09/07/2014 The Papers

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing

us tomorrow. With me are Miranda Green, the former press secretary to

the Liberal Democrats and Liam Halligan, a commentator, at the

Telegraph. Tomorrow's front pages. The Financial Times says the

government has ordered a review into the sell`off of state assets just

days before MPs publish a report into last year's privatisation of

Royal Mail. Teachers could be stripped of the right to hold

rolling strikes, without fresh ballots, according to the Telegraph.

The Express says following four simple rules could add ten years to

your life. The charity Christian Aid has branded the singer Katie Melua

"a fallen hero", after she was named in a list of celebrities involved in

a tax avoidance scheme. The cyclist Chris Froome is shown with blood on

his face on the front of The Guardian, after multiple crashes

made him abandon the Tour de France. After the Home Office lost records

about allegations of child abuse, The Independent claims documents

relating the transfer of fugitives have also disappeared from the

Foreign Office. Tax avoidance schemes are the main issue on The

Times. It claims some tax avoiders won't have to pay back the money

they owe, because inspectors didn't challenge their tax returns in time.

And the Daily Mail explores an unusual theory for Brazil's World

Cup semi final defeat. They ask if it was down to the pop star Mick

Jagger. So let's begin... I am interested to hear your views on

that. The Times, it has been made a celebrated cause in the last few

months. Yes, the attempts to tackle tax avoidance. This scheme was used

by 1600 people, not just celebrities but also doctors, barristers and so

on. Those people try to shelter billions of pounds in revenue in a

complex mechanism involving fabricated losses that they could

then offset. What I would say in their dissent is that `` defence, it

is not that many people in the grand scheme of things. It is a good story

that you have to look into the numbers to see the scale. I think it

is because of staff shortages. Is this illegal? No. What is the

problem? That is a metaphysical problem. Most would say that you

have a moral obligation to arrange your tax affairs but I think many

people would reasonably say that if you set up a company's structure

with the sole intention of importing taxes rather than carrying out

commercial affairs, in a court of law, you will often be judged to be

E `` evading. Many of these celebrities are people who work with

major charities, and that is the point here. Herston eight put out a

statement saying that it is morally wrong for people to avoid paying

their fair share `` Christian Aid. Particularly for celebrities who

have a relationship with these groups. It is a great story for the

Times, they have made the running on this one. But if you are a celebrity

and have loads of cash and handed over to your financial advisor to

deal with as they see fit to be advantage to you, `` be, are you

going to say how are you doing this? Of course you are. What am I

going to say? Katie Melua is one of the few people who paid the money

back before she was required to and so we should be making that clear in

fairness to her. It is not just celebrities, there are lawyers and

doctors and so on. Ignorance is no excuse before the law. But it is not

illegal. No, but in the current climate where the fiscal laws are so

tight on so many people, they do come under scrutiny and rightly so.

Some missed their own deadline which is amusing. We're going to go to

this one, no hope of limiting migrants. After David Cameron's

extraordinary victory and defeat over failing to prevent Jean`Claude

Juncker the coming head of the European commission, we have moved

into the more serious business of whether or not Britain can bring any

concessions out of our European Union partners on our terms of

membership, on the way it operates, in order to try to get a yes vote in

the referendum. Here we have a story which we are likely to see many more

of in the next year or so which is Russell 's saying, no, not really.

