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Newspaper headlines: David Blunkett warns of Labour election defeat
The Daily Telegraph leads on comments by former Labour home secretary Lord David Blunkett, who suggests the Labour Party’s chances of a majority in the general election are “slim”, and describes his “despair” over “anti-Semitism and thuggery” in the party. The paper is also among a majority of Saturday’s front pages to highlight floods in parts of England this week – it pictures Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s visit to Derbyshire, where the River Derwent burst its banks.
The i weekend splashes an aerial view of homes and gardens surrounded by floodwaters, with the headline: “Roads turned into rivers”. Parts of the country were hit by a month’s worth of rain in a day, and rivers reached record levels in some areas. A woman has died after she was swept into the River Derwent in the early hours of Friday.
Meanwhile, the Guardian shows residents being evacuated from their homes following rainfall in northern England and the Midlands. The newspaper also publishes figures that show the number of NHS patients having surgery in private hospitals has trebled since 2010, and carries a story that claims the prime minister “misled the public on his Brexit deal”.
The Daily Star says England was hit by “biblical” downpours as it shows a young family being transported from their home by boat.
Turning back to the general election, the Daily Mail urges readers to tell Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage to stand down his candidates from next month’s poll. It says “a host” of Mr Farage’s own candidates and backers fear the Brexit Party could cost the Conservative party vital seats.
Support for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is “imploding” across the country, reports the Daily Express. The paper cites a YouGov survey that it says shows Labour voters are abandoning Mr Corbyn, including in the party’s heartlands.
The Times reports that Google is making tens of millions of pounds from “rip-off firms”, which are using its search engine to encourage savers to invest in “high-risk or potentially fraudulent schemes”. The paper says the tech giant is taking “huge” fees for promoting such websites on its ads service. Google told the paper it would “conduct a thorough investigation of the websites” it had approved for its ads services.
“Sugar baddie” is the Sun’s headline, as it says Lord Alan Sugar has launched an investigation into his new business Siteform Flooring over claims a director shared far-right views online. The paper says Brian Costello re-tweeted a video bearing the manifesto slogan of the New Zealand terror attacker.
The FT Weekend leads on Invesco’s top UK fund manager, Mark Barnett, apologising to investors over his performance after downgrades by rating agency Morningstar. Consultants cited “an increasing number of stock-selection issues”, the paper says.
Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror carries a story that says a facelift clinic has caused fury by using photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge to win clients. The firm reportedly said it could offer Kate’s “natural look”, the newspaper says.
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