07/02/2016 The Papers

Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers

We are not sure that people in southern England can watch this

because of Storm Imogen affecting people's satellite dishes.

With me are the broadcaster, Alice Arnold and

The FT reports that the US is urging China to punish

North Korea after it launched a long-range missile without warning.

The Independent says David Cameron is poised to turn his back

on the Conservatives tough policy on prisons

by admitting the stance has been a "scandalous failure" for years.

The Daily Mail's take on that same story is summed up

in its scathing headline: "Lock up prisoners just for weekend".

The Express claims the former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis

has warned that the Prime Minister's deal on EU reform won't

The Guardian says the EU is preparing new legislation to make

global firms more transparent over their tax dealings.

The Metro alleges that a so-called Islamic State fanatic made his way

to Syria on a convoy organised by former MP George Galloway.

In a statement tonight he insisted he didn't know Alexanda Kotey.

The Times suggests that agency medics are using

the junior doctors dispute to demand higher rates of pay for shifts.

And finally, the Mirror says a father who lost

his daughter in the 7/7 terror attacks says he was upset that

a bus was blown up as part of a film stunt near the Houses of Parliament

I feel breathless after that with a lot to get through. We start with

the Telegraph. Grexit brings the jungle to Kent -- Brexit. We would

have thought that a Brexit would mean people would not come to

Britain but David Cameron is trying to warn that if we are not in the EU

we won't have border guards in France as they are now to catch

people before coming on the back of lorries and on trains. And therefore

they would get to Britain and set up camps because they wouldn't have

anywhere to go. The other argument would be that if we were not in the

EU then these people perhaps would not be bothered about coming in the

first place because they would not get the advantages of being in the

European country so I don't quite know what he is saying. People might

want to come here because they will claim asylum anyway, irrespective of

whether we are in the EU. Britain is an attractive country. There is the

subtext - the PM has realised the tide is going in favour of exit from

the EU community and he is pressing the buttons on the people, things

they will be scared off. If you leave the European community you

will get more migrants. It is a Daily Mail kind of approach. I think

it is a fatuous argument but it is a worrying sign that perhaps they fear

the country will vote to leave the European Community. We have a way to

go. We don't even know when the vote will be. He is playing the security

issue, rather than economic. Interesting that he is playing that

card. It would be more rational to say that the economic links are so

strong that extricating ourselves would cause problems. Some

businesses don't think so. They say we carry on as we are. I think it is

much more complex. If we leave the EU, you will get more migrants.

Let's look at the Times. Bank builds $98 billion Brexit warchest to save

the pound. The markets don't like uncertainty. I think this is a more

coherent argument, that those who want to stay in the EU can put

forward. There is always the Law of unintended consequences, when

something comes along that was unexpected, whether for the good or

the bad -- law. They built up this war chest. They have built lots of

dollars to save the pound. The idea is to buy pounds with dollars if the

pound is threatened. NHS locums exploit crisis to get higher rates

of pay. Yes. Supply and demand. This is because locums, who are not

staff, are working in different areas. If they can get a job

somewhere else that pays them more, that's where they go, and they are

leaving hospitals in trouble because they are not working in that

hospital. The answer would be to have more stable staff that you are

using, and fewer locums and agency staff. If you have staff committed

to you then you would not have a problem. Modern business - let's cut

cost. We are doing great! Look at the bottom line. Oh, we need a

freelancer. It happens all of the time. The illusion of management and

cuts. It doesn't work. The NHS would be better getting a better body of

staff and so you don't need freelancers. This is not private

business but the NHS. Whether it is the BBC or the NHS, the same things

happen. The illusion of management and savings, when it does not bring

the any savings. No, you dare not, not in here! Londoners identified as

part of ISIS hostage cell with a picture of one of the men, Alexanda

Kotey, from west London, believed to have been an important recruiter,

encouraging others to go to Serie A. Several papers have this story --

Syria. They have identified another kind of gain, with Emwazi, this man

was called Alexanda Kotey, he went over some years ago and they have

pictures identifying him as coming from west London -- another kind of

gang. It is not set in stone. Some people do not say this is confirmed.

There is another member of the gang who has been confirmed. It is just

identifying that this group of four went over and have now joined ISIS.

