06/03/2016 The Papers

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papers. Withers, Kevin Schofield and a journalist on the channel, France

24. The front pages, starting with the news of Nancy Reagan, which

broke tonight. We will begin with the international version of the New

York Times. An influential First Lady who always put her husband,

President Ronald Reagan, at the centre of her life and became a

political figure in her own right. The Financial Times says she was

fiercely protective of her husband and was a significant influence on

his presidency. The Telegraph says that she was a First Lady of

elegance who left her mark on the world. It says America's political

elite has been paying tribute to her. The Daily Mail refers to the

direct -- the resignation of the Director General of the British

Chambers of Commerce. The metro says...

Says that the Royal Navy will be intercepting people smuggler boats

in the Mediterranean. The I says... And The Mirror reports that the man

accused of stabbing a pregnant woman in Sutton Coldfield is her former

partner. The Guardian says that David Cameron will announce that

British servicemen will be returning what it calls "Refugees" trying to

reach Europe from Turkey. Let's start with the headline in the Daily

Mail. An honest man knifed by Number Ten. This is John Longworth, Kevin,

who has resigned as director general of the British Chambers of Commerce.

He said that he thought Britain could have a brighter future outside

the EU. A couple of days ago, he said he was giving his own personal

opinion. The BCC is to remain neutral throughout the campaign. At

the conference afterwards in a TV interview, he said it was his

personal thought that Britain could do well outside the EU. He was then

suspended by the BCC, which, in itself, was quite a controversial

move with accusations that Number Ten had got involved and put

pressure on him to be suspended, given that Number Ten is in favour

of remaining in the EU, and tonight, he has quit altogether. This one is

going to run and one, I think. It has been denied Downing Street had

anything to do with it and had leaned upon him. That he had got the

all clear to say what he was going to say. The Daily Mail says that

friends insist that John Longworth had cleared his comments in advance

with the president of the BCC, a former adviser to Labour's Ed Balls.

Liam Polworth, the Eurosceptic former Defence Minister is accusing

the government of intimidation, he says, "I want to know what contact

might have been made, what pressure might have been applied, if it

happened, they should come clean about it." This is getting ugly.

This is blood on the carpet. I don't think there has been an outright

denial from Downing Street. What was interesting on The Andrew Marr Show

was when Andrew Marr asked Boris Johnson whether he thought, whether

he was accusing Downing Street of angering and in this, it seems that

Boris Johnson was agreeing, he was not accusing Downing Street of this.

Obviously, Downing Street will need to move quite quickly to stop

rumours or to come clean, one or the other. Let's move on, looking at

stories to do with asylum. The Guardian, UK deploys troops in

refugee crisis. The Royal Navy is to get involved in the NATO mission.

Not a complete surprise. This has been hinted that for quite a long

time by Number Ten, certainly by the PM. There will be an amphibious

landing ship. This operation will start in the coming days. What the

Prime Minister wants to do, that is why he is sending in these troops,

under NATO, is very much to stop what he calls the business model of

the smugglers. What these smugglers are doing is putting people, as we

know, in a Nancy the boats. We have had more drownings yet again today.

-- in unseaworthy boats. The Greek by Minister is saying that there are

tens of thousands of refugees lining up on their border, with the closure

of the Macedonian frontier. Clearly, there was this meeting on Monday

which Mr Cameron will be going to. Immigration, once again, has become

a big problem for the EU to handle. And we know how determined these

people are. They have travelled miles and risk incredible danger.

This is Brussels, in the FT, saying, in a bid to centralise the asylum

system, risking Eurosceptic aunts -- anger. There is real sensitivity

about what is done about centralising this system, in advance

of the British referendum because there is concern that it could sway

people Bothma could views one way or the other. They seem to be making a

decision on this. Downing Street's big fear is that it becomes a

referendum on migration, that there are thousands more coming and making

their way to Europe and ultimately trying to get to Britain. And the

concern is that people will decide how to vote on the referendum based

on their views on migration. There seems to be a bit of movement from

Brussels that this would change the way things work at the moment. There

is a convention at the moment which rules that basically, you can only

claim asylum in the first country in Europe that you arrive at, which

tends to be Italy and Greece. That is clearly not working. That is not

working so this is an attempt to try and change that. In The Daily

Telegraph, charities use public cash to call for an end about, in

particular, environmental groups, many of whom argue that it is thanks

to legislation coming from Europe -- calling for an in vote, claiming

that it is because of Europe that we enjoy better environmental

protection, cleaner air and clean beaches. Ever sensitivity around

accusations of bias, particularly with public facing organisations and

this is quite an important story in terms of charities that are using

public money to effectively campaign for an in vote. This is

controversial for the Eurosceptics. The charities watchdog will issue

new guidance on political neutrality after Friends of the Earth, the

Wildlife Trust and Greenpeace were all making comments backing EU

membership and the article goes on to say, "The concerns are we opening

of an new front in the EU referendum, that will see the in

campaign dubbed "Project fear" amid claims that it is scaremongering

about Brexit. We have got so much time to go. We have the BCC Director

General resigning, we have this guidance, this is really looking

like it is going to be a car crash of a campaign. It is going to end up

with blood on the carpet by the 23rd of June. So many people are saying

on social media and in vox pops when they are interviewed, I just want

somebody somewhere to give me an overview of what is at stake here,

before we get into the arguments, we are already down the road on that.

Let's look at The Telegraph for a second. The story of the death of

Nancy Reagan at the age of 94, a First Lady of elegance who left her

mark on the world. She died today. Many years after her husband died,

having nursed him through Alzheimer's disease. She was a big

campaigner for that. Interesting because, without being disrespectful

to the former First Lady who has died, people will, some people will

remember that she initially did not really, for some people, there were

quite a lot of critics that she was consulting astrologers, and not

expecting to pay for expensive dresses, that she spent a lot of

money as people were losing jobs, on the White House. But then that love

and fierce support of her husband, that very dignified stance as he

went through his illness, has endeared her to the American people.

So this Daily Telegraph article says that the raucous American campaign

featuring Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton has been put on hold for the

time being. This is in 1991, is it? 1981. It really does remind you of

what a different world it was. It is ironic that this has happened, this

sad event has happened, while the white heat of battle as far as the

Republican nomination is concerned is going on. A lot of members of the

Republican Party hark back to the days of Ronald Reagan, with the

probability that Donald Trump will be the nominee, the party of Reagan

and Lincoln, could you really have a guy like Donald Trump? And the First

Lady, how much the woman behind the man who has the power, in one of the

articles in The Telegraph, I think, said that she was supposed to have

helped with the rapprochement between Moscow and Washington. They

were both pure Hollywood products. And of course, Jackie Kennedy, such

a superbly glamorous former First Lady before her. Let's finish with

The Guardian, the great pay divide, women at least ?3000 worse off,

looking ahead to International women's Day on Tuesday. This figure

is over a career, many years in work -- at least ?300,000 worse off. If

you come back in 20 years' time... I will have it now, thank you very

much! Why would you be paid less for doing the same job? The glass

ceiling does exist. Of course, there has been huge progress. But more is

needed to be done. Even though legislation has existed for 40 years

to tackle this. The new legislation has been very influential, I might

add. It has taken 40 years, and yet still there is this massive gap and

it is still an issue. There is no justification for it. There is no

justification for! -- for it. It is because I am outnumbered! That is it

for The Papers. If you would like to make any comments on Twitter, you

can tweak to me @MartineBBC. We will have another look at the front pages

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