The front pages are led by today’s local elections.
05 May 2022
Britain heading to the polls and Boris Johnson’s message to voters dominates Thursday’s papers.
The i and The Times lead on the Prime Minister’s plea to voters.
Thursday’s front page: Vote the us, not the PM – local Tories’ election plea#TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest from @RichardVaughan1 on the eve of polling day: https://t.co/pwX7HlbAwC pic.twitter.com/FaHKP6Fwzy
— i newspaper (@theipaper) May 4, 2022
Thursday’s Times #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/40TXePbkjf
— Helena Wilkinson (@BBCHelena) May 4, 2022
But the PM faces a “grassroots” revolt from his own party when the election results come in, according to The Independent, while The Guardian says Tory candidates have looked to distance themselves from Mr Johnson.
Thursday’s Independent #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/wzNZJqRRgI
— Helena Wilkinson (@BBCHelena) May 4, 2022
Guardian front page, Thursday 5 May 2022: Tory candidates distance themselves from Johnson pic.twitter.com/AJNCFcGxmx
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 4, 2022
Elsewhere, the Prime Minister’s warning that the Rwanda migrant plan is at risk from “left-wing lawyers” is front page of the Daily Mail.
Thursday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/Ldu61s2LUC
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) May 4, 2022
And the Daily Express says Mr Johnson will “rid Britain of EU red tape”.
Tomorrow’s front page: Shackles off! PM to rid Britain of EU red tape#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/p8jOoQ8tCl pic.twitter.com/QfNGRT61eB
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) May 4, 2022
Falklands War veterans are calling for an inquiry into weapons that killed Britons during the war on the front of The Daily Telegraph.
📰 The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph:
‘Falklands vets call for Exocet answers’#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 4, 2022
Conservative Cabinet minister George Eustice’s comments that shoppers should buy cheap food to deal with rising bills leads the Daily Mirror and Daily Star.
Tomorrow’s front page: Let them eat cheap pasta#tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/7qb887KWzo pic.twitter.com/LpRAqJedqX
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) May 4, 2022
Tomorrow’s front page: Hand of wad #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/BervyjdOTe pic.twitter.com/Bd7KEdoFBH
— Daily Star (@dailystar) May 4, 2022
The Financial Times reports on the US Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 5 May https://t.co/HfT6KYDi1l pic.twitter.com/QehMWDboF2
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) May 4, 2022
The sale of Diego Maradona’s world cup shirt is front page of Metro.
Tomorrow’s Paper Today 📰
THE HAND OF WAD
🔴 Maradona’s legendary World Cup shirt sells for record £7m#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/hPa5CZAnnO
— Metro (@MetroUK) May 4, 2022
And The Sun reports that the English football team’s three lions anthem “faces the axe”.
On tomorrow’s front page: England’s Three Lions anthem faces the axe as the country’s official World Cup song because flaky FA bosses fear it might offend other nations. https://t.co/gjuO7sec6r pic.twitter.com/q363e0hqbZ
— The Sun (@TheSun) May 4, 2022
