Post-election deals scrutinised

With 10 days of campaigning to go, the Times says Labour's senior figures are increasingly turning their minds to the day after the election.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson said on Sunday he does not share the "horror" of some colleagues at the prospect of a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

His comment makes the lead story in both the Times and the Independent.

They see the home secretary's remark as evidence of a split in Labour's election strategy.

'Surreal'

Nick Clegg's suggestion that he will not support Labour if they come third in the popular vote at the general election also gets attention.

Jackie Ashley in the Guardian considers what she calls the "surreal" thought of a deal between a minority Conservative government and the Lib Dems.

Where to start? she asks. The most Eurosceptic of the main parties with the most Euro-enthusiastic?

The great defenders of Trident in alliance with their opposites?

Papal 'problems'

The Daily Mail and the Sun quote un-named Vatican officials as saying the Pope's visit to Britain later this year could be cancelled.

The sources say this is because of offence caused by a Foreign Office memo setting out ideas for the trip including opening an abortion clinic.

The Daily Mail says Papal aides have privately rejected the apology by the Foreign Office.

The paper quotes a source as saying: "This could have severe repercussions."

Telepathic twitcher

Finally, the Daily Telegraph reports a "bird whisperer" has managed to discover why a swan has been attacking rowers on the River Cam.

An animal behaviour expert and psychic claims she connected telepathically with the bird in an attempt to make him stop the violence and move away.

According to Michelle Childerley, the swan is angry with humans after his cygnets were killed by a rower.

She said: "He needed to be told what people were saying about him."