What the Newspaper Say – July 20
By Press Association 2021
A collection of British newspapers
Vaccine passports and more warnings about the need to be cautious about coronavirus dominate newspapers across the country.
the I and The independent lead on the passport jab launch, with two shots required to enter nightclubs and other venues from September.
On Tuesday’s front page: Launch of vaccine passports#TomorrowsPapersToday
🔴 Two jabs to enter nightclubs from the end of September @ RichardVaughan1 https://t.co/xs8x35CTF8 pic.twitter.com/Nz2sMCcDTZ
– I journal (@theipaper) July 19, 2021
INDEPENDENT Digital from Tuesday: “Covid passports are required to enter crowded places” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/mVdy9siI6D
– Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 19, 2021
The daily telegraph says he hopes passports will convince more young people to get vaccinated, while Time relaying a direct message to Boris Johnson’s British youth that “no jab means no entry” to nightclubs and other venues.
Tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph front page:
“Vaccine passports to encourage young people to be vaccinated”#TomorrowsPapersToday
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– The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 19, 2021
Tuesday TIMES: “No jab means no entry, Johnson warns youngsters” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/YXj5J7n21w
– Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 19, 2021
the Daily mail calls passports the “price of freedom”.
Tuesday @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/vLihMsUzEh
– Daily Mail UK (@DailyMailUK) July 19, 2021
And the Daily Express takes this theme a step further with warnings of “potential super spread events” amid pressure from the Prime Minister to get more young people vaccinated.
On the front page of tomorrow: Freedom: but at what price? #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/FewHKMXoct pic.twitter.com/9QIs7UWSok
– Daily Express (@Daily_Express) July 19, 2021
Subway leads on an upbeat note with a report that people are celebrating again, but reminds that caution is still in order as the coronavirus remains in the community.
Tuesday’s front page:
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– Metro UK Journal (@MetroUKNews) July 19, 2021
the Financial Time reports that Mr Johnson has said that key workers in the sector will be exempted from the isolation rules as the country’s “pingdemic” continues.
Just published: Financial Times front page, UK edition, Tuesday July 20 https://t.co/fXZJPLpxCh pic.twitter.com/rupjyS9GsL
– Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 19, 2021
And the Star of the day runs a list of things that went wrong on so-called “Freedom Day,” mocking the government with a Carry On Chaos headline.
Of tomorrow #cover page – So how’s Freedom Day going, we hear you ask? CONTINUE CHAOS# tomorrowspaperstoday
Read more: https://t.co/RHjqHhjO4r pic.twitter.com/5LGnTiBT3j
– Star of the day (@dailystar) July 19, 2021
Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror splashes another claim by former Downing Street aide Dominic Cummings, this time the PM questioned the country needed lockdowns last year “just because of those over 80 who died years”.
Tomorrow’s front page: PM: only the over 80s will die https://t.co/L16YQUC27m #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/bgsymfIw20
– The mirror (@DailyMirror) July 19, 2021
The sun leads on to the new “bombs” of the Duke of Sussex’s forthcoming revealing memoir under the title “Harry Book Stuns The Royal Family”.
Tomorrow’s Front Page: Prince Harry Takes Royal Family Unawares By Secretly Writing Revealing Memoirs https://t.co/s17u7A1VHZ pic.twitter.com/0kKzI7rzpr
– The Sun (@TheSun) July 19, 2021
And The Guardian continued his presentation on surveillance tools sold to governments, while reporting on vaccine passports.
Front page of the Guardian, July 20, 2021: “Attack on Democracy” – Furious reaction to spy revelations pic.twitter.com/bh7i8Qgo4d
– The guardian (@gardien) July 19, 2021