Writing in the Guardian, the health secretary, Alan Johnson, praises David Cameron's ability "not to sound Tory" and says he comes across as quite reasonable.
In the Financial Times, Cameron's populism is attacked by Hugh Osmond, a high-profile Conservative donor, who says the party leader has failed to show a real understanding of how to fix the financial crisis.
The authors of the Adam Smith Institute blog ask: if 1980s fashions are now all the rage, how long before 1980s politicians make a comeback too?
The prime minister says his plans for tax cuts are a stimulus to the economy, but the Times says there is a strong suggestion within Gordon Brown's blueprint that the economic injections made so far may not be enough.
Stella Rimmington, the former head of MI5, is right when she says that the government has handed victory to terrorists by making people feel "they live in fear and under a police state", writes Seumas Milne in The Guardian.
Meanwhile, MEPs will agree on plans today that could lead to the formation of a European Union army, claims Bruno Waterfield in the Daily Telegraph.
