21/07/2016 The Papers

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

With me are Ayasha Hazarika, a former Labour adviser,

and Dan Bilefsky is a writer for the New York Times.

The front pages start with kidnap alert at all bases, on the Metro.

The Mail leads on the same story, as police hunt for two suspects in

connection with the incident at RAF Marham. Today's meeting between

Theresa May and Francois Hollande dominate the Guardian's FrontPage.

They report on the French president insisting that the UK will not have

access to a single market without open borders. The Express claims

house prices rose by more than 10% in the last month. Millions of Brits

are abandoning trips abroad and taking staycations, in what the

Telegraph says will be an economic boost. The FT pictures Jeremy Corbyn

launching his campaign to stay as leader and his warning that his

Parliamentary opponents will not be safe in their seats if he wins.

According to the Times, several people on camera's honours list have

been blocked by Whitehall because of concerns about their suitability. We

start with the Metro. The Mirror, actually. Those two papers are

reflecting the alarming incident at RAF Marham in Norfolk concerning the

attempted abduction of a serviceman. An awful story and a serious

reminder of the fact that this country is still on high alert in

terms of terrorism and also the sort of threats that our service men and

women face both abroad and at home. Some horrible reminders of the

attack on Lee Rigby, which happened, of course, in this country. So it's

a very important reminder that, even though we have all been focused on

the EU referendum and Brexit, terrorism is still a huge issue for

this country, keeping citizens safe, and I am sure Theresa May will be

acutely aware of this. Her primary duty as a Prime Minister is to keep

citizens safe, so I think people will be watching this, she will be

getting regular briefings on it, and it is very serious. The significance

of RAF Marham is it is from where Tornado jets, the fleet is based,

and they are carrying out missions over Syria all the time. Indeed. We

have been watching with deep concern what has been happening in France in

the last couple of years, three serious terror attacks in less than

two years, and Britain, which recently renewed its offensive in

Syria against Isis, now finds itself potentially under attack. This is

very alarming. We are not sure yet whether this was terrorism. But

given what is happening in the rest of Europe and across the Channel,

it's deeply concerning, because all along we have been worried the UK

might be vulnerable. The Guardian, no free trade without open border,

Francois Hollande has told Theresa May. This is tricky, because there

is a difference between being in the single market and getting all the

benefits that we have now, while we are still in the European Union, and

having access to the single market, suggest a lesser status. The Brexit

people are keen to point out that, if you have access to the market, it

doesn't mean you have to follow along with the rules concerning free

movement of people, for instance. Look, this is an absolutely crystal

clear example of how confused people are about the consequences of exit.

Also, what were people voting for? Loads of people voted leave because

immigration is a big issue. It became a lightning conductor.

Thought it would be clear that we could get immigration down. May not

be that clear-cut. What politicians are going to have to be realising is

there has been a huge breakdown in trust in politics, which is a reason

for why the vote went the way it did. If people think they were

promised one thing and it isn't delivered, that is going to store up

trouble for this government down the track, especially because you have

your Brexiteers, David Davis, Boris Johnson, and I think they could be

quite a gap between what those politicians are saying and what the

public think they are getting. Yesterday, we saw Angela Merkel

Francois Hollande, portraying Theresa May very well, but Francois

Hollande is saying, look, if you want access to the single market,

you have to have free movement of people. There are 100,000 plus

French people living in London and they are a huge cultural part of the

city. They look of French people there are worried about their

future. Francois Hollande was playing nice today but there was

some Gallic seriousness. It was a wake-up call. I agree. I think you

have to abide by the democratic decision. I voted Remain. But there

is so much uncertainty about what Brexit is going to mean a very

practical level. The immigration thing is one, take another

interview, in the music industry, where there is a lot of great work

in Europe. They are worried. They are all thinking, will we have to

get visas? There are some interesting and big questions,

practical questions, that nobody has the answers for, and that is

worrying. And the false promise that Brexiteers have been selling, that

they can have access to the single market and not have free movement,

that will be laid bare very quickly. The Financial Times, Jeremy Corbyn,

the issues a seat warning to rebel MPs. The suggestion is that they may

be deselected if they don't support him. Touring boundary changes in a

couple of years' time. This, to me, screams of desperation, at a time

when you have civil war in the Labour Party, with the Parliamentary

Labour Party no longer supporting Jeremy Corbyn. He has a lot of

support with the grassroots, young people and some older people. It

depends on your definition of young, I find. The fact that he finds the

need to make this sort of threat means that there will be a war of

attrition in the Labour Party and, if they don't get rid of him now,

they will eventually, but the main beneficiaries will be the

Conservatives. After Brexit, you thought it would be mayhem. This is

the kind of rhetoric, and Team called in am I suspect, will come

out and say, this is not a threat, simply something that might follow

following the redrawing of the electoral boundaries, and it is

perfectly logical that that could happen. -- Team called in. But it is

something that militant put forward as a tactic to pressure people in

the 80s. Of course it is a threat. It is like saying, my hand is held

out, but in a fist, ready to punch you in the face if you don't comply.

