Scotland's papers: Blair's Brexit mission and T's break

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Britain's departure from the European Union must not be dictated by the "tyranny of the majority, external", Sir John Major warns in a front page story in The Times Scotland.

The i claims that Tony Blair has insisted that Brexit can be blocked, external if voters change their minds over the strength of the case for leaving the European Union. The paper quotes the former Labour prime minister as saying Britain should "keep its options open" over a second referendum.

Workers face the longest period of stagnant pay since World War Two, while living standards are set to deteriorate to more severe levels than during the financial crisis, says The Herald, external.

Likewise, The Scotsman writes that Britain faces a "dreadful decade" of stagnant living standards, external, with earnings growth over the next five years cut in half by the vote for Brexit.

On the same theme, The National says that Brexit means Britain faces a "lost decade" with living standards plummeting to 1920s, external levels, and young people, workers and lower income families set to be "hammered" hardest.

The Scottish Daily Mail, external reports that middle-class Scots will see their earnings slump next year because of a "secret double tax whammy".

T in the Park organisers DF Concerts have blamed the presence of a rare birds' nest, external for the decision to cancel the 2017 event, although The Scottish Sun claims a former police chief has said organisers must stamp out the crime and violence that has blighted the event in recent years.

A Scots hairdresser accused of deliberately infecting male partners with HIV, external is on the run from English police, reports the Daily Record.

The Daily Star of Scotland claims that lottery bosses are facing new fix claims after the live Saturday night draw was ditched by the BBC, external.

A "bungled" Aberdeen City Council deal to fix solar panels to public buildings could end up costing taxpayers more than £500,000, according to the Aberdeen edition of the Press and Journal, external.

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