23/09/2014 The Papers

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

us tomorrow. With me are here in our London studio, Eleanor Mills,

Columnist and Editorial Director of The Sunday Times, and from Salford,

the political commentator, Lance Price. Tomorrow's front

pages...starting with... Hairy Cornflake faces porridge is the

headline on the Sun, it refers to former DJ Dave Lee Travis who could

be facing prison after being found guilty of groping a TV researcher.

And Two Leaders, Two Gaffes is on the cover of The Independent. Ed

Miliband forgot to mention the deficit during his party conference

speech and the Prime Minister was overheard saying the Queen purred

down the phone when she was told Scotland had rejected independence.

The Telegraph leads on the UK potentially joining international

air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq. David Cameron says we cannot

opt out of the fight. The Express has the same story,

claiming that the Prime Minister will authorise those strikes on

Wednesday. The Guardian says Ed Miliband played

what he hopes will be his trump card as he tries to put the NHS at the

heart of the election battle. The Times leads on the news that the

wife of Islamic State hostage Alan Henning has received a recording of

him pleading for his life. The Mail has the same story, saying

the jihadists are taunting Barbara Henning.

And the Mirror claims that parliament will be recalled on

Friday and that we could be at war by the weekend.

Not is a taste of the front pages `` that. Let's begin with the poor wife

of Alan Henning. She's the wife of the taxi driver who went out to

Syria. She hadn't heard his voice for nine months and was given an

audiotape in which you pleads with her to try to save him from being

killed by ISIL. As all these planes launch an assault on Syria, it must

be awful to know this. Both the Mail and the Times have led with the

story which has knocked Ed Miliband off the front pages. On the front

page the Mail, there are no precise details of the message and it was

not known if it was recorded before or after the airstrikes began. At

one point, the Daily Mail said that it was in response to the attacks

but it is not clear whether it came before or after. These are very

painful especially for the families of the victims but this time it is

an audiotape and not a video given to the media but just give in to the

wife of one of the hostages `` given. A very cruel and awful

position to put her in. On to the Times leading with this again.

Taking this thing forward a little bit in terms of coverage and

broadening it in terms of what may or may not happen in regards to

British action. The Mirror hints that it might happen as early as

Friday as David Cameron is a New York with Obama. The feeling at

conference was that it would be recalled... That maybe they hadn't

done more in terms of announcements because of Ed Miliband's speech

today but many are expecting Parliament to be recalled so that

they can discuss this and vote on this. We are picking up disagreement

on the part of Labour. They didn't get Syria through the Commons last

year. The way the politicians are behaving as if it is a sure thing,

that they will join a coalition with the Arab countries in Syria and Iraq

come up but there has been disagreement. Interesting wording

here. David Cameron faced accusations of risking our

international reputation after UK forces were not involved. An

interesting line they have picked out. And a lot of people were very

concerned when parliament failed to give its support for military action

after the use of chemical weapons in Syria and quite senior people were

saying that we had been left without a foreign`policy. It is quite

extraordinary that we have the situation of a coalition being put

together on a principally of Arab countries `` put together, pensively

up `` principally of Arab countries. It shows how our attitude

has changed. And the French have already carried out airstrikes in

Iraq. And the distinction is between Iraq where the government is

inviting us into do that and Syria where it is more dubious. It seems

to be implied that there is some agreement with Bashar al`Assad to do

this. At least that is what the Independent is saying. The Americans

appear to have informed the people of Syria. It is an interesting line

that President Obama had to take. He had to inform the government of

Syria through their United Nations representative that this action was

going to take place. The enemy was Bashar al`Assad and now the enemy is

ISIL. Things have changed. This takes us forward to the Guardian

which also covers that story, certainly its leading photograph

with President Obama and a photograph from the aircraft carrier

preparing for the mission against ISIL yesterday. Let's stick with

that and move on to the subject of Ed Miliband's speech. Lance and

Eleanor, you were both there. The centrepiece, and really the only

thing that's got everyone really excited was the pitch to spend 2.5

billion pounds on moving the NHS forward. It is a surefire winner at

any conference to talk about the NHS. Labour is rightly proud of

having created it and certainly in their view, having stopped the

Tories from dismantling it a number of times in their history. Ed

Miliband has decided that this has to be another election fought on the

central issue of the NHS and to make the case that this shouldn't be left

in Tory hands. Although it has been part of his argument up until now,

it has not had this central position and it may be a bit late to suddenly

tell the public that the NHS is under serious threat unless his

government is elected. I understand the shift of focus has been because

concerns regarding the NHS have risen according to polls. Certainly,

the kind of Labour brains operating on this think that the NHS is their

secret weapon in terms of wooing supporters who might have gone to

UKIP. Also in support of all those older voters who do support it.

