12/07/2014 The Papers

Northern Ireland have taken part in the annual parades by the Orange

order, the most significant day of the Protestant marching calendar.

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

us tomorrow. With me are David Akinsanya, campaigner and

broadcaster and Vincent Moss, Political Editor of the Sunday

Mirror. Tomorrow's front pages, starting with... The Observer leads

with Archbishop Tutu's support for those seeking a change in assisted

dying laws. The Mail on Sunday carries heavy criticism of a new

Channel 4 drama due to air tomorrow night which fictionalises the real

life IRA killing of Tory MP Airey Neave in 1979. The Independent on

Sunday says Child Abuse victims are to sue the government over a lack of

victim support. And the Telegraph says Tony Blair may be called to

Parliament to explain what assurances were given to Sinn Fein

to reassure 'on the run' IRA members they weren't wanted by the Police.

Let's begin with the Independent. An exclusive article and a special

report saying that child abuse victims are set to sue the

government. Legal action over horrific impact of questioning by

police and a lack of counseling. Inside the paper, it mentions a

particular child abuse victim who has chosen not to be named who says

that the pain is so great and that it was such a horrific experience

having to relive it that he needs to try to move on. How can they sue the

government and under what law? He is saying under human rights law. The

government did not give them a safe place to live. That is where they're

going to go with it. The problem is that, I just think that we will hear

more about this. Even in this article, roughly five local

authorities are mentioned here over issues that have not been dealt

with. We all know about what was going on in Jersey. And these

victims have struggled throughout their adult lives and they

understand when you see this in the paper that it is brought back. They

may very well need counseling and support through this. His guy is

saying that he can do it because he doesn't have a family but imagine if

you are settled into your family life and this stuff comes back to

bite you. It really is awful. The very children that we are taking

away from parents to look after we'd been exposed to this kind of abuse.

While their lives may settle down, if the opportunity came for these

people to have some kind of red dress, you would be torn wouldn't

you? `` redress. I could have sued but what I wanted was an apology and

an acknowledgment of what happened because you can send yourself a bit

mad, thinking that no one would listen to you or believe you. I

think people should have the right to sue but the problem is that the

more people who do that, the money will come out of children's services

and so I am not sure if it would be a good thing. The point is that the

time is right for this because we are having investigations and

convictions. The conditions are such that victims will finally be

listened to. The culture has changed after 13 years of being told that

they were making it up or fantasizing, people are starting to

listen `` 30. This man is not from a home that has been featured in the

past he comes from a home in Richmond in Southwest London. It is

kind of symptomatic of what we're going to be seeing which is more

allegations involving more homes and schools and which go right into the

heart of the British establishment. There is coverage of this and many

of the Sunday papers and they involve senior members of the

government and the Thatcher era. These were people involved that were

so powerful at the time. We have a story tomorrow of people so powerful

that they were able to dismiss all the allegations and brush them aside

and nothing was ever done. Finally those victims are going to have

their story listen to and it is about time. All sorts of different

political parties, not just one was it? They close ranks and protected

each other. Definitely. Alleged rings of people within all parties

and the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the judiciary, and

this is what is going to make the inquiry said difficult because there

are already suggestions about whether or not the invigilator will

be able to do it because of her legs to the establishment. Who would be

most suitable? `` links. I would like to see someone involved in the

care system because they would have the knowledge regarding what goes on

in the inside. They can really understand what the modus operandi

was. And that was that it was OK for you to abuse children in care.

Moving on to the Observer. Desmond Tutu on the side of assisted death.