They seem to have gone for a different reason, not to fight

necessarily but to help with the aid effort. The focus of the story,

George Galloway, who arranged it. We are focusing on how they got there,

not how they got their mentally and intellectually. We need to look at

how to stop these young Muslim kids who have become disenfranchised

about of tune with society that they want to go and fight for ISIS. --

and out of tune. I think that the government would disagree with you.

I don't think they are even beginning to get to the problem of

the problem. It is quite hidden. Radicalisation is a difficult

problem to spot. We've been through as similar thing before. We can look

at Northern Ireland. The communities in Northern Ireland were

radicalised. The population with the least criminal convictions became a

terrorist situation. Yes, we do have the data and knowledge of. The

exclusive in the Guardian regarding Google and tax. -- knowledge. Tax

avoidance by global firms. The idea is that you reach a certain level of

profits and they look into it. What's interesting is that one of

the leading initiatives is from Joel -- Jean-Claude Juncker, who created

this tax haven for these companies in Luxembourg. I think the

realisation has come that the political pressure of seeing these

huge companies getting away with paying no tax and making huge

profits is massive across the European community. It is

interesting, because a lot of the companies they want to target were a

-- originally based in America. They say it is unfair picking on their

companies, which distribute the profits across the world, and then

they would have to be publicly declared in the whole of Europe and

pay tax in Europe. The United States is not happy because they say they

are being unfairly targeted. I want to go back to that story on Alexanda

Kotey, travelling on an aid convoy to Syria, organised by George

Galloway. We have had a statement from him, his statement said he had

never heard of Alexanda Kotey until his name appeared in the press. The

aid convoy predates the formation of Islamic State. There were 120

vehicles and 500 people part of this convoy and neither he, George Ore

have any recollection of this guy. His name was not known to George

until now and it is possible that he could have been on the trip but he

just does not know his name -- George or I. It predates Isla next

eight. Moving on to the Mail and the Independent. -- Islamic State. Soft

justice fears as David Cameron plans to free offenders from Monday to

Friday. But treat prisoners as assets, says the Independent, not

liabilities, as David Cameron says we have to see prison reform, which

is not always what we hear from the Conservatives. This is the first

time a conservative Prime Minister has taught on prison reform in 20

years. Clearly, the prison system isn't working. The Daily Mail is a

brilliant paper. It knows its audience so well. It knows out to

press the buttons easily. The prison system is not working. It is costing

money. People who are going to jail go back in. There is no

rehabilitation for many people. It is becoming a growing, a bigger and

bigger business and we need to stop it. The Daily Mail knows the

leadership won't agree with this. The Daily Mail will make it sound as

if these violent criminals will be let out on the street, which is not

at all what is being said. We have a massive overcrowding problem. And

because of that, they cannot do the work they might do, which is to

rehabilitate and train prisoners so that they can have a job when they

get out of prison and can set their lives back on the right path. That

is good for everybody. Scottish Daily Mail. This is different from

the rest of the country. NHS shares our details every day. Fears over

privacy and cyber crime. Who is it sharing our details with?

Presumably, other agencies within the NHS. I didn't really see the

problem with this story when I looked at it. I always find it

difficult to get excited about identity theft cyber crime stories.

If it happened to us we would think differently probably. How often does

it happen? I think it happens a lot. We are led to believe. So we are

told. I have seen no statistics to prove it. I think it is a modern

myth that has come a long which can be dragged up at any time. And

saying, they are sharing our details! What are they going to do?

Someone goes to the doctor and says, yes, I have his bad knee. They

can be fined lots of money. They don't want them to share the

information with taxmen, airports and solicitors. There would be

issues with insurance policies if the information was known. The Daily

Mail, Aronica, tasteless, thoughtless, the exploding bus as

part of a film set was frightening for people caught up in terra

attacks -- moronic. I live in that area. It is obvious. Someone said

they live in that area. It is obvious. Someone said they lives out

for them. -- they lived out there and it was not obvious for them. --

terror attacks. Becky said it would have shaken her because she was not

aware that it was... It is difficult to warn everybody. I saw that

picture and I thought, golly, I haven't seen that in the news today.

That is the aim of the Daily Mirror, to make everyone think it was real.

Very convincing. It has been very lively tonight on Twitter. Thank you

for your comments. Thank you Alex and Tony. That is it for the papers.

Now it is time for the Film