Newspaper headlines: ‘Panto politics’ for MPs at end of term By Contributor - December 20, 2018 Author: BBC News / Source: BBC News The row over whether Jeremy Corbyn called the prime minister a “stupid woman” is labelled an “end-of-term panto” for MPs in the Daily Telegraph. The paper records the oh-yes-he-did claims and oh-no-he-didn’t denials as it points out that Brexit is just 100 days away. The i also calls the incident an outbreak of “panto politics”, as it details EU warnings that no-deal Brexit will disrupt air travel, cause delays at the border and leave Britons abroad with an uncertain status. Continuing the panto theme, the Guardian also reports Corbyn’s denial with “Oh no he didn’t”. The paper’s main story says that some ministers believe Theresa May will have to back down on her restrictive plan for high-skilled immigration, by dropping the salary requirement to £21,000. It’s not panto, but an episode of ‘Allo ‘Allo! says the Daily Star, picturing Jeremy Corbyn as hapless cafe owner Rene Artois. The paper’s main story quotes Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick saying officers will never give up the search for missing Madeleine McCann. The Daily Mail says it consulted four lip-readers in its analysis of the House of Commons footage to try and determine what the Labour leader said. The Sun says the Labour leader’s denial was “ridiculed”. “You must think we’re all stupid,” the paper says. “I didn’t call PM a stupid woman,” says the headline in Metro. The paper says Mr Corbyn faces a “sexism storm” and that Conservative MPs were “excitedly” looking at their phones as the footage went live. The Times also covers the row over Mr Corbyn’s comment, alongside a story about Facebook giving companies such as Netflix and Spotify access to users’ private messages. A call for “grey rage” fills the Daily Mirror’s front page, as Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson backs the paper’s campaign to continue funding free TV licences for over-75s. The Daily Express front page covers the story of a woman robbed by “yobs” as she laid flowers on her husband’s grave. The pensioner lost “irreplaceable mementos” of her spouse in the attack, the paper says. A plan to break up British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline dominates the Financial Times front page. The paper says the company is spinning off its consumer healthcare business in a joint venture with… Click here to read more