Is Brown out of tune, papers ask?

Should he stay or should he go? That is the question exercising the minds of columnists and leader writers as they contemplate the future of Gordon Brown.

There is general agreement that, in the words of Tony Parsons in the Daily Mirror, Labour cannot give the British people two unelected leaders in a row by choosing a new party head who will become prime minister.

For Peter Oborne in the Daily Mail this might not be a problem if a massively popular figure were in waiting.

David Hughes in the Daily Telegraph believes Labour is "running on empty".

Wrong note

There is widespread support for what the Daily Mirror calls Sir Terry Wogan's "boom banga-blast" at the Eurovision Song Contest.

It has been reduced to an East European "stitch-up", the Daily Express says.

The nation that gave the world the Beatles and Rolling Stones has nothing to learn from "plinky-plonky" sounds of the Balkan and Baltic states, it says.

In the Sun's words, the UK is too proud and full of genuine talent to submit to this annual humiliation.

Winning formula

If the UK's Eurovision result depresses the papers, then British success at the Monaco Grand Prix cheers them up.

Pictures of Lewis Hamilton celebrating his win in what the Daily Mail calls the "most punishing and glamorous motor race on earth" are on many front pages.

They are accompanied by headlines such as "Hamilton conquers Monaco" in the Guardian, and "Prince Lewis of Monaco" in the Sun.

For the Daily Mirror it was a day when greatness called and Hamilton answered.

Split nation

The weather is a hot topic of conversation, with the country dividing into two for the bank holiday.

It was, the Sun reports, far from grim up north, while rain put a dampener in the south. A reversal to the usual picture, the Daily Mail says.

The Daily Express shows families in Scarborough relaxing in deckchairs, while a solitary couple are sheltering under an umbrella in Bournemouth.

But, says the Times, the bank holiday fun goes on regardless.