30/09/2014 The Papers

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straight after the papers. Hello and welcome to

our look ahead to what the papers With me are James Rampton,

a columnist for The Independent and Colleen Graffy who is a law

professor at Pepperdine University Welcome to both of you. Tomorrow's

front pages, The times leads with our top story, strikes by RAF jets

on targets in Iraq. The wife of Alan Henning is pictured on the front of

the Guardian, with her appeal for her husband to be released by

Islamic State militants. And for the brainwashed 15`year`old who is

thought to have travelled to Syria to join militants is the lead on the

Daily Mail. In the Telegraph, David Cameron's speech tomorrow to the

Conservative Party conference, reporting he is expected to promised

billions for the NHS. Finally this hour, the independent leaves with

the ongoing protest by thousands of pro`democracy demonstrators in Hong

Kong. `` leads. Let's start with the front page of the Guardian, the

appeal by Barbara Henning for the release of her husband, still being

held by Islamic State militants. A very moving account of a white's

desperate way for husband was rock relief? `` a white's desperate plea

for her husband's relief. She must be so distraught, she has the

composure to go on television and do these interviews, appealing directly

to ISIL. I like the way she is so intelligent about it saying, look,

the sharia court has found he is not a spy. So what is your reason for

holding him? She's also been able to get the support of Muslim Imams, who

have all said this is wrong, it is against Islam to be holding this

innocent man who was there to try and help people bringing aid to the

area in Syria. The headline links not just the appeal, but also the

events over Iraq from the RAF jets? The timing is that this video has

time that the Foreign Office and the time that the Foreign Office and the

Minister of defence announced that the RAF made its first two air

strikes on IS. The timing may be perceived as unfortunate. But I

absolutely echo what you say. Her bravery is to be applauded, in the

most difficult time of her life, she had the courage to stand in front of

the cameras and make these good points. The sharia court was brought

because they thought that his passport had a chip which meant he

was a spy. And all of the showed their passports and they

said, we all have them. Showed it was ludicrous. She's courageous to

do that and wrote to point out there is an outcry across the world. Some

of these Imams are very conservative and even they said it was against

Sharia law to execute this man who has been in Syria four times on

mercy missions. Chose them for what they are, it is not about religion.

That shows them. They are both leading with the same story, these

two papers. James, looking ahead to the Prime Minister speech to the

Conservative Party conference, it will be interesting if he goes big

on the NHS? The Guardian headline to do some textual analysis, it is

quite interesting. They have said he is planting a Tory flag on the NHS,

implying that he is colonising something that is not his. The

perception among many voters is that it is a Labour creation, and any

Tories that try to claim it somehow being in authentic. However, as both

of these pieces underline, he's making very big promises here that

he will carry on absolute real terms increases and that he will ring

fence the budget. That will annoy many on the backbenches. Liam Fox is

already grumbling about that. Also, I think quite legitimately, he's

bringing in his own experiences of his son, who tragically died in

2009, and saying, I know what the NHS can bring to people, I know the

progress that can be made in DNA testing and what it could bring to

families. I know some things could be cured. I think that is a

legitimate thing to do and it gives him a personal force in this adamant

that many other politicians would lack. What do you make of it? I

think it's a clever him say that this should not be just a Labour

tactic. It is something the Conservative Party can plant a flag

on. The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt today echoed that, saying, we are

going to complete the vision of Nye Bevan. So clearly saying that this

was something that Labour was maybe involved in the initially, but we

are going to make it happen, specifically because they have been

so good on the economy. Therefore, the strong economy holds a strong

NHS, making that a very clear connection. You're never going to

have a strong NHS unless you have the economy that is going to be able

to afford it. To quote Bill Clinton, he always said, it's the economy,

stupid. That is what Cameron has been saying all week. We have a

plan, we have already sorted the recovery to a plan, we have a plan

of how we are going to do it over the next five years. He's

contrasting the perception that Labour's plans are perhaps not so

coherent. I think it is very canny politics to make that contrast and

tidy NHS, a sacred thing for everybody in this country,

particularly for Labour voters, to tie that into the economy is very

canny. I love the fact that he mentioned there should be doctors

over the weekends for Saturday and Sunday. It makes so much sense. We

have 24`7 grocery stores, and how much more important is our health?

