03/07/2014 The Papers

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We had Randeep Ramesh, social affairs editor for the Guardian, and

Daisy McAndrew, the broadcaster. Tonight, on the Daily Express, the

story about tighter aviation security internationally. The Metro

talks about a multi`million pound lottery scam. The Guardian talks

about bringing large sections of the rail network back under British

control. The main picture on the Daily Mail of the Canadian tennis

player, Bouchard, celebrating winning her semi`final at Wimbledon.

The i says that extra security checks at airports are likely to

become permanent. Hammers on's tax affairs are being handed over,

according to the Financial Times. The Scotsman reports on a funding

boost that is promised to Glasgow if they vote against independence.

Let's begin with the bomb plot we have been hearing about all day. It

is on the front of the Daily Mirror. .

There is an x`ray, as most airports can do. This man is meant to be Al

Qaeda's top bomb maker. At the moment we are not seeing delays, but

there is a heightened sense of awareness about this new kind of

bond that is pretty much invisible to import equipment. It has been

doing the rounds for a few years, they must have a credible threat on

which they are acting. There was a delay of about an hour at

Manchester, perhaps that is just normal. This chap has been making

this stuff for a couple of years, and attempted to blow up a Saudi

Prince by surgically implanting explosives into his brother. It is

terrifying, on the face of it. But we still wait for any of this

stuff... We don't want this stuff to happen, but it is a kind of threat

with evidence. Whether that is credible or not, the jury is out. If

we do see increased delays, which my understanding is, there are two

types of bombs that authorities are concerned about. New types of bombs,

either embedded within the body, which is why we might be subjected

to these full body scanners, or in laptops. A new type that can't be to

take it, and apparently security officials are already been told to

turn every laptop on and off as it goes through security. That would

clearly increased the delay timers become up to the biggest and busiest

summer holiday time. I'm sure the threat is there, as the Daily Mirror

says, from jihadis, but it also seems convenient that we are hearing

a lot of stories about British kids over there who might be coming home,

and the stories seem to be, these other men, these are the terrorists

who were hiding bombs in their bodies somewhere. It is connecting

what is going on there with security here. Isn't one of the suggestions

for why it is happening now that this bomb maker has recently pledged

allegiance to this new caliphate, these Islamists who are running

rampant across Syria and Iraq. He is part of their picture, they have

extra capabilities and could wreak havoc here, not just in the Middle

East. ISIS emerged, the sky is in Yemen, and there is supposed to be a

deal done. It seems far`fetched to suggest that it has already reached

British jihadis fighting in Syria and Iraq, and they will return to

fight in the UK. There are hundreds of people who have gone from this

country to join what is happening in Syria, perhaps intending for it to

be an humanitarian effort, then they get sidetracked. A lot of them are

going to come home, is it not reasonable to assume that a small

proportion of them may use their newfound skills in a way we don't

want them to. I think they would surely want to, but whether they are

in the kind of league... He is the Western world's number one terrorist

bogeyman. The CIA thought they had killed him half a dozen times, but

then he would pop up again and it wasn't him they had killed. He is a

very special character, and the idea that a lot of the foot soldiers

would have any connection with him is strange. But the threat must be

real, or they wouldn't be putting extra measures in unless they want

the publicity for some other reason that we don't know about. Fury as

banks and Wonga are sending debt collection threats. There is no

suggestion that banks are hiding behind third party names and sending

threatening letters to customers. It seems that a lot of the banks what

they do say is that it was clearly printed in the small print that

these companies whose names or no relation to the banks or energy

companies who were using them to threaten people and get them to pay

up. They do say it was there in the small print, but why make up names?

