For David Cameron, the only upside to such a late agreement on his deal is that news didn’t break in time for most of the first editions of the newspapers – do they cannot dump on him from quite such a height as they did last time (see picture at the bottom). But still, they’re pretty discouraging.
The Daily Mail is as unimpressed as ever. Its first edition led on 5,000 jihadis amongst EU immigrants: its later editions heaped further derision on Cameron’s deal. 
Inside, its editorial is blistering.
“All that lost sleep, and for what?… Gone are his commitments to ‘full-on treaty change’, war on bureaucracy, sovereignty for Westminster… Mr Cameron and George Osborne have amused us enough with their risible charade. Let a fully informed people now decide.
It’s increasingly difficult to see how it can reconcile this approach with a recommendation that its readers actually vote to accept Cameron’s deal.
The Daily Telegraph has led with a picture of
a tired-looking David Cameron.
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