What we are finding in the Labour Party is that Jexit is proving more

stressful than Brexit. It is a travesty what is happening in

Labour, and we've got to get this election sorted out as soon as

possible. But one of the things you have to do as leader of the Labour

Party is you have to try and unite the party, try and bring together

different parts of the party. The members are very important, the

councillors are important, but MPs are important as well, because we

have a Parliamentary democracy. Jeremy should be trying to bring

people together, not create more division. But has he created the

division? It is the MPs who have done that. I think the group

Momentum at putting pressure on MPs. Most MPs get horrendous abuse from

Momentum on a regular basis, they get threatened with deselection.

Angela Eagle is on the brink of being deselected by her own

constituency party because she doesn't think Jeremy Corbyn is a

good leader. He rang her local party to give, basically, the allegations

that he was very much supporting her party to deselect her. That isn't

unity. If you can't keep the Parliamentary Labour Party together,

how can you govern in opposition? That he would argue that 183,000 new

members in the last few days alone, he must be doing something right. He

is, but membership is one thing. Winning with the public is

important. David Cameron's honours list blocked by Whitehall. This is

like a final body blow to Cameron Kurle who has been facing... Downing

Street, he's honours list is being challenged and blocked by Whitehall,

which is unusual from what I understand. It is. Cameron Kurle on

one of the hallmarks of his time -- Cameron Kurle, one of the hallmarks.

David Cameron. I want it Theresa May have anything to do with this. I

wonder if she has been saying, look, we are not going to put everybody

through on these peerages. They are controversial. People feel that the

house of Lords is already overstuffed. There is another story,

saying that the Labour Party offered Shami Chakrabarti a peerage, so

there is cronyism allegations on both sides. What is a vote against

the Notting Hill set? Possibly. Never mind David Cameron putting

forward his people. Liz Truss put forward to be the new Lord

Chancellor, of course. Our first woman Lord Chancellor. But she has

no legal training and to people have already said they don't want to work

with her Lord Fawkes, who has resigned as justice minister, and

Anna Soubry, who has worked 20 years as a criminal arrest. Liz Truss is

not very popular. -- criminal barrister. I don't think Michael

Gould, her predecessor, at any expertise. As a feminist, I am all

for breaking these barriers, but it is what you do with your power. I

know that a lot of women are very worried about what has been

happening with the cuts in legal services, legal aid, so I hope that,

as a woman first Chancellor, and Theresa May is a woman Prime

Minister, they will be feminist ministers. Mrs Clinton, nothing

seems to unite the Republicans better than the desire to lock her

up. They are in the middle of her convention and they are pretty

united on their anger against her. It is one of the most extraordinary

Republican conventions in the US, with the party completely divided, a

plagiarism scandal with millennia trump, quoting some lines verbatim

from the shadow -- Michelle Obama speech, and then Ted Cruz saying

that Donald Trump assassinated -- insulted his father. He refused to

endorse Donald Trump. It seems that the only thing uniting the party is

how crooked Hillary Clinton is and the notion that they will somehow

put in jail over her use of private servers at home for e-mail. It shows

you, it is like the image of the Labour Party in this country... It

makes me feel better that there is another political party which is as

dysfunctional as we are. It is the only thing which seems to be uniting

the party. On the front page of the New York Times, Trump gave an

interview yesterday saying that the notion of article five of Nato, by

which countries promised to defend other countries from attack, it is

no longer sacrosanct and that the United States under president Trump

would not adhere to this. It has caused international backlash

because people are afraid the United States will retrench from the

international stage. It would be an interesting world with Donald Trump

is leader of the free world. Larry the cat. This is really important.

We know there has been a lot of famous political rivalry. We had

Brown, Blair, Theresa May, Boris Johnson. But it is their cats that

are arguing. Larry the cat has apparently been injured in a scrap.

We have got exclusive pictures. This is them. This is the power struggle

between number ten and the Foreign Office. It is like a metaphor. I

think Jeremy Corbyn's cat was a bit upset.

El Catto? That is what is cat is called I thought it was good

Chairman Meow. I heard that Theresa May was allergic to cats. Thank you

for coming in. Thank you for watching. Goodbye.

It's a pleasant evening out there for most of us. Not completely dry

because, in one or two areas,