Blair's EU job prospects examined

The career prospects of Tony Blair get a going over in some of Sunday's papers.

An unflattering Halloween-style cartoon in the Sunday Express shows Mr Blair with the words, "The return of the living dead?"

The Sunday Times is also not a supporter. "If we must have a president, make him dull," it writes, rejecting suggestions that a big name like his is what is needed.

The Independent on Sunday, meanwhile, thinks it is more likely that Foreign Secretary David Miliband will "desert Labour" for "the No 2 job in Brussels".

'Bold plans'

The Sunday Telegraph leads with the latest in the banking saga - news that a break-up of RBS and the Lloyds group will create three new banks.

But it feels there is "depressingly little sign" of the real radical thinking needed to overhaul the sector.

The Sunday Mirror, however, is more positive, praising the "bold plans".

It believes the break-up will inject some badly needed competition into high-street banking and encourage new names like Tesco to join the market.

'Prejudice reigns'

Several papers continue to discuss the sacking of the government's chief drugs adviser Prof David Nutt.

The Observer calls it "another milestone in Britain's progression from a great Enlightenment country to a place where prejudice reigns".

Lauren Booth, in the Mail on Sunday, says: "Honest Professor Nutt makes much more sense than 'Just Say No' Zammo."

She agrees smoking and drinking must be taken more seriously, adding that "our society relies on substance abuse".

Online 'mob'

The News of the World claims England manager Fabio Capello has blown the whistle on a great football tradition - the World Cup song.

But far from being sad, the paper thinks it shows he has "the axe factor" needed to win the tournament.

Meanwhile, the Sunday Times reports that Stephen Fry may quit micro-blogging site Twitter because of criticism of some of his posts.

It says "online retribution is swift" from this new kind of "instant mob".