Newspapers sink teeth into Brown

The papers chew up Gordon Brown's plea not to waste food - not least because they were made on a plane to Japan.

Dominic Lawson in the Independent argues that families don't appreciate "being condescended to... from a cruising height of 30,000 ft".

Worse, splutters the Sun, he later sat down with other leaders to "a banquet of truffles and caviar".

"But it's to be bubble and squeak for the rest of us," says the Daily Express's Patrick O'Flynn.

Responsible politics

Tory leader David Cameron has argued that crime, obesity and drug abuse are often caused by a lack of "self-discipline" rather than social factors.

The newspapers are divided over his call for the poor to take greater personal responsibility.

The Daily Telegraph welcomes his desire to re-establish "a moral framework".

But the Daily Mirror says that Mr Cameron's "carefully polished mask has slipped" and "he has gone from hug-a-hoody to kick-a-granny".

Coup de Grace

Old Etonian, ex-SAS - mercenary Simon Mann, jailed for his part in an attempted coup, dazzles Fleet Street from his cell in Equatorial Guinea.

"The son and grandson of England cricket captains," says the Times, "he was a man who had everything."

The Daily Mail contrasts the "horrific abuse" meted out to fellow inmates with the privileges he enjoys - wine with dinner, an exercise bike and medicines.

It asks if his conduct during his trial was "a charade" to win early release.

Property crash

Britain has just been lashed by a "mini-monsoon", says the Daily Telegraph, but it seems the elements are working alongside the credit crunch.

According to the Sun, coastal erosion has cut the value of one home from £20,000 in 1987 to £1 in 2008.

The Norfolk bungalow was 400 yards from a cliff edge when it was bought, but is now just 60 yards from the precipice.

Owner Jane Archer tells the paper: "It's shocking that our home is worth less than a loaf of bread."