As I say, with this voice! You need to see your GP! I couldn't see one

for three days. Let's contrast the headlines, the Guardian headline

uses the word tries, the Telegraph is more robust? Yes, a pledge. It

brings up the fact that they are going to finish the job and also

making the very strong connection between the economy and the NHS,

bringing in Jeremy Hunt. There is this quote here, completing Nye

Bevan's vision for the NHS, that treats every patient with dignity

and respect. Jeremy Hunt foreshadows the speech that will be given

tomorrow by the Prime Minister. The other observation to make, it

appeared in the Guardian piece, the idea that the NHS needs a lot more

money than real terms increases, as is argued by quite a lot of people,

because of the ageing population. Perhaps neither party is offering

enough? That's a good point. Even as Jeremy Hunt and others have been

seen to steal what would be seen as Labour's clothes, the Guardian makes

the point that this promise by David Cameron might not even be enough to

underwrite the massive increase that is going to be needed as we all live

longer. Men in this country are now living 86 years, an average. In the

past 30 years, that has gone up by five years. If that increases

exponentially, the NHS will have a massive crisis on its hands and it

will need even more than the increases that Karen is promising.

We are also moving into an age where technology is changing everything

and there is a different approach. It is no longer let you go to your

doctor and they take care of your health, there is now personal

responsibility, people are more aware, they can have digital things

to be aware of their health, their cholesterol, their heart. Doesn't

work for make, but it is a good idea. `` for me. Another story you

picked out with reference to the air strikes over Iraq by British

military planes. The first time they have actually dropped bombs on Iraqi

targets. The RAF have been out there, flying sorties. There has

been a little but criticism that they cannot find a target, because

Parliament only voted for going into Iraq and not Syria, that they are

unable to find targets. They are also doing reconnaissance missions.

It's a lot more difficult in Iraq because the bases and the command

and control are in Syria. So in Iraq, they are often finding moving

targets, they can be trucks, it can be civilian areas. We have to be

extremely careful on civilian deaths. The last thing we want to do

is to make this into a West war against Islam. Right now, with five

very strong Arab Sunni nations supporting the effort, it has been

terrific. The efforts of the UK, I say make sure you have the targets,

as they are doing. I don't think we should rush to say that they are not

doing it. There was also the argument that because they can't

find targets, the air strikes are working. The US has already degraded

the major targets and ISIS is scared of sticking its head above the

parapet because it knows it will be bombed from the air. You can spin it

that way so, we are not finding targets because they are scared to

come out their capacity is being diminished. They are being pinned

down. Let's go to the front of the Independent. I know that you have

been following events in Hong Kong closely. Dramatic photographs of the

protesters that have been out on the streets of Hong Kong for a number of

days. The headline, Britain weighs into the Hong Kong dispute because

the Chinese ambassador is to be told of the UK's dismay? Rightly so. It's

a very exciting moment. Somebody said, who is the leader? Someone

responded, Hong Kong itself. They are calling it the umbrella

revolution, because they have been using umbrellas to prevent the

pepper spray. It's partly the police's own doing, by using tear

gas and strong arm tactics. It is bringing more and more people out in

the street. It started initially as a very peaceful demonstration. The

next 24 hours RK because we have a national day when more people are

coming out? It could explode in this huge devastation. One hopes it does

not turn violent. I'm old enough to remember Tiananmen Square, the great

surge of hope we had in the West. God forbid it should turn out like

that. There is a real sense of optimism that the people are

speaking, we are listening and expressing our dismay. Hopefully it

will lead to something very positive in Hong Kong. I will have to call

matters to a close for this hour. Thank you both very much. That is it

for the papers. You will both be back with me at 11:34 another look

at the front pages. Ahead of the sport, some breaking

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