23/03/2014 The Papers

country's airspace. Coming up later, the technology that

is undressing Egyptian mummies. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead

at what the papers will bring us tomorrow. With me, the Royal

correspondent for the Sunday Times and David Schneider. Let's take a

look at the front pages. We will start with the Telegraph and the

former head of the Army tells the Telegraph that the UK should recruit

3000 troops to be based in Germany in order to make a military

statement to Russia. The express has the headline, lifestyle is key to

beating dementia, and says a good diet and exercise are more important

than genetics when it comes to preventing disease.

The Metro has details of a study claiming stress can double able

and's chance of becoming infertile. Ed Miliband has been warned he needs

to clearly set out Labour's strategic plans and not just hope to

win the next election by criticising the Conservatives, according to the

Guardian's exclusive front`page story.

The Times says Barack Obama will call on Europe to impose more

sanctions on Russia and meet growing concerns that Vladimir Putin is

poised to invade eastern Ukraine. Let's begin with our papers this

hour. We will start with the Daily

Telegraph. The pension story has rattled on since Wednesday's Budget.

I am sure David Cameron would have been delighted with some of the

positive headlines after the Budget, the silver savers' budget, aimed at

pensioners and those key Tory voters who may just be wavering. He is

going to be continuing with this in another speech, talking about how

beneficial it will be. We have got Boris Johnson wading in. It is quite

interesting. He is saying that this is going to throw a grenade into

Labour's position. Boris Johnson saying it will do story labour. I

really think Boris Johnson is moving into the four and interestingly, he

is coming back into the fold of Westminster. David Cameron referred

to Boris Johnson last week as a star striker, and it seems to be a love

in between them. That is interesting to watch. The worry is that Cameron

will be substituted. The pension thing is interesting. You know, by a

Lamborghini and by beer with what is left. It creates a sort of feel`good

factor, apart from the arthritis. The problem is, it feels very

short`term. It is like a help to blow your pension in one go scheme.

