What the papers say – June 29
Politics in Britain and the United States have taken centre stage for Saturday’s newspapers.
The Times, the Daily Express, and the Independent all splash with a fresh racism row courtesy of a Reform UK activist, who was recorded using a slur to refer to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
TIMES: Badenoch: voters must see through Farage’s act #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/KBgwRBPzCg
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 28, 2024
EXPRESS: Rishi: My hurt and anger at daughters hearing racist slur #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/zSu6kCfscE
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 28, 2024
INDEPENDENT: PM ‘hurt and angry’ at P-word race slur by Farage activist #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/AnuMM0cMQ9
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 28, 2024
Across the pond, the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, and The Guardian lead on Joe Biden after his disastrous US presidential debate, with a warning from the Democrats that he has one week to shape up or ship out.
TELEGRAPH: Biden is given a week to stand down #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/jnyg1twhaX
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 28, 2024
FT WEEKEND: Biden defies calls to bow out #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/k7qbfzciw4
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 28, 2024
Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheGuardian
Biden’s shaky tv debate
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— #TomorrowsPapersToday From TSC News (@channel_tsc) June 28, 2024
The Daily Star also used the US debate as its front page, with a rather barbed headline calling Republican candidate Donald Trump a “manbaby”.
STAR: Manbaby beats up doddery old bloke on live TV #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/5TwbCUP0SN
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 28, 2024
Back on British soil, the Daily Mail shares an urgent plea from former prime minister Boris Johnson, who has told the nation it must “swerve Starmergeddon”.
MAIL: Boris: Britain CAN still sweeve Starmergeddon #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/XyIwTWnNiq
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 28, 2024
According to the i, the UK public has called on the major parties to save Britain’s rivers.
I WEEKEND: UK public sends clear message to Labour and Tories: Save Britain’s Rivers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/bbZb4hx2Ad
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 28, 2024
Lastly, the Daily Mirror splashes with a story about missing Briton Jay Slater, with a friend telling the paper several concerning details of their last phone conversation before the teen went missing in Tenerife.
MIRROR: I could hear Jay slipping on rocks #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/pwn9xhZc4p
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 28, 2024