Paper Monitor
10:36 UK time, Monday, 23 July 2012
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Paper Monitor knows the British obsession with the weather has made rather depressing reading recently, so it is glad that now, at last, people have something to smile about.
says the Daily Express, which boasts Britain will bask in tropical temperatures this week.
"Summer's finally arrived", says the Daily Telegraph in a more measured manner, warning that showers are forecast for Friday.
But it is the Times' leader which tickles Paper Monitor the most, firstly by declaring its tongue-in-cheek "campaign" for an end to the drizzle (first launched two weeks ago) has been a "triumph".
It cites not just rainfall figures as a metric of success, but also the rising number of discussions about climatic conditions - on street corners, Twitter, Facebook - as evidence, noting it has
But now the principal objective of the weather campaign - to get better weather - has been secured, the leader decides it is time to turn to the "disturbing questions raised by the poor conditions that millions had to endure for too long".
Why weren't the arrangements for good weather for the Olympics put in place much earlier? The Greeks, for instance, had no need for last-minute campaigns when they were hosts. Why did it require a newspaper to do the Government's job?
The paper suggests that perhaps a cosy relationship between those who make the weather and those who report it is to blame. "We will need to see their text messages," it teases.
Paper Monitor can't help but smile too.
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