‘Blackmail over Greenland’ and ‘Jenrick’s bizarre plot’
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The Observer headline declared “Blackmail on Greenland” after US President Donald Trump announced he would “increase tariffs on Britain and its European allies until they gain control of Danish territory”. The front page is dominated by the striking image of red-and-white Greenlandic flags waved by protesters against snow-capped peaks. “Greenland is not for sale!” Read some of his posters.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s anger at Trump’s tariffs leads the Sunday Times. It is stated that Trump “catched his NATO allies by surprise” with this move. Meanwhile, Sir Keir’s aide Darren Jones has been accused of waging an “information war” against Health Secretary Wes Streeting.
According to the Sunday Telegraph, Trump’s actions amount to a “trade war”. The newspaper highlights the Prime Minister’s comment that the tariffs are “just wrong”, which is backed up in a column by former US national security adviser John Bolton: “This is the worst move of his presidency.” Separately, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch told the newspaper the Conservatives were the only party that could stop Britain becoming a “poodle” state.
Greenland tariffs also lead the Independent website. Trump said the 10% trade fees would remain in effect unless an agreement to sell Danish territory to the United States was reached by early February, the newspaper reported. A photo of protesters waving Greenlandic flags in Copenhagen takes up most of the front page.
The Mail on Sunday has obtained a “secret departure note” which Robert Jenrick says came into the hands of Tory leader Kemi Badenoch before his switch to Reform. The note allegedly suggested Jenrick introduce himself as the “new sheriff in town”, which the Mail calls a “bizarre plot”. In exclusive royal news, the Mail says Princess Eugenie has cut Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from her life.
Following Jenrick’s departure, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage told the Sunday Express it was time for the right to unite behind his party. “They want to deal with plumbing and we think it needs a new boiler,” Farage said of the differences between the Conservative Party and Reform.
‘I’ll be free’ writes the Daily Star, saying nurse killer Lucy Letby told “friends and prison staff” her convictions would be “overturned within months”. Letby is currently serving 15 life sentences after being found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven babies by making two attempts on one of his victims.
A photograph in the Sunday Mirror showing the Duke of Sussex next to King Charles depicts “Harry’s lonely journey home”. While they are “both in London”, the pair will not be able to see each other this week.
Sunday People reported that Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas underwent a “brain scan after a fall”. His “hospital shock” comes “just a few days before the tour.”
A TV drama is giving the Sun the front page on Sunday. The upcoming series of BBC One’s The Apprentice has reportedly been caught up in a “racial rant” after “outrage over anti-Muslim posts” was discovered on a contestant’s social media feed. Contestant Levi Hague has apologized for making comments containing “truly awful language” in posts written more than a decade ago. The series is produced by an independent production company and the BBC said in a statement that it had asked the company for “further assurances about social media controls as in this instance the process was not completed to a satisfactory standard”.
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