Several of Tuesday’s papers reflect on the anti-migrant demonstrations in Portsmouth. Metro’s headline is “port in a storm”, explaining that police were injured, external and vehicles damaged as hundreds of protesters blocked efforts to bring ashore 120 migrants.
The Sun says the “anger of decent, law-abiding folk, external” is rising. “Now they try to stop the lifeboats, external” is the Daily Mirror’s take on events, adding that the “mob” targeted “RNLI heroes”.
The Daily Express urges the government “not to ignore public anger, external over illegal migrants”, although its editorial stresses the paper agrees with the police that “violence has no part to play in protest”.
The Times looks ahead to the government’s expected announcement of a trade ban affecting Israeli settlements, external in the occupied West Bank. The paper says retaliation by Israel is likely, as is sharp criticism from the US. The Guardian reports that Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband will also say that the government will take a “more active” approach in supporting the Palestinian cause, external.
The i Paper reports the Treasury is to introduce a new ISA, external to help people buy their first home, and that it will not have an age limit. It is believed that the details are likely to be set out by Chancellor John Healey in his upcoming Budget.
Many of the papers lead on the King clarifying that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex remain private citizens, after their recent move back to the UK. “No return to the Firm, external” is the Daily Telegraph’s headline. The Daily Mail says the King has put “Harry and Meghan in their place, external“. “Megxit means Megxit” declares the Sun, external.
And the Daily Mirror is one of several papers to have picked up on criticism of US President Donald Trump’s proposed new uniform for his Space Force, external. The paper says the look, which features a fitted tunic, peaked cap and knee high boots, have drawn comparisons to a “sinister Star Wars-villain style outfit”. The menswear writer Derek Guy is quoted as saying it is the kind of costume designers make to point out “who are the bad guys in a space movie”. The Daily Star’s headline is “storm bloopers, external“.
