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Newspaper review: Papers analyse parties' prospects | Newspaper review: Papers analyse parties' prospects |
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Remembering the recent fine weather, perhaps, the Guardian talks of the Eastleigh by-election having put a "spring" in the step of the Liberal Democrats. | Remembering the recent fine weather, perhaps, the Guardian talks of the Eastleigh by-election having put a "spring" in the step of the Liberal Democrats. |
The paper talks of party members arriving in Brighton "like convicts reprieved from death row". | The paper talks of party members arriving in Brighton "like convicts reprieved from death row". |
But a photograph on the front of the Times shows Chris Huhne sheltering behind an umbrella "as the storm clouds close in". | But a photograph on the front of the Times shows Chris Huhne sheltering behind an umbrella "as the storm clouds close in". |
The Independent is one of several expecting him and his ex-wife to be jailed on Monday - what it calls "a chaotic end to a sorry and long drawn out case". | The Independent is one of several expecting him and his ex-wife to be jailed on Monday - what it calls "a chaotic end to a sorry and long drawn out case". |
The party's conference should have been "a victory parade", says the Daily Mirror, but "it has been overshadowed" by scandal. | The party's conference should have been "a victory parade", says the Daily Mirror, but "it has been overshadowed" by scandal. |
From now until the next election, the paper predicts "an uphill struggle all the way". | From now until the next election, the paper predicts "an uphill struggle all the way". |
Iron lady | Iron lady |
The prospects for the Conservatives seem no smoother, if there is anything in the opinion poll reported by the Times. | The prospects for the Conservatives seem no smoother, if there is anything in the opinion poll reported by the Times. |
The paper says the research suggests that just seven per cent of Tory members expect the party to win an outright majority - and three-quarters think Labour will form the next government. | The paper says the research suggests that just seven per cent of Tory members expect the party to win an outright majority - and three-quarters think Labour will form the next government. |
The Sun, and others, looks at David Cameron's latest problem, being, in its words, "caught fiddling the figures on the economy by his own forecaster". | The Sun, and others, looks at David Cameron's latest problem, being, in its words, "caught fiddling the figures on the economy by his own forecaster". |
The Independent wonders whether Theresa May does not find herself well positioned as a possible successor - an "iron lady in waiting." | The Independent wonders whether Theresa May does not find herself well positioned as a possible successor - an "iron lady in waiting." |
But the Guardian says right-wing Tories believe all such talk is put about by George Osborne as a strategem to undermine ministers who are trying to resist further spending cuts. | But the Guardian says right-wing Tories believe all such talk is put about by George Osborne as a strategem to undermine ministers who are trying to resist further spending cuts. |
Break bread | Break bread |
The Financial Times takes a look at the appeal of Nigel Farage of UKIP. | The Financial Times takes a look at the appeal of Nigel Farage of UKIP. |
Its profile defines him as "a jovial insurgent, dispensing bar room wisdom with remorseless good cheer". | Its profile defines him as "a jovial insurgent, dispensing bar room wisdom with remorseless good cheer". |
But, "behind the jokey facade," it sees a man "with a deadly serious intent - to smash open the British political system and lead the UK out of the European Union". | But, "behind the jokey facade," it sees a man "with a deadly serious intent - to smash open the British political system and lead the UK out of the European Union". |
And while he may use the bar of his local pub "as a testing ground for UKIP policies", it reckons he has an "uncanny ability to articulate Britain's 21st Century concerns". | And while he may use the bar of his local pub "as a testing ground for UKIP policies", it reckons he has an "uncanny ability to articulate Britain's 21st Century concerns". |
The Daily Mail argues that Mr Cameron might be better advised to emulate Rupert Murdoch, and break bread with Mr Farage too. | The Daily Mail argues that Mr Cameron might be better advised to emulate Rupert Murdoch, and break bread with Mr Farage too. |
UKIP, it says, are precisely the people Mr Cameron should reach out to. | UKIP, it says, are precisely the people Mr Cameron should reach out to. |
Writing challenge | Writing challenge |
Even the best can face problems, as the restaurant judged the finest in the world is finding out. | Even the best can face problems, as the restaurant judged the finest in the world is finding out. |
The href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/noma-the-worlds-best-restaurant-feels-the-heat-after-63-diners-get-vomiting-virus-8527410.html" >Independent reports that more than 60 customers of Noma in Copenhagen came down with a vomiting virus. | |
The href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/mar/08/noma-danish-food-authority-vomiting-bug" >Guardian says its delicacies, such as Nordic ants, live shrimp and carrots in malt soil, have won it a cult following. | |
But the href="http://www.ft.com/home/uk" >Financial Times notes that being rated as the best "says relatively little, it seems, about standards of hygiene". | |
Of all the challenges a writer can take on, penning a novel in the style of PG Wodehouse must rank high on the list. | Of all the challenges a writer can take on, penning a novel in the style of PG Wodehouse must rank high on the list. |
But that is what Sebastian Faulks is doing - and Matthew Norman in the href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9917976/What-ho-Here-comes-a-literary-challenge.html" >Daily Telegraph calls it "the single most courageous decision the world of letters has ever known", one that will deserve "the literary Victoria Cross" if he succeeds. | |
In the href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/google-glass-complainers-are-concerned-about-the-loss-of-privacy-isnt-it-a-bit-late-for-that-8526638.html" >Independent, Philip Hensher agrees it is a "daunting" task - but also a joy, as the writer tries to dream up lines that bear comparison with such gems of Wodehouse's as: "Ice formed on the butler's upper slopes." |
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