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| Newspaper review: Chancellor's Autumn Statement covered | |
| (about 4 hours later) | |
| The chancellor's Autumn Statement is the focus of many papers, with the Daily Telegraph calling it "alarmingly dark". | |
| Windswept too - according to a cartoon in the Independent, which shows George Osborne naked, the last leaf that covered his modesty blown away. | Windswept too - according to a cartoon in the Independent, which shows George Osborne naked, the last leaf that covered his modesty blown away. |
| The Daily Mirror describes him as "Ossy the ostrich" - refusing "to face facts" and offering "cold comfort". | The Daily Mirror describes him as "Ossy the ostrich" - refusing "to face facts" and offering "cold comfort". |
| A cartoon in the Daily Express also shares the seasonal theme. | A cartoon in the Daily Express also shares the seasonal theme. |
| A squirrel tells two of its offspring, "We're down to our last hundred acorns," - and one youngster mutters: "Dad's delivering his Autumn Statement." | |
| As so much of what he will probably say is already being talked about, the Guardian calls it clever politics - "He has got his retaliation in first." | As so much of what he will probably say is already being talked about, the Guardian calls it clever politics - "He has got his retaliation in first." |
| The Financial Times believes the decision-making was never going to be anything other than politically-driven. | The Financial Times believes the decision-making was never going to be anything other than politically-driven. |
| These are "perilous times" for the chancellor, as well as the country. | These are "perilous times" for the chancellor, as well as the country. |
| Speed's death | Speed's death |
| The sense of shock at the apparent suicide of the Wales manager, Gary Speed, is universal. | The sense of shock at the apparent suicide of the Wales manager, Gary Speed, is universal. |
| The Daily Mail says he was loved, full of life - "bright, funny, interested, articulate". | The Daily Mail says he was loved, full of life - "bright, funny, interested, articulate". |
| "In this land of mystical dragons," says the Sun, "a burning flame has been extinguished." | "In this land of mystical dragons," says the Sun, "a burning flame has been extinguished." |
| The Times reflects that "Fame, money, glory... do not inoculate a person from the deeper, more complex and troubling facets of life." | The Times reflects that "Fame, money, glory... do not inoculate a person from the deeper, more complex and troubling facets of life." |
| Union determination | Union determination |
| The determination of the public sector unions to strike on Wednesday has the support of just one the major nationals - the Daily Mirror. | The determination of the public sector unions to strike on Wednesday has the support of just one the major nationals - the Daily Mirror. |
| The workers, it says, are the nation's "lowest paid" and they "can ill-afford to lose a day's pay before Christmas". | The workers, it says, are the nation's "lowest paid" and they "can ill-afford to lose a day's pay before Christmas". |
| "Nothing will stop us from striking" is the headline chosen by the Daily Mail to sum up the attitude of the unions. | "Nothing will stop us from striking" is the headline chosen by the Daily Mail to sum up the attitude of the unions. |
| The Daily Star has a piece about the "huge payouts" union bosses receive when they retire. | The Daily Star has a piece about the "huge payouts" union bosses receive when they retire. |
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