1. Reform the House of Lords now and it can survive (Guardian)
The second chamber is costly and unrepresentative, write Andrew Adonis and Paul Tyler. Only radical change will head off the abolitionists.
2. Fix the confusion at the heart of the bank (Financial Times)
The new governor will be strengthened by greater transparency and clarity, writes Ed Balls.
3. Voters have lost patience with the culture of spin and fakery (Daily Telegraph)
The politics of message manipulation that served Clinton and Blair so well will not rescue Cameron, argues Iain Martin.
4. Leveson asks why, not just how (Guardian)
This new phase of the inquiry may help to explain why things went so wrong - and particularly why now, says Gaby Hinsliff.
5. Cameron must not risk kipping on EU (Sun)
With Europe imploding, Mr Cameron can stand up for eurosceptics in all parties, says Trevor Kavanagh.
6. Obama needs to find a theme soon (Financial Times)
It should be little surprise that in polls over the past week, Romney is in a statistical tie with the president, writes Edward Luce.
7. We’re all at sea over our new aircraft carriers (Daily Telegraph)
The PM is being urged to do a U-turn on buying jets – but it’s the ships that are wrong, says Con Coughlin.
8. An unwelcome Seventies revival (Independent)
The BNP is a shadow of its former self, which is why the National Front has returned, says an Independent leader.
9. Since when were the civil liberties of porn users more important than those of children? (Daily Mail)
An automatic block on internet pornography is far from unworkable, argues Melanie Phillips.
10. Feel bad for your boss. It is tougher at the top (Times) (£)
As power shifts to grumblers, bloggers and interrogators, would you really want to run the country, church or team, asks Libby Purves.