12/08/2014 The Papers

with ease to take her first gold at a major championship. We will also

cover Gareth Bale's return to Cardiff. That is all after the

papers. Hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Sam Coates,

Deputy Political Editor at the Times and Randeep Ramesh, Social Affairs

Editor at the Guardian. Thank you for coming back.

Tomorrow's front pages. Starting with the Guardian. Forgive me, I am

getting ahead of myself. A quick look through at the front pages will

be showing us. An exclusive from the Independent ` the paper says that

TEN different inquiries have been launched into Greater Manchester

Police over its handling of rape and sexual abuse cases.

This story in the FT, pictures of a Russian aid convoy. That image

dominates the front of the paper. While a warning from Colonel Tim

Collins is The Telegraph's front page splash. The retired military

officer says Britain is failing its moral obligation to intervene. A

photo of the late Robin Williams found dead in an apparent suicide at

his home on Monday dominates the front of The Daily Star.

He was found dead after an apparent suicide at his home.

The Metro also has him on the front of the paper. The agony of his final

hours have been revealed. Robin Williams is also on the front of the

Express. The paper also has an update on its campaign to try and

end hospital car park charges. Robin Williams is also on the front of the

Scotsman. It also has a warning ` from the United Nations ` that

action is needed to avoid genocide in Iraq. While Guardian leads with

news that we've been covering on BBC News this evening that Britain is

intensifying its involvement in northern Iraq.

That is where we will begin our review. Thank you for staying with

us tonight. Starting with the Guardian. Britain boosts its role in

combating militants. The question is how far it will go. As we discussed

earlier, David Cameron has been criticised. Conservative MPs and the

Prime Minister. The government has been slowly increasing the

pressure, partly as a response to the public, partly because it

understands what happened in Syria, which became a big mess. There is a

number of problems they face. But the decisive response is probably

the greatest. The question is, we are sending in more military

material. We have been told that Britain has been sending aid and

weapons to the Kurds. At what point does the pressure becomes

irresistible for Parliament? It is interesting, we are moving towards

military involvement. Ferrying military material from one country

to another is a big step. It almost suggests you recall Parliament as an

endpoint. You recall Parliament when you have a plan. The government does

not know what option they want to go for at the moment. From purely a

humanitarian effort all the way through to a full on assault to try

and push back and even defeat ISIS. I do not think the government will

risk another Syria experience. That brings us to the story that has your

byline on the front of the Times. But it feels threatened by

terrorists. What is that about? `` Britain. In short, it is a different

place to where the public were on Syria. A year ago, only one in four

members of the public supported bombing Syria. Now we are looking at

something and little more even ski `` keel. We took another poll today.

It has gone up to 40%. An interesting margin of error. What

has underlined, it is a bit more neck and neck. Why is there a

difference between Iraq and Syria? There is a difference between the

feeling. 80% feel threatened because of Islamic militant behaviour. There

is that worried the activities in Iraq may spill over. You do not see

that in Syria. You have also got a clear enemy in ISIS. The other

difference is, there are questions under threat. That has been a

feature. That has been picked up by backbench MPs. And since the famous

truck on in February, we have had the drumbeat of Islamic extremism

coming into British public life. That has changed. Things all play

into this atmosphere that we are under threat. It is definitely

there. There is the idea that maybe there is a shift moving towards

intervention. There is an opinion piece by the former Conservative

defence secretary Liam Fox. He says, public opinion is split on

military intervention. But this is an occasion where we need to lead

public opinion, not follow it. He has never been a dove. It goes back

to that question, is there a plan, and if there is a plan, we need to

be leading public opinion. You cannot just say, OK, now we will do

something. The government was suggesting bombing, but they were

not able to explain what would happen. This is the same question

that needs to be answered. We may bond ISIS a bit. `` attack. How do

we contain this problem? Do we set ourselves more realistic goals that

the public can support? Nobody wants the sense of entering a conflict

without end. Moving on to the FT. We talked a little bit about this and

hour ago. What do you make of this Russian convoy? It is quite a

striking image. Is what is inside the trucks that is the question.

This is a sign of Putin being a clever operative. He senses the

western attention is in the Middle East. He has objectives that he

wishes to achieve. Not least, aiding the separatists, the Russian

speaking minority that he wants to succeed. Or at least give them some

kind of autonomy from the Ukraine. He is testing the country's

resolve. I think the Russians are playing this quite cleverly. This is

an interesting contrast between the intervention, the action being taken

by countries like Britain under the label of humanitarian assistance and

President Putin using the same language in Ukraine. A lot of

Russian analysts have said it is a question of when, not if he goes

into eastern Ukraine. You need a screen split three ways. Gaza,

Ukraine and Iraq. That makes it difficult for the international

community. EU foreign affairs councils have never been easy going.

Looking at different opinions on everything from Russian sanctions to

the position in Gaza and how you deal with Iraq. It is very hard to

see how you get a common position. And the United Nations summit coming

up in September. A lot of these positions will have to be thrashed

out. Let us talk a little bit about Robin Williams. It is almost exactly

24 hours since the news came through of his death. The Scotsman has what

looks like a recent photograph of him. A mischievous or beatific

expression on his face. A what the papers are putting it in their late

additions. They still think this is a story that has some life in it.

The way they cover it is interesting. I wonder what to think

of how people have been trained to a tribute explanations. Is there a

test issue? `` trying. `` attribute. People need an instant reaction. It

is difficult when somebody takes their own life to start describing

the cause of the death to all these things. These are things which are

delicate at the best of times. There has been a lot of stuff on Twitter.

People think this is in poor taste. Trying to find out what happened

clashes with questions of tone. The Times has not put Robin Williams

onto the front page. We have chosen to look into the issues on page

three. Some papers seem to be trying to out do, words like Porgera used

quite freely. `` torture. Is it in some people's minds that he would

pick up on the sensation? That is not how we approached it. That is

the accusation that is being bandied about. What can papers do about

this? They can change what they have on their websites, but there is

nothing we can do about the paper. There was a tender story when I

worked in the West Country when a local paper had the headline, Arthur

C Clarke dead. He was a local boy. It turns out it was the wrong Arthur

C Clarke. Because it was a weekly paper, it was on the stands for a

week. This is a bit more serious. There is a difference between

factual errors, and you can correct those. And there is the clear

editorial judgement. One of the problems we have to deal with,

particularly when something like this happens in America. The

American public authorities act in a different way to British ones. They

spew out personal details almost immediately. TV viewers often find

out the gruesome details. It is almost a question for you guys.

These people are very much secondary to disseminating that. That is where

the American reveal all culture clashes and little bit. There is a

difference between the physical details of someone's last hours and

getting into somebody's mind and describing that is the cause of

death. That is the problem. Suicide is a different thing. There is an

effort under way to try and remind the media about some of the

guidelines they get people to signup to in like this. There is a fear of

venerating an extremely tragic event. Ending on a happy note, if we

can. A happy event that may be coming our way. I think I have heard

this before. The UK's first baby panda is on the way. The word may be

is featuring a bit too prominently. It is a race between the pandas and

the whale couple, as far as I can tell. `` royal couple.

The birth of a panda or the birth of a new nation. I think my money is on

the panda. I suppose naming the panda cub will be the next step. I

wanted about maybe Alex. Maybe we could have a public poll. On that

happy note, thank you both for being with us. That is it from the papers.

Stay with us. At midnight, a report from northern Iraq, where tens of

thousands of refugees walked from the mountain range to flee from

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