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: PM ignored bombshell ‘don’t risk poll’ memo

Today’s Mail on Sunday reveals that Theresa May chose to ignore a poll warning her of her potential loss should a snap election be called. The poll, released in April prior to May’s announcement, warned May of being overconfident.

Afterthought: I wait with an eager and genuine desire to witness the day in which editors of various papers use polling responsibly. A singular poll pointing out an irregularity when compared to other polls is an irregularity. Included below is a chart showing the average voting intention collected by the polls on the day the snap election was called. Lazy reporting and presentation of statistics from the Mail.

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: Tory rebels told: Back Brexit or get Corbyn

The Telegraph today puts out a rallying call to members of the Conservative party that may be feeling disheartened. The message, delivered via Damian Green, tells disgruntled MPs to either back May and her Brexit bill or focus on bringing down Corbyn.

Afterthought: Super inspiring stuff. Jokers to the left of me, clowns to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle of a potential looming crisis with a party that has no identity and another that has a leader who is hero worshipped.

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: May secretly agrees £50bn Brexit bill

Today’s Times comes all guns blazing for May. The article leads on the news that May has green lighted a bill of up to 50 billion pounds to ‘kickstart trade talks with the European Union’. The paper claims that 70% of voters don’t want May to run for PM in the next election, before finally stating that Conservative rebels have told May to ‘say her goodbyes’.

Afterthought: Yikes, tough day in the office for May. The paper cites a source close to May who blames the PM’s terrible snap election results for being the rising cost of Brexit. Who knows what will be true when the smoke clears.

The Daily Mirror

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

Editor: Lloyd Embley

Political leaning: Left

Daily circulation: circa. 716,900

Today’s leading headline: How could you do this when I’m pregnant?

The Mirror continues its coverage of Rooney today with an ‘exclusive’ scoop shared by all the other tabloids; the scoop being the Rooney’s pregnant wife is deeply upset at his appalling behaviour.

Afterthought: I have nothing to add to this story. Don’t drink drive and don’t be a tool.