06/12/2015 The Papers

Exits polls for regional elections put the far-right National Front led

by Marine Le Pen ahead of the centre-right Republicans

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers

With me are political commentator Lance Price and the author

The i leads with Storm Desmond, warning there's more high winds

the Times says the environment agency is now reviewing

its flood defences after the deluge from Storm Desmond overwhelmed new

The Financial Times runs with the news that France's Far Right

National Party is leading in the first round of regional elections

The Guardian headlines Storm Desmond, and also carries concerns

by the police that the Leytonstone tube attacker may have been inspired

The Daily Mail carries an interview with

a commuter who took on the knifeman at Leytonstone tube station.

The Sun also carries a picture of the dad who was knifed in his

the Daily Telegraph quotes an unnamed Scotland Yard commander,

who says it was alarming that armed police had not been present

And The Independent leads with the devastation following

Storm Desmond and puts Carlisle as one of the town's worst affected.

We are going to start with the flooding in the north of England and

the Scottish Borders. With a newspaper from Carlisle. The picture

of rescue team bringing a woman and her dog to safety through the

floodwaters. It is very heartening, I always find, how stoic people.

They do seem to rally around in times of trouble. It is good to see

a paper like this one in Carlisle coming up with a positive front

page. They could have been complaining about cuts to flood

defences and instead they are concentrating on the efforts of the

emergency services but also in the story inside the paper on the way in

which local communities have been rallying around, local businesses to

-- donating food and money. A similar picture is on the Times,

with another woman being brought to safety. And do not forget the pats.

People refuse to leave their homes if the animals cannot come as well.

This was just overwhelming. It raises the obvious question. We will

not be able to build barriers that can cope with every single

eventuality. It is obviously not just a question of rainfall. It is

about land use, defences in the area. There will be a lot of picking

up. It exacerbates it. As Matthew says, these are record levels of

rainfall. Nobody was expecting this kind of circumflex stance to prop up

so quickly. It was only 2009 that they were inundated before. I was up

in the north. It was unbelievable to see it coming down. We are going to

see more and more of these stories. We have got a huge climate meeting

taking place under the auspices of the UN in Paris. It does not have

the kind of news value of a natural disaster. But the stakes are

absolutely the future of civilisation. It will be good to see

more reporting coming out in Paris. Stay with the Times. Commuters put

on Terror alert. A place issue which make issuing a warning. The police

treating this as a terrorist incident.

-- of the police issuing a warning. There are scant details from the

story. It does not sound like they have got any link to any bigger

organisation or any evidence that this individual was a member of a

larger group. Clearly the motive that may have been terrorist

inspired. The question that several of the papers are asking is whether

there were enough police on hand. But it seems they did a pretty good

job. Now in custody. We just know it is a 29-year-old. Do not know much

of the detail. This quote, the response of somebody who saw this

happening. The suspect was supposed to have said, this is for Syria. You

could hear very clearly on the film recorded this person, presumably a

Muslim himself, saying this. I think it was just a very British way to

deal with it. That response in its self is a very tissue response. The

way in which the police on the scene dealt with it quick and effectively.

It is heartening that we are able to deal with this without being shot

dead. If this was America, that would have been the outcome. The

Daily Mail, an engineer who is featured. Clearly he stepped up and

took on this knifeman. You can see children were terrified. He had the

courage to confront him. But the bit that really jumps out, there were so

many opportunities where somebody could have grabbed him, but adults

were standing around filming. We have enjoyed watching the clip and

seeing the drama, but it raises a question, when there is a whole

group of people standing around. If it is terrifying, run away. But we

need to have a national conversation, if there is a crisis,

it is not acceptable to stand around and film it and you could be

helping. But do we want people to go and have a go? Also, the police are

appealing for people to show them these pictures. They are extremely

useful. Maybe we should have a rule that gets people to involve and then

film, rather than the other way around. There was the foiled attack

in France if you weeks ago. There was an off-duty American servicemen

who stopped what would have been a massacre. It would take a very brave

person. It should not be general advice. The Daily Telegraph, police

missed it. They might have known that this could have happened? Do we

want armed police on every street corner in every underground station?

It seems the police could have dealt with it quickly. The idea that this

has led to Christianity in decline. Is it sensible to have it at the

heart of public life? The research has been going on for two years. I

find the conclusion is extraordinary. As Janet Peters

propped up by so many of our institutions in this country. --

Christianity. Relatively speaking, fewer people follow the Christian

faith. To have seats reserved for Anglican bishops in the House of

Lords is one thing. And also the BBC comes in for some criticism as well.

The story in the Daily Telegraph says there should be nonreligious

messages. It does strike me as extraordinary that every Sunday

morning when I turn on my radio, I get an hour's Kristian service. --

Christian. The Queen is also the head of the church. This report is

recommending that in the next coronation service, other

participants from other faiths should be given a prominent role. I

think what you said it's absolutely true, but a lot of people in this

country will feel profoundly unsettled by this kind of

suggestion. Basic Christianity as part of the British identity. This

is going to be a delicate issue for the government to navigate,

especially when there are concerns. Prince Charles said he wanted to be

the Defender of the Faith. The Front Nationale are set for a historic

result. They have done well in the regional elections. Better that ever

since the party was founded. A search of the far right. It mirrors

what we have seen in other countries. It is a worrying portent

of the political landscape in Europe. Nicholas Sarkozy said he

would not go into partnership with the Socialists to stop it. When her

father got into the final round of the presidential election, there was

a package of parties that stopped him winning. There will be a lot of

Front Nationale councils all around France. Looking at page three of the

Times. BBC tried to defeat dad 's Army. The series poking too much fun

at the Second World War? This is news to me. I grew up with it, I can

virtually recite the dialogue. It is such a part of national life. It

almost did not get made, because BBC bosses were concerned it was edgy to

start making fun of the war effort. This was in the middle of the 60s,

when the BBC already, satire was alive and well. It was taking the

Mickey out of politicians in a way we have never experienced before.

But somehow the home guard was beyond the pale. But they still went

on to make of the series that took the Mickey out of everybody. It

shows why focus groups should be ignored. They had a viewing with a

focus group who hated Dad's Army. The writer had to fight hard to get

it made. They showed Dad's Army two samples of viewers who did not like

it very much. That is it for the papers tonight. Thank you very much

for taking us through the stories. That is it from us. Next up, the

film review.