The Daily Mail

Owned by: Daily Mail and General Trust, owned by Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere

Editor: Paul Dacre

Political leaning: Right / far right

Daily circulation: circa 1,490,000

Today’s leading headline: Labour in meltdown

Today’s Mail claims that the Labour party is in meltdown, as Corbyn sacked “three shadow ministers” who ignored his order not to vote for a soft Brexit. 49 other Labour MPs also chose to rebel against his calls to support a hard Brexit and leaving the single market.

Afterthought: Many Labour supporters, particularly those who reverently support Corybn, are happy to gloss over his fairly ambiguous approach to Brexit. Corbyn has stated he wants to leave the single market, but keep its benefits.

The Daily Telegraph

Owned by: Telegraph Media Group, owned by Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay

Editor: Chris Evans

Political leaning: Right

Daily circulation: circa. 460,000

Today’s leading headline: Toxic hip alert for 56,000 patients

Today’s Telegraph covers the revelation that a safety regulation board has issued an alert to 56,000 patients alleging that their metal hip placements are potentially toxic. All patients who have the hip placements are being advised to consult their doctor and take blood tests.

Afterthought: Another potentially interesting case developing here.

The Times

Owned by: News UK, Rupert Murdoch’s company.

Editor: John Witherow

Political leaning: Right

Daily circulation: circa. 446,000

Today’s leading headline: Keep costs of cladding down, tower experts told.

Grenfell and the fallout from the fire continue to form the Times’ headline today. The paper’s investigation has revealed through emails that the council downgraded the tower cladding to save £293,000. The Times revealed earlier this month that covering the building in a “more fire-resistant type of aluminium panel would have added only £5,000 to the cost” of the refurbishment.

Afterthought: The BBC has yet to see and verify the emails, but considering the recent Grenfell revelations, it does not seem unlikely that these allegations are true. Last night, the first Grenfell inquiry meeting was shut down after journalists were allowed in to the meeting. This does not bode well.

The Guardian

Owned by: Scott Trust Limited, run by a board with a policy of non-interference.

Editor: Katharine Viner

Political leaning: Left

Daily circulation: circa. 161,000

Today’s leading headline: Abortion concession heads off Tory revolt on Queen’s speech.

Today’s Guardian reports on the news that women from Northern Ireland will now be able to access and have free legal abortions in other parts of the UK. Previously, if a woman from Northern Ireland travelled to the UK for an abortion, it would cost her around 900 pounds. The paper reports the government came to this agreement “in an attempt to head of a damaging Conservative rebellion”. The amendment, championed by Labour MP Stella Creasy, had received wide support from “dozens of Conservative MPs”.

Afterthought: Polling has indicated that Britain is becoming more left wing. The support for Creasy’s amendment would seem to support this. Abortion has been legalised in the rest of Britain from 1967.

The i

Owned by: Johnston Press, whose CEO is Ashley Highfield, significant ties to the BBC

Editor: Oliver Duff

Political leaning: Centre

Daily circulation: circa. 264,000

Today’s leading headline: Super-rich raking in public cash for farmers.

Today’s i reports on the revelation that £18 million meant for farmers is instead going to the “super-rich”. The super-rich in this case include Sir James Dyson, various dukes, a Saudi Prince and the Queen.

Afterthought: Running estates and large farms is expensive. However, allocation of the funding should be changed so that those who can afford to manage vast swathes of land don’t receive as much public funding. These issues are rarely black and white.

The Daily Mirror

Owner: Trinity Mirror. Its chairman is David Grigson, formerly the chief financial officer at Reuters

Editor: Lloyd Embley

Political leaning: Left / far left

Daily circulation: circa. 716,900

Today’s leading headline: Change the law for Max.

Today’s Mirror focuses on the case of Max Johnson, a nine-year-old boy who needs a heart transplant to survive. The paper calls on England to change its laws to make organ donation an opt out system.

Afterthought: Organ donations are a particularly partisan issue in this country. Scotland and Wales run an opt out system, whilst in England one must opt in to donating organs.

Financial Times

Owner: The Nikkei, which is based in Tokyo.

Editor: Lionel Barber

Political leaning: Centre

Daily circulation: circa. 193,211

Today’s leading headline: Global bond rout spills into stocks amid fears over end to easy money.

The Financial Times today covers the central bank’s remarks that interest rates may be set to rise. This has led to the selling of bonds and now into the next asset bracket of stocks, as investors look to sell their stocks at a high and invest their money into interest heavy savings accounts.

Afterthought: If you’re wanting terrible investment advice, look no further. I’m currently a thousand pounds into my overdraft and I cry myself to sleep most nights. Sell your shares.

The Sun

Owner: News UK, owned by Rupert Murdoch

Editor: Tony Gallagher

Political leaning: Right / far right

Daily circulation: circa. 1,611,464

Today’s leading headline: Venus blamed for death crash

Today’s Sun blames the US tennis star Venus Williams for playing a part in a fatal car crash in Florida that resulted in the death of a 78-year-old man.

Afterthought: Let’s wait for the court verdict before slapping the charge of murder on someone.