14/08/2016 The Papers

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

With me are our guests, the broadcaster, John Stapleton,

and the former conservative Employment Minister,

Lovely to have you here with so many positive stories for a change.

Double gold medal-winning gymnast Max Whitlock graces

The Times shows him draped in the Union Jack savouring one

Their main story looks at a planned EU overhaul of regulations on web

The Express claims Prime Minister Theresa May has order Tory ministers

to stop dithering and organise Britain's Brexit as soon

And it's back to Team GB's Olympic glory in the i.

The paper going with the simple headline, "Gold rush."

This time, "Super Sunday" is their triumphant front page.

The Guardian's features an interview with Britain's head coach

for swimming, who is calling for tougher action on former drug

And in the Mail, along with Max Whitlock's stunning

gymnastic success, the paper claims some of its own for a campaign it's

been running against legal claims being pursued against British troops

the gold rush Magic. Let's look at the Metronet, super Sunday featuring

Max Whitlock twice at the top of the page -- Metro. And then Lewis Smith,

who got silver in the pommel, repeating his success from London.

Also a very triumphant looking Justin Rose. I don't know if you

were watching it earlier, but it was a very close match between him and

Henrik Stenson. What a day. Fantastic day. Quite right the

papers/ this all over the front pages because we love waking up to

some good news once in a while -- quite right with the papers

splashing this all over the front pages. A great tribute to them

putting in all the hard work. I was looking at the medals table and we

are second. Incredible, isn't it. And we are ahead of China, for

heaven sake. I have never seen anything like this. It wasn't quite

what it was in London, but that was... The inbuilt in -- advantage

London. Sensational Sunday. Monumental Monday. And I also

thought as well, how many people were firsts? Max was first with

gymnastics. Mo Farah, three gold, the first for us in the athletics.

Laura Trott is a first, she has three gold medals, female...

Cyclist. Yeah, but the most a female British athlete has got and that in

itself is superb. They are cracking records. You have mentioned Laura

Trott, she is on page seven of the Mail with her fiance? Have I married

them off too soon? Yes, fiance. Both have won gold medals. Although he

has more gold medals, she has the appeal with the sponsors. She is

raking it in. All of the sponsors are looking to her. What I loved

about him, well, I like him, he thinks, I am not as good-looking as

Tom Daley, but I am delighted she is. To have taken that on the chin,

to have more goals but to understand how the media works. What I love

from the story as well was about Laura, when she was born she was

four weeks premature, she had a collapsed lung and spent her first

six weeks in intensive care. As a toddler she had a permanent chest

infection and at six was diagnosed with asthma. To have overcome all of

that and to go on to win three gold medals, what a sensational story. I

struggle with this little, she is described as the charismatic Ms

Trott, a giggly blonde. Well, that is the Daily Mail. Well, they are

both giggly and blonde. She also has all of the sponsorship and he

hasn't. She is giggling all over the way to the bank. The Guardian, GB

swimmers lost out to cheat. They did well in swimming. The head coach has

claimed that GB was robbed of four medals at these games because in a

number of instances up to about seven instances they came fourth,

and in a number of those races they are up against people who have

previously been forced to take drug testing and not past that. And in

his view, for those who have gone through that process should not be

allowed to compete -- passed. He was not insinuating they were taking

drugs at this particular event, we should stress, but that they should

not have been there in the first place. And therefore, because they

were there, the athletes were denied a bronze or maybe even silver. The

other thing is, when you have our athletes, other athletes who have

done everything right, when they are overlooked... However, people are

bending backwards for people who have had drug issues in the past and

they are now being returned back to the sport. He said that is wrong,

zero tolerance, and we should look after the people who have done the

right thing all along. A lot of sympathy with that argument. False

claims clog asylum system. Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants are

exploiting flaws to remain in Britain. Framing asylum when they

have no right? Illegal immigrants. One third of applications made by

illegal immigrants, or people who have overstayed their welcome. So

they have had a visa and they should be going? They should not be here in

the first place at all. When they are caught, they said, I need

asylum. In fairness, further down the story, you discover that

actually some of these people might have been brought here against their

will. Used as slaves, for example, may be psychological reasons why

they didn't initially claim asylum. Having said that, it is clear from

their story, the evidence presented in this story, some of them are

economic migrants trying to abuse the system. You are meant to claim

asylum as soon as you arrive? Yes, and tell the way -- tell why you are

here. We need an international definition of asylum and refugee

status. You can see the difference or someone running from Syria and

the for example -- of. And it won't be easy to exporter people who have

been here for many years who shouldn't be here. It has to be

handled sensitively. It has to be tightened up. And in the Guardian,

police higher law firms to seize fraudsters' assets for profit. This

is an interesting story. Will it be in the civil courts? Fraud is now

the biggest crime police have to deal with. And cyber crime in

particular. It takes eons of time, it is very expensive, and they bring

the prosecution, it is not always successful, and if it is then they

have to pursue the people to get the money back and it takes even longer.

