Weekend papers November 29-30, 2014

Sunday 30 November, 2014
Saturday 29 November, 2014
A small country with ten national newspapers might be expected to see its society accurately reflected on the newsstands. So what do we see today? Diversity? Multiculturalism? Do we see that warmth that Paddington was promised?
No, we see rejection, selfishness, triviality. Five papers splash on our terror of immigration; eight carry stories and/or photographs of people fighting to buy a giant TV set.
The only paper to feature neither on the front - The Times - addresses a different kind of consumerism with an outsize cake and the word Eat! in huge letters.
Editor's blog  Paddington, immigration and the worst of Britain
The week that was
David Mellor's rant, 
Harriet Green sacked, 
Facebook attacked over Rigby murder, 
Gastric bands on the NHS
The front pages 
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