What the papers say – June 9
Some of Wednesday’s papers are led by outrage at a reported move from Oxford university students to distance themselves from the monarchy.
The Daily Mail and Daily Express lead with “fury” over reports that students from Oxford University’s Magdalen College Middle Common Room voted to remove the Queen’s portrait because she is a symbol of colonialism.
Wednesday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/edHp4kZP7K
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) June 8, 2021
Tomorrow's front page: How dare they! Oxford students cancel our Queen#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/4OPRfnjNT2 pic.twitter.com/qn9dFCfEjV
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) June 8, 2021
The Guardian reports Chancellor Rishi Sunak is willing to accept a “short postponement” of England’s scheduled June 21 reopening date amid concerns over the spread of the Indian variant.
Guardian front page, Wednesday 9 June 2021: Sunak open to four-week delay to lockdown easing pic.twitter.com/7QOJWltmb1
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) June 8, 2021
The i says a rush of under-30s to receive their jabs boosted hopes for the end to restrictions to proceed as planned, while an estimated 50,000 weddings could be at risk if the lockdown is extended, according to the Daily Mirror.
Wednesday's front page@ Fresh rush to get jabs raises hopes for end of lockdown #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/QprxitCD4G
— i newspaper (@theipaper) June 8, 2021
Tomorrow's front page: Bride and Doom #TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/U89Gtp09V5 pic.twitter.com/NHDAwmxDuy
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 8, 2021
Meanwhile, The Daily Telegraph carries an interview with Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber, who says he is determined to open his theatres on June 21 and is prepared to be arrested if authorities try to intervene.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'You’ll have to arrest us to stop us reopening'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 8, 2021
The Times reports the Government has been accused of a U-turn on foreign holidays after Britons were urged to remain in the UK instead of travelling abroad.
TIMES: Ministers under fire for summer holiday muddle #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Dr2jL3rHD2
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 8, 2021
The Independent leads with trade tensions over the Northern Ireland border threatening to escalate.
Tomorrow's @independent front page #tomorrowspaperstoday To subscribe to the Daily Edition https://t.co/koJc3LN1ax pic.twitter.com/UaFGBsJatv
— Thair Shaikh (@ThairShaikh) June 8, 2021
The Financial Times reports Mr Sunak is pushing for the City’s big banks to receive an exemption from the G7’s proposed new global tax system.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Wednesday 9 June https://t.co/pnwU7nWpJN pic.twitter.com/IAT10eqwUg
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 8, 2021
An international police operation netting hundreds of arrests through a fake messaging app is covered by Metro.
Wednesday's front page:
YOU'RE TRICKED!#tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/efJvF3cpyw
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) June 8, 2021
And the Daily Star dedicates its front page to the space race between Sir Richard Branson and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Tomorrow's @dailystar #frontpage
– New space race: One giant leap for manhoodhttps://t.co/rxXqRreuXD#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/rtUnvOaHwc
— Daily Star (@dailystar) June 8, 2021