Paper Monitor
13:02 UK time, Tuesday, 16 December 2008
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
There is great joy in Guardian Towers this morning. But there is great gnashing of teeth in the Kensington fastness of the Daily Mail.
On page four of the Guardian, David Cameron is shown reading Monday's edition of the left-leaning broadsheet on London's Tube. The Guardian passes no further comment on the Conservative leader's choice of paper.
Over on Mail online they paint an interesting picture, suggesting the image of him reading a paper on public transport is part of a series showing him in "ordinary man" type poses such as the recent papping of him emerging from the Woolies' sales.
But there's something odd about the picture. The Conservative leader was returning from a speech at the Thomson Reuters HQ and yet the photos show no sign of an entourage. One would have imagined at least a couple of policy wonks or media wranglers might be accompanying him.
And what was he reading? Thanks to the fortuitous preservation of yesterday's Guardian and close scrutiny of the photo Paper Monitor has been able to stage a reconstruction.
It appears Mr Cameron is reading page nine of the paper, which features stories on global oil supply peaking and Facebook being used in transplant appeals. But it is clear Mr Cameron's eyes are looking down and to the right. The section of page he is looking at is dominated by a Ryanair advert offering £1 flights to Shannon.
He really is a man of the people.
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