Younger people and minorities overwhelmingly vote Labour but older

people go elsewhere and if they establish themselves as defenders of

the NHS, this could be keyed in at wooing them back `` key in wooing

them back. The referendum could really be a reason for this and that

is why you may have heard so much about it anecdotally. But the reason

why they have changed focus is totally based on polling and there

is also a sense that perhaps he forgot because he was doing it

without notes to mention the economy. I also thought it was

interesting that there was no mention of a multicultural Britain

or immigration and I don't believe the spin that he forgot it. We have

seen senior figures close to him very soon afterwards, and no one

said he missed out on the key bit. You have worked with Labour

supporters in the past, is it possible he forgot? It is because he

has made it part of his hallmark to do it without notes and to do it

from memory and I'm not sure what is worse, whether he did it

accidentally or whether he did it on purpose because you would have

thought that the leader of the Labour Party going into his final

speech before the election would know that the one weakness in his

armour is that people don't think they are credible on deficit

reduction and the economy and then not mention it. It seems to be

incomprehensible not to address it. He was great at getting everyone to

their feet and talking to the court demographic and about talking about

crashing down on millionaires for the NHS, but he didn't mention

wealth creation or how he is going to make Britain a richer place. I

get the sense from both of you that you had doubts today. I was in the

hall waiting to be convinced. The polls are putting Labour ahead and

we may well have him as our Prime Minister. I didn't find his speech

at all inspiring and I was sitting there hoping that I might. You went

there with an open mind? I did not go there thinking that I hated him

and didn't want him to succeed. I was waiting for him to impress me

because last year he did a very good speech that this one was flat and

full of platitudes. It was quite boring at. `` boring. I am glad he

missed some sections because it would have gone on even longer! It

was totally about appealing to the base, they went mad for the NHS

bit, and a lot of us older hats were just looking at each other going,

what is this about? I was desperate to be inspired and I wanted there to

be a really good argument, a good forward`looking and optimistic

argument about how we would be better under a Labour government and

we were not given that. He is a smart guy and knows how to plan a

strategy, there has obviously been a lot of thinking behind this and he

clearly thinks, and I think this is an important point, that's the kind

of grand eloquence we were used two from Tony Blair simply doesn't work

anymore. The public simply aren't going to take it anymore. Workman

like politicians are more likeable now but it doesn't make for very

exciting speeches. I disagree. Just look at Gordon Brown last week and

his passion about the Better Together campaign which finally

ignited the No vote in Scotland and was really a game changer. I think

to say that we only think workmanlike politics are what works

is absolutely not true. I don't think that, I am saying that is what

he thinks. Passion is fine but there has to be substance as well. And it

was very short on substance. The stuff about the NHS was the only

substance. I will get in trouble for saying that but that is what it felt

like. And all that about tax avoidance, we have heard for years

about how he will crack down on tax avoidance. This mentioned taxing

tobacco, none of it will really fund the changes they want to make in the

NHS. I felt it was rather dishonest. None of you were terribly

impressed by the sounds of it. Onto the Independent has embraced Ed

Miliband and what they are regarding as a misstep. They thought he forgot

his lines on the economy although we are not sure whether he did or not.

And Cameron said that the queen purred we can talk about that now ``

and we can talk about that now. It never ceases to amaze me how senior

politicians can be in front of the camera and say things that they

don't want us to hear. A number of people in the past to did the same

thing, at George W. Bush did it famously and Gordon Brown was caught

saying ridiculous things with the microphone still pinned to his

lapel... How can David Cameron be so stupid as to do it? Also this idea

of the queen purring... It is quite a weird thing to think about. Were

you enchanted by this, Eleanor? It was quite naughty that he let it

slip. He wasn't supposed to say it. And also this idea about him being

so filled with relief and calling up the Queen with the good news. I

think you are also enjoying the cartoon that went alongside it. I

am. Whenever her views are made public in any way shape or form,

they get it right every time. The caption says, it is Prince Philip on

the line for you, he is not purring.

That's it for The Papers this hour. Thank you Eleanor Mills, Columnist

and Editorial Director of The Sunday Times, and the political

commentator, Lance Price. Stay with us on BBC News. We will have more on

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