The worry is that the consequences, for example looking after people as

they get older, the costs will fall on councils, and will the money be

there? Will people blow their pensions or are we not giving them

enough credit? The argument is that people are able to make their own

decisions. Boris Johnson is going to talk about Lamborghinis for the

people in tomorrow's Telegraph. It is a fun line, blow it on a

Lamborghini. Most pensioners would not afford one anyway. I am sure

people will make sensible decisions. If technology was able to tell us

exactly how long we were going to live, I would know I was going to

live to 127, please God, then I can plan. It depends on the sort of

person you are. Some people say, let's just spend it, and others are

too careful. Even if you are being generous and going, at last I can

get my kids a house, it still means you might be vulnerable when you

needed when you are older. The argument is that if you are one of

those people who blow it, would you have had a pension in the first

place? Your point is a good one, but people change. Of course there are

employment schemes you would go to anyway. I think this is aimed at

people who have saved all of their lives. They certainly probably will

not spend it on a Lamborghini, because they have saved and put

money by. It might be quite patronising to say they will spend

it all at once. I understand that. The issue is that it is a clever

political move. They might have been disaffected. The young people were

very neglected in the Budget and they have been neglected by this

budget. They do not vote so much. 44% of young people voted in the

last election compared to 70% of older people. It makes sense

politically to throw things at the older people. Let's stay with the

Telegraph. David, you kick off with this, this is about the former head

of the army saying that Britain should send 3000 extra soldiers to

be based in Germany to send a message to Russia. This is Lord

Dalai to is saying this. What is happening is that Putin is rewinding

us to the Cold War. People like Lord Dannatt need to rewind and say, we

are in a Cold War situation. You could say that he has seen an

opportunity to reverse these severe budget cuts in the army and say, we

need people back into Germany. I think the problem of the modern army

and the budget cuts and this period of readjustment we are in is that it

is unpredictable, where we are going to need soldiers. Who would have

thought we would be fighting two desert war is? Now, things drift

back to a Cold War situation. What do you make of this? Clearly, things

are wrapping up. Russia is ramping up its approach and we have got the

NATO top commander, who is warning that Russian military action could

build up into a land grab for Moldova. It could go much further

than the Crimea. Obviously, Lord Dannatt, it is in his interests to

say that we need to hire extra troops, because he is very much in

favour of the fact that we should not be getting rid of the Army and

making the cuts are we had. He would say that, wouldn't he? It is an

interesting area, should we need them, and we might need to draw on

them. Same story, different angle in The Times. It says, Obama in crisis

talks as inflation fears grow. There is pressure coming from America,

inside Europe, outside Europe. They say Europe needs to take a tougher

line with its sanctions. The backdrop of this, of course, is that

Barack Obama is facing pressure at home. He needs to look strong. He is

under criticism because he needs to look strong in the face of Putin.

This is him coming over and saying, you need to do a bit more, Europe.

There is this worry that Europe is talking and not doing much action.

This is him crying to clear things up a bit, it looks like. We have

seen the good bits and the bad bits of the EU in this. A good bit is

that you do need to be together. We are stronger as a big block of

people standing up to Putin. The bad bit is that we are all separate and

there is a lack of clarity about the sanctions. Germany get 50% of their

gas from Russia, the French, they have other sanctions. That is where

the weakness of the EU is exposed. Putin seems to be doing whatever he

wants. We'll sanctions were? It is two ways and we lose out as well. It

is a difficult situation. Onto the Guardian, with one of the stories,

an exclusive saying there is an alliance of think tanks urging

Labour to be bold. This following the narrowing of the poll lead that

Labour has over the Conservatives that is almost neck and neck

following the Budget. This is due to the lead having narrowed. Miliband

has sneezed, and then the polls have gone down, Ben Osborne has blown his

nose and they have gone up. `` and then Osborne. There is the sense of

a long haul until 2015. People and the media need to generate stories

based on polls. I look at the boldness story here and I think,

poor old Miliband, he has tried had to be bold. He has exposed the

division in the nation. There was the Oxfam report that the five

richest families have the same might of money as the poorest 20%. `` the

same amount of money. He was bowled on Syria, he was bowled about

energy. `` bold. Some people just don't like the look of him, it boils

down to that. There was a significant poll in the Sunday Times

that says it is significant. It is a uke of poll that shows that you have

got a real bounce for the Tories. `` it is a uke of poll. It shows a

shift. This letter in today's Guardian comes from across the

party, and you think, with friends like this, who needs enemies? What

they are saying is that he needs to my bold. They say the manifesto

should be more than just exploiting conservative unpopularity. I cannot

dismiss the list of the think tanks and the media. There is clearly a

debate going on about how bold they should be. Whether they should say,

look at the mess the coalition have made and look at the inequality, or

whether they need to say clearly that those are their policies. There

is clearly a debate going on. We will go on to the Guardian picture

story, Samantha Cameron, the Prime Minister's wife on a charity run for

Sport Relief which has raised ?53 million so far. She was in a onesie.

And wearing red as well! Onto the Metro, looking at stress and

infertility. It is saying that stress can more than 881 and's

chances of becoming infertile. `` can double a woman's chances. People

are interested to read it, I expect. This is an American server at that

attract 501 cobbles. `` and American survey that followed 501 couples.

But you wonder if there is anything more gritty. It is slightly stating

the obvious. Of course stress will make it harder to conceive. It is

telling people to relax. These stories crop of mind there is

something it. `` these stories crop up and maybe there is something in

it. And the Daily Express story about lifestyle being key to beating

dementia. Again, it has the amazing revelation that healthy living is

better, that it is better to live well man to live badly. Smoking,

apparently, is bad for us and exercise, apparently, is good for

us. It is here in black and white! We are still not doing it, though!

Thank you to our guests. They will both be back at 11:30pm. For ``

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