07/07/2016 The Papers

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

With me are the deputy editor of the Daily Express,

Michael Booker, and the financial commentator Louise Cooper.

Tomorrow's front pages, starting with:

Michael, which one will it be? It will be interesting. On the 9th of

September, it will be the ballot. There are also claims this could be

brought forward. The people who are backing Andrea Leadsom are saying if

they can get out there and get nine weeks, imagine if it will go on nine

weeks, but if there is nine weeks, they can get her message out, they

can get home on to more members, they can get people's faces. A lot

of these members will be Leave supporters as well from the

referendum, so if they have got the time, nine weeks of this message

constantly being hammered, she's the Brexit PM, she has got a far better

chance. If it is a lot sooner, which is what the Tory party are trying to

do, then it reflects better on Theresa May. It will be interesting

because this is down to the 150,000 members of the Conservative Party.

We don't know what they are thinking. We had a polling list

earlier who said 50% are over 60, mostly men, and mostly middle-class.

That does not surprise me at all. It is on the front page of every single

paper. Would it not be extraordinary if we had two female candidates and

the fact there were women is not commented upon? We have still got

quite a long way to go, only one female Prime Minister. It would be

really dull. And we have never had a female Chancellor. Given my area of

expertise and the state of the economy and financial pressures on

this country, I would like to know as soon as possible to the

Chancellor is and what they will do with the fiscal plans and economic

plans. But we are not finding that out yet. I quite like the guy

because there is handy cutout guide for which the two lady stand for.

Andrea Leadsom, marriage should be kept between a man and a woman,

wants to overturn the fox hunting ban, it seems like she's going back,

winding the clock back years. She is aiming at the traditionalist. Hence

your headline in the express, baton of the iron ladies. Did you write

that one? I had something to do with that! One of them will be the next

Prime Minister. Looking at the two main parties, the Conservative

Party, I keep on making this point, they are the ones we have had

before, another woman Prime Minister, why are Labour not so

progressive as we are? It is something for the Labour Party to

look at as well. The Tories are very proud of this. It is fascinating to

see what will happen over the next, hopefully not nine weeks! I think we

got that message. Andrea Leadsom is not very experienced. I don't think

this should be a Brexit issue because we've with that, or I think

we have, and we are heading out of the EU. It should be who is best for

the country, not just best the Brexit. This will be hard for a lot

of people to get their heads around, particularly those members who for

them it is all about Brexit. It says here, Theresa May says, I want to

unite the country, which given how much animosity there has been on

both sides of the referendum debate, she was a remain but a reluctant

remainder. So hopefully, that will be a better position for the country

rather than somebody who fought locally and physically to leave. If

you turned the times, they say Andrea Leadsom steps from the

shadows to take on May. It has been meteoric rise, huge achievement to

get to where she was from relative obscurity. And it was the Leave

campaign where she stood out and did a very good job. They must be very

happy with her. Having said that, economic lien financially, the UK is

in a typical place, and what we need is leadership and I do not think we

should be waiting nine weeks. I think we should get on with make the

decision now. We want the Chancellor in place that we know will be there

for a long time. I do not think we have the time because an eight or

nine weeks' time, the UK economy could be looking worse than it is

now. When we saw Tony Blair yesterday, like him or loathe him,

the decision he made to go to war, huge decisions like that, left in

the hands of someone like Andrea Leadsom, who has virtually no

experience whatsoever, I had not heard of the month ago particularly,

it shames me a little for my knowledge, but most people had not.

There was one debate where she did very well and then carried on

campaigning for Leave but I am sure she is a very good MP and good

energy minister but is that Prime Minister? She worked in the City of

London. You could not say, I have got skills for politics, can I be

the CEO please? Theresa May is ideal. She has got more experience.

Interesting Daily Telegraph. I love that! If you want something said,

ask a man, if you want something done, ask a woman, Margaret

Thatcher. They have also got cartoon pair of two old blokes playing golf,

probably poor Tory members, saying, only men can be members, a woman's

places running the country. We have female boss of the federal reserve,

a female boss of the International monetary fund, Angela Merkel, we

have got... Nicola Sturgeon. Women running the country! Research has

been done on this. It is not glass ceiling, it's another term, but when

companies are failing in doing badly, a woman is more likely to get

the job because all the blokes stand back and do not want it, so the only

time a woman can become CEO was when companies doing badly. And I

sometimes wonder if that is the reason why we have got so many women

in positions of political power! It is such an awful mess to clear up.

When in times of trouble, we run the money. I just want to and finally...

Theresa May has a beautiful pair of shoes. You are giving us a sense of

your inner stylish woman. How would you know about women's shoes? To

complete the gender stereotypes, I would talk to you about... Back page

of the express, grease lightning, because Anton Grisman has sent

France into the final. After what Francis had, it's fantastic for them

to finish in the final against Portugal. I am sure will be very

emotional. I am sad. I had a sweepstake on Germany in the office!

That and Michael Gove, it will be a Michael good Christmas T-shirt I

bought! On that note, thank you both. That is it for tonight. These

front pages of coming while we have been on air. The sun is backing the

Home Secretary. Their headline, a play on her name. The Guardian has

decided to only put a smiling Andrea Leadsom. And the Star sticks the

shots of both candidates. Here come the girls, it says. And in the

mirror, warning, likening Andrea Leadsom to Mrs Thatcher, its

headline, Maggie two. Be afraid, be very afraid. Don't forget, the front

pages on the BBC News website. Michael, Louise, pleasure to talk to

you. Thank you very much.