07/08/2014 The Papers

Trafford. We will have football results and referees learning how to

use the vanishing spray. Hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me is Oliver

Wright, Whitehall Editor of the Independent and in our Edinburgh

studio, author and journalist, Iain Macwhirter. Tomorrow's front pages.

US Weighs up airstrikes is The Guardian's headline as Islamic

Militant group IS continues to make gains in Iraq. While an image of

Iraqi refugees dominates the front of the Times, saying a mass exodus

of Christians were fleeing from the Muslim extremists. Boris Johnson's

on the front of the Express. He says it will be easy to win powers back

from the EU, as long as the Prime Minister gets tough. The Mail, which

says NHS operation waiting lists are the highest they've been for six

years. While the Telegraph says the new Education Sectary is to push for

British values to be taught at nursery to protect toddlers from

religious extremism. A striking photo on the front of The Indy,

which says fresh violence has erupted in Kiev as authorities tried

to remove activists. While The Scotsman says the sanctions showdown

between Russia and The West could cost the Scottish economy up to 50

million pounds.And the Mirror says the gang that allegedly

attacked and killed two students in Malaysia were high on crystal meth.

Net is start with the Scottish Telegraph. `` let's start. Alex

Salmond got a grilling. He refused to back down. It is the aftermath of

the debate on Tuesday with Alistair Darling. It has been the defining

moment of the campaign. He has been getting a hard time on people on his

own side. They are saying, why lock yourself in? Why not just say, if

there will not be a currency, we will get our own? We might print our

own pound which is one to one parity. Than Scotland would not be

liable for its share of the UK debt. It is a per capita share of 110

billion. That would make an independent Scotland more viable if

it would take on its full share of the doubt. What do you make of the

take that the Telegraph has? That's in light of the debate on Tuesday

night. From the no point of view, it is clear where their view lies. I

think the TV debate could go down as the defining moment for when the

game is up for Alex Salmond. For the yes campaign, he was on the central

point of the currency, put in a difficult decision. The question is,

he doesn't go for his own currency, and that is because people want to

keep the pound. This is all looking increasingly unlikely. What about

the people who are supportive of yes, but are not supportive of the

currency argument? There were people today talking on both sides. If

people are insisting they would not be a currency union, and I don't

think there would not be a currency union, as pointed out by

economists, is George Osborne did put up a wall to stop this, it would

damage the English economy almost as much as it would damage Scotland's.

They are one of the biggest trading partners. It could be worth up to

?24 billion. A prominent economist and a Labour Party adviser didn't

think there would not be a currency union. It is practical. Most people

do not want to change currency when they cross the border. The pound is

not England's property. It was a joint partnership in the 17A7 union.

When you to solve a partnership, you to sell the assets and liabilities.

`` dissolve. The Scotsman has a piece on its

front page with Mick Jagger and other celebrities to back the no

campaign. There is a lot of discussion about whether the no

campaign is negative. It is saying, if you are independent, you can't

have this or the other thing. But there is something about union

dispute. The no campaign has realised that it is better to have

people like Mick Jagger and then Judi Dench, rather than George

Osborne. It gives them a voice, but it doesn't give them much more.

There was a representative of the border constituency that made the

point, if you are sitting in the UK, it is like the debate we are having

about Marat, if we get divorced and we split up, Julie keep the house?

It should be about why we stay together. What do you think of

celebrities having a say in this? When a woman leaves home, it is not

assumed that she has given up rights to the marital residence. I know

there are many well, but maybe they shouldn't. This is a gift to the

SNP. Simon Cowell calling for Scotland to remain just piles up

votes for the yes. There was a proclamation urging people to stay

in the union. That has led to a play in the Edinburgh Festival talking

about like that shouldn't happen. There are other political issues

that I am thinking of. It depends which celebrities that's what. ``

says what. Simon Cowell might put them off. It would depend on it is.