David Cameron had a meeting with all of the Eurosceptic MPs including the

UKIP representatives and Jean`Claude Juncker has said very clearly that

free movement is not something that is going to be limited in the future

and that is, of course, the fundamental right within the

European Union to go and work where you want to. He is really upping the

ante on Cameron saying that he doesn't believe that everyone moving

around the labourer market is a parasite or a criminal `` labour. He

is paraphrasing the rhetoric of some political parties and has been

reported to have put his thumbs up off`camera but it was actually on

camera when a Labour MEP brought it up. Do you think he will be voting

for a Labour at the next election? I think it is unavoidable. There is no

question of any negotiation. He got his what he is basically saying ``

that is what. He is basically saying to Cameron, this is what happens

when you mess with me. But what you are seeing in this story is what you

see again and again, a throwaway remark leading to what the British

Eurosceptic press can use to create the most perfect headline. Free

movement is a marginal issue as only something like 3% actually choose to

utilise it. Now David Cameron is saying that important concerns are

being dismissed as marginal issues. You must vote to leave. He was

pushing his finger over the red button on that one. The Telegraph,

we must stop roving school strikes. Much of the public will be surprised

that the ballot for this strike that is taking place tomorrow actually

took place many years ago. The summer of 2012. We have one in 8

million children `` over 8 million affected and that is the issue that

David Cameron is flagging. He is putting pressure on the Lib Dems and

on Labour. Ed Miliband is saying that he doesn't support or oppose

the strikes, it seems to be a classic case of say nothing and then

you will get elected. But the Lib Dems are going to come under

pressure as well. There seems to be an error about what David Cameron is

trying to do here `` air, which raises into the voters minds, Tori

performs about trade unions back in the 80s `` Tory reforms. They may

also include manifesto laws which means unions must have a majority in

order to be able to vote. This strike is not only an a mandate that

his two years old, it also includes less than one in ten actual

teachers. It is a difficult one for the Lib Dems. They're going

to work out where they stand on this and at the moment, they are making

it clear that they don't want any change. I think it is very

interesting where the public would be honest. I tend to feel that there

is not a great appetite for a ban on strikes in certain sectors, key

public sectors like transportation. I don't think a crackdown is the

answer. But to this issue of rolling strikes, what they called a ballot

for discontinuous action, which means that the union can decide to

call a walkout whenever they want, I am not sure that the public would

see that as a fair way of going about things. I think there may be

room for reform there. We're going to hear a loss about this going up

to May 2015. They will be trying to expose Ed Miliband as not wanting to

come down on one side or the other. That's right. Even the leader of one

of the unions has said that it is time for them to make up their

mind. Labour has no friends on either side of the dispute. That is

from their own supporters. Now the Financial Times. The issue of

privatizing of the Royal Mail which is very controversial for the

reasons that the share price rose considerably from where it had been

set on the day of flotation and Vince Cable has been under fire

continuously since that time for the handling of the privatized Asian. ``

privatisation. He has called an investigation as to how they raise

money and it will involve a former Labour minister who is an expert on

city affairs. A group of MPs are about to ask `` reduced a critical

report on privatisation. Many made an absolute killing buying and

selling shares in the prior week 's. They have been flogging them off

straightaway. Absolutely and ministers are now saying that a

further ?20 billion worth of assets sales could be considered. I think

it is probably an attempt by the business department to make some

preemptive action. This guy is very financially savvy. When you do have

an asset sale, you do undervalue it deliberately, don't you? If it is an

IPO, a share flotation, there are other ways of doing it. You do not

necessarily need to sell it directly into the stock market. There are

many ways to do things. We have ?20 billion worth of sales slated over

the next few years. A number of assets, nuclear asset, Royal Mail

and it was tough on Vince Cable. They sold off 60% of it and it went

up huge amounts. That was just froth. You could say that that is

several hospitals lost by the government. They will have egg on

their face, imagine if it was the other way around. We're going to go

very briefly onto this one and you will have to explain it. Rolling

Stone laughed off the idea of being cursed. He has got a Brazilian son,

Mick Jagger, from a sling and back in 2010 in South Africa, he wore a

Brazilian shirt and they bus to Holland and so we can't always get

what he wants... Very good. Can't get no satisfaction. He has said

that he took advantage Dove response ability of the first `` he took

responsibility for the first goal but not the other six. Very good.

That is all for now, be sure to stay with us at the top of the hour for

more on the airport security issue. But now, what is the score at the

World Cup? It is time to find out.