The Observer
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| Sister newspapers | The Guardian |
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| The Guardian Weekly | |
| Editors | Paul Webster |
| Circulation | 175,904 (March 2018) |
| First issue date | 1791 |
| Format | Berliner |
| OCLC number | 50230244 |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1109434 |
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'
... 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
... 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
... Charlie Gladstone told The Observer: " John Gladstone committed crimes against humanity...
Newspaper headlines: 'BBC under fire' over star in 'photos probe'
... 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
... The Labour whip was withdrawn from the veteran left-winger in April, pending an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism to The Observer...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
... 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
... 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 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: Free hospital parking and 'pension trap' payouts
The Conservatives and Labour have made major spending pledges in The General election campaign
In The Words of, The Launch of the Conservative manifesto will Set Up "a dramatic economic showdown" with Labour over tax and spending.
, the Conservatives' "triple tax lock" pledge is a direct pitch to the Tory Heartlands - where The Paper says many people are "appalled" by Labour's plan to raise tax for those earning £80,000 or more.
The the manifesto will promise to introduce free hospital Car Parking for disabled drivers and gravely-ill patients - and suggests maintenance grants for trainee nurses could also be reinstated.
But Boris Johnson will put off taking a decision on reforming social care, given what The Paper calls a "botched" Tory policy on the issue was blamed for The Party 's poor performance in 2017.
Conservative sources tell The Independent their pledges are "cost-neutral" and meet fiscal rules not to borrow to pay for day-to-day spending.
But Mr Johnson's "lavish" promises will "tie the hands" of Conservative chancellors - Cutting the Treasury off from significant sources of funding.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Hamish McRae accuses politicians in this "depressing" election campaign of "financial illiteracy".
You would have hoped the Tories would be more realistic, he writes - "But no, they too seem eager to behave as though The Past decade [of reducing the deficit] has been a bad dream".
Labour's manifesto launch hasn't delivered the bounce for The Party That Jeremy Corbyn enjoyed after he published his plans at The Last general election.
But , shadow chancellor John Mcdonnell says Labour's campaign is going well.
"I do believe in miracles," the former trainee Catholic priest tells The Paper : "But we don't need a miracle. "
On its Front Page , That The Queen has cancelled a party she'd planned for Prince Andrew and his charities to mark his 60th birthday next year.
The Paper understands The Queen is "privately supportive of her son".
But it adds That she's "deeply frustrated" the controversy surrounding The Prince 's friendship with the sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein , is overshadowing the rest of the Royal Family 's work.
The Observer says Prince Charles is expected to hold "crisis talks" with his brother when he returns to the UK after a royal tour This Week .
The Sunday Times has news of an epiphany, experienced by The Man who it calls "Britain's biggest petrolhead".
That Jeremy Clarkson , a past critic of environmentalists, became convinced of Global Warming after witnessing how a river in South East Asia had dried up.
Short of declaring himself a vegan, it's hard to think of a bigger bombshell That the presenter could drop on his viewers, it declares.
Source of news: bbc.com