Bruce Forsyth is not going to work. Let's go to the Scotsman and the

trade war between Russia and the EU. They are talking about what this

will cost the Scottish economy. It is quite a parochial take for the

this is a Russian attempt to post the trade ban on Western

agricultural products, which could cost the farmers of Europe billions.

This is a disturbing echo of the 1930s in having a trade war of these

two blocks. We have had the annexation of the Crimea. We have

had the separatist movements in the Ukraine. The Russian response is

disturbing. It is escalating. Both sides will have to look at this.

Russia is a big country. It has considerable agricultural resources

and it has control of most of the oil and gas that goes to Western

Europe. It could be very serious. From the UK point of view, don't

export but many products to Russia. Beef has been bound. The way that

Moscow could hurt us is to ban the export of oligarchs to London. They

might be concerned about what has been said here about the

consequences of sanctions that are going in that direction. A number of

them are people that have fallen out badly with the Putin regime. That is

why they are here. I'm a financial point of view, that could hit the UK

economy hard. `` from a. That was the take on the Scotsman, but it

should be covered more widely. I would suspect it is covered more

prominently inside most papers. Particularly with the prevention of

European and American airlines being prevented to fly over Russian

athletes. You have hinted at that. Let's go to the Times's front page.

They have gone on the events in northern Iraq. I'm not quite sure it

is Wars of religion, ethnic and religious cleansing. There is the

talk about whether President Obama could have limited air strikes,

which could come quickly. There is also the horror story of hundred

thousand people being forced to flee. They are being told by ISIS to

get out or be killed. People have nowhere to go and they are running

out of food and water. Part of the story is about whether they can

create a humanitarian corridor which is protected. This is a story which

people will focus on in the coming days. It is a very arresting front

page with a photograph to go with it. The times has given us the

treatment it deserves. It is reminiscent of what happened in

Kosovo. The West did arrange for abstracts that do to rectify the

situation to a certain extent. `` air strikes. They are hesitant to

get involved in Asterix, America, but this would not be a repetition

of 2003. `` air strikes. It is not the same situation. Only 10,000

people have managed to acquire military power from the Iraqi army.

This is what has caused this crisis and I think it could be contained

fairly easily. President Obama was poised to have air strikes. There is

an official quote saying that this could be a fast moving train. There

has obviously been a meeting. They probably have had contingency plans

free time. This `` for a time. It is of limited

scope. That goes back to the caution you were talking about. They always

talk about there will be no American boots on the ground. Given their

experience about what happened in Libya, it is difficult to say

whether the West could stand by and allow this to happen. It is possible

to mobilise ISIS easily. No military intervention is easy, but in this

situation, something could be done to prevent a humanitarian

catastrophe in the making. Let's go to the Daily Mail. This is a health

story. It is about a six year high for hospital waiting times. I don't

want to be an apologist for the government, but I think it is more

complicated Pat Howard has been presented. There

`` than how it has. This is traditionally a quiet time for the

NHS. That's not to say that there would be a problem in the winter. It

could be a flu outbreak. If the beds are taken up with the flu, then

that could increase the waiting. Any thoughts before we move on to Dr

Who? The national health service has been devolved Scotland. There have

been talks in previous years of people waiting outside the accident

and emergency in trolleys. One of the anxieties expressed in the

independence campaign, like Doctor Phillipa Whitford, saying if they do

not opt for this, the privatisation and commercialisation will happen in

Scotland. That is causing some concern. As I mentioned, we are

going to end with a story about Dr Who. The Daily Mirror has a picture

of Peter Capaldi. He is 56. The way people are going on, you would think

he was 156. He is, isn't he? I think the producers are worried.

Matt Smith was young. They had a lot of viewers. People probably watched

because of him. They will be wondering whether they can hold onto

audience. I am a fan of Peter Capaldi, but only because of Malcolm

Tucker. I don't see how he can transition. The land which will be

less salty. `` language. He is going to keep his accent, and so I don't

know if the Daleks will understand him. Thank you. Coming up, we will

have more on the situation in Iraq. Hello and welcome to Sportsday, I

Mike Bushell. The