This is an experiment in the city of London that would see law firms

invited to take civil courts where the burden of proof is less, of

course, hopefully get back the money first, do it the other way around,

and if they are successful in doing that then the police can see those

responsible in the criminal court. Theoretically, it is a smart idea.

What is controversial about it? Private law firms will make more

money out of it? Yes. And the process that has been gone through.

I think when you have something now, as you said, the biggest crime worth

?193 billion per year and growing, they are going to have to look at

ways of stopping it, how do we send a clear message that we won't...?

And look at alternative ways to do it. The Sun, May Europe vow, leaves

on the line, full steam ahead for Brexit, Theresa May hanging out... I

thought it was another... Theresa May thinks this is taking longer

than it needs to take and we should be getting a move on -- leave's. She

is saying that we need to crack on. That said, the party is well ahead

of the curve, because otherwise you would still be having her leadership

nomination at the moment still going on, we would still have had this

contest in the country, so they are several months ahead, but equally I

think people need to know, well, what are we doing and how fast can

we get out? What is the direction? Two new departments have been set

up. You do need those sort of fully working and functional and with

direction. That is a clear message and that is obviously to keep her

own party onside. She needs to let people know she is getting on with

it. Liam Fox, Boris Johnson, David Davis, the three Brexiteers who need

to get out and do this. And the story that there is a turf war

between Liam Fox and Boris Johnson. The overlap, potentially. They knew

that when they were creating the new department. That needs to be sorted

out. The story sues the Sun. They were campaigning for Brexit.

Brexiteers and of course the majority in the country voted for

that as well -- and of course -- suits. You are not wrong, you are

not wrong. Homeless is the other story on this page. Oh, yeah. This

is terribly sad, isn't it, this is DHS, which has finally closed its

doors... Well, one store -- BHS. Yes, one around the corner from

here, the Oxford Street branch which had the countdown in the shop

window. The biggest one. 11,000 people out of work. Meanwhile, the

man who outran the place, he is in the south of France. And you know,

those pictures are not the poignant ones, because you have read the

words, but when you get the visual picture that shows this is now

empty, people won't be going in, people won't be employed, I think it

is a very poignant picture. A big gap in a lot of high streets. The

FT, energy suppliers put their foot in it with gas consumers over metric

errors. People can't tell the difference between... The experts

can't tell the difference! The energy companies can't tell the

difference between old gas meters and new gas meters. Are they getting

metric and imperial mixed up? This is a story worthy of a wider story

than at the moment, and it is on the front of the FT but at the bottom of

the page, and I have not seen it anywhere else in the papers, but

basically the six energy suppliers have confessed to the fact that they

are confusing old gas meters with new gas meters and all you need to

know is the basic result of that is that some people have been

undercharged by 60% and other people have been overcharged by 130%! As

you have rightly pointed out, from the gas companies' point of view,

figures are in the right direction. There is no understanding of when

they will be compensated. How on earth has it happened! Energy

suppliers have made basic mistakes. That in itself is damning. Basic

mistakes. Not getting it right between metric and imperial. Isn't

it because, though, there is a confusing mix of the way we organise

things in this country. Who does? It energy companies don't know the

difference between an old and new gas metre... It doesn't say who

pointed out the error, does it, and that will be interesting, who came

forward to say that you have made an error, how long has this gone on?

This could rumble on for a long period of time. Check your metre and

check your bill. Finally, back to sport, the Daily Telegraph, unusual

front page for them... I have been around for a very long time, and I

have never seen... You have it on screen. I have never seen the front

of the Daily Telegraph like that without any copy and just

photographs. No stories on it. Just a couple of teasers. How it goes in

the shire, I know not. And it is reflecting the big story. Excellent

picture of Max Whitlock. I am sure that there was a more photogenic one

of him. What a sensation. Superhuman. Quite remarkable. And it

is not over yet, there is plenty more to go. Andy Murray, it is one

set all, playing Del Potro. He is 4-2 up. It is a five setter, so it

could take a while. Thank you very much. Coming up next, the Film

Review.