Fox hunting theme runs predictably across political divides on most papers. Post-Christmas sales are featured by most, as is the bullish economic prediction of the CEPR report. Most papers report The Queen’s message while Edward Snowden’s Christmas Day message is reported in The Guardian and Independent.
Daily Telegraph
Queen: Prince George has given ‘renewed happiness’
UN sends more peacekeepers to South Sudan after thousands killed
Happy hunting for the Facebook generation
Archbishop of Canterbury urges Christians to fight greed and injustice
How far will that message get with the Big Government and Big Business leaders?
Daily Express
Troops toast last Christmas in Afghanistan
Retailers braced for £2.8bn bonanza
Floods until New Year: Misery of stormiest Christmas on record
Booming Britain will be the top dog as rest of Europe stagnates
The Centre for Economic Policy Research (who produced the report) “is partly funded by corporate members, mostly banks.” How independent is it, and who gets rich?
The Independent
‘No room at the inn’: Britain condemned for turning its back on Syria’s refugees
Eight out of ten want to keep fox hunting ban
Carwyn Jones: ‘The UK must continue down the road to becoming a federal nation’
Edward Snowden warns over global threat to privacy during Channel 4’s Alternative Christmas Message
The dilemma of balancing security with individual freedom
The Guardian
UK immigration bill could create ‘climate of ethnic profiling’ – UNHCR
Boxing Day rail ‘shutdown’ thanks to Tory minister’s hypocrisy, says Labour
Bletchley Park accused of airbrushing Edward Snowden from history
Turkish corruption scandal: three ministers quit
Boris assures us that the Turks are very nice really
Daily Mail
Seems like this issue needs a bit of real democracy to sort it out! A county by county referendum sounds like a good idea.
Daily Mirror
Thousands to attend Boxing Day hunts as poll shows 80% of people want fox hunting to STAY banned
Benefits blunder adds to Christmas misery for thousands as food bank users triple in 12 months
UK weather: Gatwick Airport chiefs face probe over Christmas Eve travel chaos
Pictured: Royal Navy crew enjoy Christmas in real-life winter wonderland of Antarctica
Sturdy chaps in their short sleeves. I’ll bet their parkas are off-camera ready to be thrown on once the picture’s been taken!