publicity</a> may provide a catalyst for the BNP cause.

The Sunday Times claims <a class="inlineText" href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6889018.ece#">BBC presenters including Radio 4 veteran Sue MacGregor</a> think the show was mishandled.

Expenses scandals

Plans to stop MPs employing their families <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6424110/MPs-expenses-wives-demand-watering-down-of-ban-on-family-members.html">will have to be watered down because of opposition from those affected,</a> the Sunday Telegraph reports.

It calls the new twist in the expenses scandal the "Revolt of the Wives".

The Independent on Sunday says the government wants to avoid a revolt <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/anger-grows-over-move-to-stop-mps-paying-relatives-1809150.html">in the Commons which could reopen the row about MPs</a> "feathering their own nests".

And the Sunday Times predicts <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6888988.ece">spouses may start exchanging jobs to stay within the rules</a> if a ban does come in.

Employment law

New employment laws allowing people <a class="inlineText" href="it asks why Britain cannot follow the US">to ask for flexible hours even before they have got a job</a> are being considered by ministers, the Observer reports.

The paper says the government wants more vacancies for job-sharing, or for part-timers, to help working parents.

The Independent on Sunday has launched a campaign to cut City bonuses.

Alongside a cartoon of a cigar-smoking fat cat, <a class="inlineText" href="in the Commons which could reopen the row about MPs">it asks why Britain cannot follow the US</a> and stop bankers paying themselves billions.

Blake's 7

Several papers carry stories about television programmes from the 1970s.

The Observer says several TV channels hope <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/25/television-raids-70s-classics">to revive their flagging ratings by reviving the sci-fi show</a> Blake's 7 and drama Upstairs Downstairs.

The Mail on Sunday carries <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1222721/Come-No-6-time-come-Cult-Sixties-TV-series-The-Prisoner-returns.html">an article about a remake of the Prisoner,</a> relocated from Portmeirion to Namibia.

The Independent on Sunday <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/no-comeback-for-bagpuss-cloth-cat-refuses-cgi-remake-1809147.html"> tells us the son of Bagpuss creator Oliver Postgate </a> turned down plans for a new series because of "lightweight" animation.