Stirling Collection was Scottish Power. You wouldn't think that these

were the legal departments of the companies involved, you would assume

that your case had been referred to a debt collector, and that suddenly

you would get a bang on the door, that your credit rating might be

going through the floor. You would be very frightened. Barkley say they

have now dropped the pretence, Lloyds have said they are phasing

out there name of their solicitors, and Scottish Power have said it was

in the small print. `` Barclays Bank. You can't think they were

still in that we face. What I find extraordinary is that they know how

unpopular they are. Since the credit crunch, both energy companies and

banks, they have been public villains. Most chairmen that I have

interviewed have admitted they have a trust issue. We understand that we

have to get that trust back for our customers. You think, wouldn't you

do a root and branch? All departments tell me if there is

anything... I think we just object to them making money. There is a

perception we are being squeezed by energy companies as gas budgets fall

in our bills go up, or banks try to recover their bad landing on the

backs of honest borrowers. And that there has been endless dishonesty. I

think it is fair to target them for that. Let's move on. If the Scots go

it alone will be heartbroken, says the PM. He has been speaking in

Perth today, 76 days tomorrow until the referendum on Scottish

independence. Tugging on the heartstrings and a little sweetener

of ?500 million for Glasgow if they vote to stay with the union. They

have lost a lot of the arguments with the Scots. Rory Stewart, who is

a Borders MP for the Tories, and now chairman of the first Select

Committee, actually said this. We have to use the argument of love,

because we love them and we don't want them to go. He should be

heartbroken, because he might not be a PM. He won't just be heartbroken,

he'll be unemployed as well! You can't go to the Queen and say, I've

lost Scotland, and survive! If it was a yes vote, David Cameron would

not be able to stay as leader of the party and as PM, but ironically the

Conservative party will be bolstered, because they will have

lost Scotland, where they have no votes. Labour will have lost

Scotland where they have many votes. Many MPs are saying, it is

extraordinary, everyone would lose. David Cameron would lose short`term,

the Tories would win in the long`term. On the playground figures

have changed, the emphasis has switched in the last few years.

Social networking sites are the most common places that children are

bullied. It is all hidden away, and parents and teachers are not

necessarily aware of it. It is a phenomena and at the age, isn't it?

Children spend all this time interacting with these machines

which allows them to interact with their friends, rather than

interacting with their friends. To be bullied face`to`face. The last

time I looked, I think Facebook was falling down the rankings. It is a

bit pase, because your parents are on it! I did a big piece last year

about teenage depression, and social networking was part of this. They

have to create this perfect world they live in, with thousands of

friends that they don't even know. It is this online perfect world but

it bears no relation to their reality. The Guardian. State bid for

rail franchises is under late. Contracts are up for renewal, Andy

suggestion that the state could take on parts of the rail network. There

could be a staggered return to renationalisation. We don't want it

to look like British rail used to. I think actually most people have

forgotten how awful British Rail was. Rail lines and rail services

are massively better than they ever have been before. But not perfect.

Not perfect by any stretch. Daily commuters will be testifying to

that. But what sticks in the throat of many politicians and civil

servants is that there is all that money swirling around, going into

the private hands, and it could be going into the Treasury coffers. It

would be popular with the unions, I'm not sure how realistic it is.

Would it be popular with voters? Know, and I think it would probably

dampen some of the Labour argument. It is very popular with Tory voters,

surprisingly. Ed Miliband has had this record playing for some time

about how it is absurd that foreign companies here making big profits

from reddish rail passengers `` British. Of course, he can point at

the massive mess up that transport made two years ago. Something good

came out of it, because the east coastline is now doing well, better

than it was predicted to do. A Labour Party spokesman has said we

will set out our policy at the appropriate time. We have always

been clear we want a good deal for the fare payer and the taxpayer. The

two aren't necessarily the same. People who never use the trains

might think, why on earth should we be effectively subsidising rail

networks that we don't use? We all do that anyway, so we might get

something back. It sticks in the throat, not just that we could get

something back, but foreign governments are all getting money

out of British Railways and British people buying their tickets. So you

can see this sense of it, but as you were saying, it does muddy the

message of Labour trying to get votes. Here we have, a banker pays

Tories a large amount of money for a game with the PM and Mayor. This is

a way of giving the party some money. It is a curious story,

because they were issuing so many denials through the day, until

finally they admitted it was the banker wife of the former Russian

deputy finance minister who paid the money. It adds to this swirl of

Russian money around the Conservative party. Ill`advised

friends. Is she a reporter? One of the problems that politicians and

reporters get themselves into, is denying that part of it is true.

There is the impression that it is not true. It was this man's wife,

and they denied that, she made a big donation. If you buy something in an

auction, this not count as an ordinary donation? Is that not a way

to get around the donation rules? This raised about ?1 million last

year, this kind of thing, so ?160,000 seems quite a lot. That is

the Papers for this evening. And you to our guests, Daisy McAndrew and

Randeep Ramesh. We will be looking at the danger facing the US borders

as it warns of a credible terrorist threat. Now, it is time for World

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