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The Observer

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Sister newspapers The Guardian
The Guardian Weekly
Editors Paul Webster
Circulation175,904 (March 2018)
First issue date1791
Format Berliner
OCLC number50230244
Date of Reg.
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About The Observer


The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its sister papers The Guardian and The Guardian Weekly, whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993, it takes a social liberal or social democratic line on most issues.

Diane Abbott attacks Labour investigation as 'fraudulent'

Diane Abbott attacks Labour investigation as 'fraudulent'
Sep 19,2023 3:51 pm

... Her suspension came after she wrote in a letter to The Observer newspaper that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people " undoubtedly experience prejudice" which she said is " similar to racism"...

Lucy Letby inquiry should be led by judge, committee chair says

Lucy Letby inquiry should be led by judge, committee chair says
Aug 20,2023 11:51 am

... Mr Chambers has also told The Observer newspaper that he took " prompt action" including to move Letby off the neonatal unit when concerns were first escalated to him in June 2016...

William Gladstone's family to apologise for slavery links

William Gladstone's family to apologise for slavery links
Aug 20,2023 6:31 am

... Charlie Gladstone told The Observer: " John Gladstone committed crimes against humanity...

Newspaper headlines: 'BBC under fire' over star in 'photos probe'

Newspaper headlines: 'BBC under fire' over star in 'photos probe'
Jul 9,2023 1:10 am

... is the headline in The Observer which reports that this is the view of the former environment secretary and leading Tory Brexiteer, George Eustice...

Keir Starmer's allies purging Labour left, says John McDonnell

Keir Starmer's allies purging Labour left, says John McDonnell
Jul 4,2023 4:41 pm

... The Labour whip was withdrawn from the veteran left-winger in April, pending an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism to The Observer...

Keir Starmer denies targeting Labour left-wingers after Abbott suspended

Keir Starmer denies targeting Labour left-wingers after Abbott suspended
Apr 28,2023 1:51 pm

... The Hackney MP suggested Jewish, Irish and Traveller people are not subject to racism " all their lives" in a letter to The Observer newspaper...

Diane Abbott's comments were antisemitic, Labour leader says

Diane Abbott's comments were antisemitic, Labour leader says
Apr 24,2023 8:21 am

... She later apologised and withdrew the remarks, written in a letter to The Observer newspaper...

Diane Abbott suspended as Labour MP after racism letter

Diane Abbott suspended as Labour MP after racism letter
Apr 23,2023 6:50 am

...Diane Abbott has been suspended as a Labour MP pending an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism for The Observer, the party has said...

The Papers: 'Anti-Tory tactical vote' and 'Brexit's up to you'

Mar 26,2023 6:10 am

As the election approaches, The Observer reports that have "launched an 11th-hour appeal to anti-Tory voters" to consider voting tactically and deny the Conservatives a majority.

But for The Sun on Sunday,

And as the votes are counted on Election Night , the Sunday Times offers some light relief: featuring 12 high-profile figures who could lose in swing seats.

Among them are Boris Johnson , the Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson and the former Tory ministers David Gauke and Dominic Grieve . Players are urged to "tick them off as they fall".

Elsewhere, Australia's former Prime Minister Tony Abbott writes in the Sunday Telegraph that a Labour government would be.

And in the Sunday Express, the Leave. EU founder, Arron Banks challenges Nigel Farage to back Boris Johnson and avoid Brexit being.

Election pitches

Meanwhile, the editorial columns make the Papers ' final pitches to voters before they go to the polls.

The describing the election as "an opportunity to say 'yes' to Brexit and to reject totally Labour's politics of hate".

The as a "chance to strip power from a dangerous Charlatan - Boris Johnson ". It says that, while it abhors "Corbyn's failures on anti-Semitism" and recalls the "Lib Dem complicity in the dreadful policies of The Coalition ", readers should "vote for the pro-referendum, progressive candidate" who will deny the Conservatives a majority.

For the a vote for Boris Johnson will not only allow the country to "get on with both Brexit and economic recovery", But also "rescue the Labour Party " from the current leadership.

The adding that "while the Prime Minister 's flaws are in plain Sight . . Many of the threats posed by the Labour leader lurk beneath The Surface ".

The that Mr Corbyn would "usher in a new Dark Age , fuelled by his Marxist dogma and corrosive extremism".

The pointing out that, although "old party loyalties have been chipped away by Brexit", voters should bear in mind that austerity will only get worse under another Tory government.

The Calling on The Nation to "vote For Hope " by backing Labour.

Cancer waits

The Sunday Times reports that a decade ago.

It says that, between April and September, 168,000 patients were not seen or treated within The Target times for referral and treatment. The NHS states there were "a record 2. 2 million cancer checks last year", with survival at "an all-time high" in England.

The same paper leads with, which are reported to reveal the scale of its anti-Semitism problem. The "Secret Files " are said to show that The Party is "overwhelmed with complaints that have been left unresolved for months or years".

Most cases, the Sunday Times says, "have resulted in lenient punishments or no sanctions". Labour insists the claims are "categorically untrue" and that it has taken "robust action" to suspend or expel those involved.

'Ru-Turn of The King '

Anthony Joshua 's world title win in Saudi Arabia happened Too Late for Many Papers - But The Sun on Sunday is able to

"On a night of desert storms", it says, "Anthony Joshua found an oasis of calm" and redemption for his loss to Andy Ruiz in June.

The to stick determinedly to a gameplan" and put his career "back on track".

The Sunday Telegraph believes that Joshua's But that there was little in The Fight to worry his main Rivals .



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