The Financial Times sees good reason to support the constitution, but warns the leaders of countries that need persuading, like Tony Blair, have been slow to start

The Mirror agrees, arguing Mr Blair's great failure has been in not explaining the advantages of EU membership to the British people.

The Sun says its desired referendum outcome is already in the bag, declaring that "a resounding no" is a certainty.

Peer pressure

The Daily Mail and the Sun welcome Neil Kinnock back into domestic politics by accusing him of hypocrisy for accepting a seat in the House of Lords.

Both quote comments he made 27 years ago, calling peers a bunch of busybodies "descended from brigands and muggers, bribers and gangsters".

The Daily Express says just a year ago Mr Kinnock said he was uncomfortable about joining the upper house.

Election squabbles

In the US, the Independent, finds a "crisis of trust" facing the presidential election.

The federal government has all but acknowledged that conditions are ripe for a legal meltdown, it says.

It finds there are squabbles emerging over voter intimidation and absentee voters.

Rural ransom

Landowners are holding rural residents to ransom by charging huge premiums for fields near their villages, the Daily Mail says.

Villagers are having to buy the plots to prevent travellers from snapping them up for illegal caravan sites, the paper complains.

Tabloid test

The Times hopes its final broadsheet edition will not be the last one bought by some hitherto devoted readers.

The paper is abandoning 216 years of broadsheet history by going tabloid.

Canine catwalk

Several papers report on a new breed of supermodel dog on display at 'Pet-a-Porter', where well-heeled owners watched their pets strut the catwalk.

Pugs, bichon frises and schnauzers wore accessories and coats worth up to �500. As the Daily Telegraph observes, it is anything but a dog's life.