Lord Carey has already said that he would support this bill which would

give doctors the right to administer a lethal dose to someone who is

terminally ill and no longer wanted to live and now we have Desmond

Tutu, known around the world as an eminent religious leader, making a

similar sort of plea and referring to what he saw his friend, Nelson

Mandela go through. He says that it was disgraceful the way Nelson

Mandela was treated shortly before his death at the age of 95 and this

is something that I had heard about that people close to him were

actually charging or trying to get money out of visiting politicians

for the 10th of a photo opportunity with him. `` chance. If you were a

foreign leader, and let's face it, all foreign leaders did want a

picture of themselves next to Nelson Mandela, that his people were trying

to charge for access to Nelson Mandela. Desmond Tutu goes on to say

that he is for a dignity for living and four dignity in death. He says

that he reveres the sanctity of life but not at any cost so he has

started to come down and show a shift in thinking about the church

at least looking at the idea of assisted suicide. A huge step

forward for anything to take to cause all of their teachings are to

the contrary. It is not just the Christian church. Others have rules

as well. As someone who is not religious, we spend a lot of money

trying to save people when, if they were left to the hands of God, they

might have died. But I think the thing about human dignity is the

most important thing. If I was left in a vegetative state, I would not

want to live and I know that. But if you are not terminally ill and in a

vegetative state, is bill would not help you and that is where this bill

draws the line. And it is being debated in the House of Lords next

Friday. The Telegraph, Tony Blair and the IRA. He faces being summoned

before Parliament to explain the secret deals made with Sinn Fein to

assure suspects on the run that they were not wanted by the police. He

has been accused of dodging investigations of this affair. Very

shocking when this came out, romped it by a court case that could not go

ahead. I think many members of the public work shocked by this. I was

listening to the radio yesterday and I heard Gerry Adams singing and the

difference between what he was and what he has become, the distance he

has travelled to get here and the peace that has been in Northern

Ireland for the last few years, we have all appreciated that. It seems

a shame that all of this will be dragged up again but I do think that

he needs to explain to people what the deal was because it does seem

that it was backhanded and it wasn't transparent. He has given some

evidence to the inquiry about this but it looks as though some of that

will remain private. As with anything involving Tony Blair, it

seems as though large parts of what he says or did at the time may not

be public and there is increasing pressure on him to reveal what

happened and that is why he is wanted to explain these so`called

comfort letters to these IRA suspects. What exactly he did with

Gerry Adams, what was said and what they've read and private. I'm not

entirely sure that that would be beneficial `` agreed. But there is

pressure to reveal it. Get therapy or have state benefits. Hundreds of

thousands of people are perhaps suffering from anxiety or depression

which may be reducing their chances of getting a job and ministers are

suggesting that, if they aren't prepared to undergo counseling or

therapy, they will have their benefits reduced. You have to be

ready to have it if it is offered to you. You will not be able to turn it

down, it would seem. That is the key. Nearly half of people who are

on disability have issues with anxiety and depression and in order

to get over those issues, the counseling could be helpful but many

can't get it at the moment. Where the money would come from to do this

and whether they would be offered it rather than being threatened with it

remains to be seen. If the therapy was there, I guess that would be a

great thing. This says that it is based on government figures, the

state spends up to ?1.4 billion a year. All of the things the

government has done... They're tried to save this money from unemployment

but actually, this counseling will cost money and where is it going to

come from? That is the problem. It just feels punitive, something to

have a go at the unemployed again without actually backing it up

without some kind of system. It is a bit like a moot point. It is not

going to make it easy. Here it says, if you have people with treatable

conditions, surely you should treat them? I have friends who are off

work with depression and they still have to fill in the forms and go to

the job Centre and they go into job interviews... Wouldn't this give

them a way out? You have the health minister saying that it is not a

sensible idea. The idea that you cart someone off to therapy and

threaten them with a loss of benefits, it simply won't work. He

is the health minister. Staying with the Telegraph. The day of destiny

for Lionel Messi. He is one of the most popular football players in the

world, lining up against Germany tonight. Is it tonight? Note,

tomorrow. `` no. Has the World Cup held your attention this time? It

did in the early days with the hope that England might do OK but when

they got squashed out, not really. Marginally, I suppose I hope

Argentina does it because it would be fantastic for Lionel Messi that

the money seems to be on the Germans. Not interested? I will say

Germany just to say something. I liked it when Costa Rica within. I

like when there is an underdog to cheer for `` was in. A bit

disappointed now. That is all for this hour. Thank you to my guests.

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