Newspaper review: Theresa May is 'not for turning' By Owen Amos

BBC News Published duration 6 November 2016

"You turn if you want to," said Margaret Thatcher in 1980. "The lady's not for turning."

Thirty-six years later, the phrase lives on - for headline writers at least.

On Thursday, the High Court ruled that Parliament must approve the triggering of Article 50. But in the Telegraph, Mrs May says the government will challenge the decision because "there is an important principle at stake".

"The people made their choice, and did so decisively" she writes . "It is the responsibility of government to carry out their instruction in full."

In the Sunday Times, Rod Liddle is unimpressed by those who brought the legal challenge.

"The loaded, the lawyers, the upper class, the superannuated," he writes.

"They will all tell you this High Court decision is nothing to do with stopping Brexit... you trust them if you wish ."

But in the Observer, Iain Martin - who voted to leave the EU - says the High Court's decision was right

"The anger would be justified if they had declared the referendum invalid and banned Brexit," he writes.

"They did no such thing. They simply confirmed that parliament should have its proper place in the process."

Morgan on Trump

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"Relax," writes Piers Morgan in the Mail on Sunday. "Donald Trump is not the new Hitler."

Mr Morgan met the Republican candidate in 2007 while filming the Celebrity Apprentice. And - it seems - he was impressed.

"He's taken extreme positions to ram home a message that gets everyone talking, then settles on something less extreme.

"It's brutal, cynical politics - but it's been undeniably successful."

In the Sunday Telegraph, Janet Daley predicts that Hillary Clinton will become president by winning the most electoral college votes. But, she says, Mr Trump may win the most votes overall.

"If that happens, there will be hell to pay," she writes.

"The man's character being what it is, he will be bound to pursue vengeance for this 'injustice' - even though such a result is perfectly legal."

One man hoping for Donald Trump to win is a "mystery punter from Nottingham".

According to the Daily Star, the gambler visited William Hill and put £15,000 on a Trump victory at odds of 7/4.

Obviously feeling confident, he went back hours later and stuck on another £22,000.

The bookmaker has since cut the odds to 13/8.

Meghan Mania

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A week ago, the actress Meghan Markle was almost unknown in the UK.

Now - thanks to a rumoured relationship with Prince Harry - she's on the front page of four Sunday papers.

In an interview "authorised by Clarence House", the Sunday Mirror speaks to former royal butler Grant Harrold.

"That will be what matters in the eyes of the Queen and Prince Charles. I don't see any reason why Meghan couldn't be The One."

In the Mail on Sunday, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend Koo Stark says dating a royal is hard work.

"[But] if they are both invested in the relationship, it can work," she writes.

"Times have changed, and the world is more generous. Look at Prince Charles, now married to a divorcee, and Prince William, married to a commoner."

Meanwhile, Camilla Long in the Sunday Times hopes the relationship lasts - for the Royal Family's sake.

"They need an American show pony instead of the dull, uncharismatic brood mares they [usually] choose," she writes.

"They are, after all, an international entertainment conglomerate, similar to the Kennedys or the Trumps."

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The power of television

The Mail on Sunday says a secretary to the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney lost her job - after appearing on the Jeremy Kyle Show

According to the paper, Jane Webster went on the ITV show when her husband Mark accused her of being unfaithful.

Within two months of appearing, she moved to a different job within the Bank, before leaving for good in March.

"Snooty people at the Bank took a dim view of her going on the Kyle show," a source tells the Mail.

The Bank says Mrs Webster "left of her own accord" after "serving with distinction for 20 years". The Websters declined to comment.

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Meanwhile, the Sun reports on the 25th wedding anniversary of Alex Tatham and Sue Middleton.

But theirs is no ordinary marriage - they met on the TV show Blind Date.

The couple married in 1991 - Cilla Black and her husband Bobby were guests - with the service broadcast on ITV.

"Seventeen million people watched our wedding," says Alex. "It really is an extraordinary fairytale."

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