06/09/2016 The Papers

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

With me are Tony Grew, Parliamentary Journalist

and Caroline Frost, Entertainment Editor

Tomorrow's front pages, starting with...

The Telegraph dedicates its front page to radical islamist

Anjem Choudary, and reports that a Judge has questioned why

The Guardian leads with retail chain Sports Direct's decision

to change its employment practices, which have been heavily criticised.

The Metro's focus is on Keith Vaz, the MP who has

resigned his chairmanship of the Home Affairs Select Committee

as a result of revelations about his personal life.

The Mirror goes with the same story, questioning whether Mr Vaz

At the top of the Financial Times is the news that Downing Street has

denied the suggestion made by Brexit Minister David Davis that

leaving the EU will probably mean leaving the single market.

And the Express is reporting that Migrants at the so-called Jungle

camp in Calais are planning to come to the UK when the camp

That is getting everyone up-to-date. Let's begin with Anjem Choudary and

this striking, smiling photograph on the front of the Telegraph.

Sentenced to five and a half years in jail. The crux of it is that he

bit the hand that fed. Yes, the judge that sentenced him said is it

not enough that he was funded by the liberal western tomorrow because --

democracy he despises? People who are on benefits have had to go

through hoops, but he continued to claim, although he was fit for work.

Iain Duncan Smith, the former works and pensions secretary said he got

his officials to look into this, but the problem is they are not guilty

until they are found guilty. Caroline, is it a shocking

indictment of the system? It is one of these classic things where the

values that this country is proud of, free speech and the welfare

state, looking after people who need us to look after them, and both

these things are being savagely tested in the most emotive way by

someone who claims to despise these values basically claiming

everything. I enjoyed that the judge put it on the culprit, saying it was

questionable. We sit here shaking fists and think, why are we doing

this? It is a tough one. Values are all well until someone comes along

and tests them. We had someone from the Quilliam Foundation saying they

were surprised it was only five and half years. Although the political

reaction? Yes. It's the prize that people have been tried to get for a

long time. I'm not sure how much she will serve out of the five and a

half years, but importantly, we say it is a disgrace he was paid half ?1

million in benefits, but he has five children and taking away his

benefits will punish those children as well. It is is not -- it is not

as clear cut as it looks. I'm a very vengeful person, but there needs to

be balanced and understanding. I am shocked by the story, but he has got

five kids. We can't polarise an isolate people more and more into a

point where they do become radicalised. Let's move to the daily

Mirror and the man who is dominating the headlines today and arguably

since Sunday. Keith Vaz. Do you feel sympathy? Do you buy the apology?

The Daily Mirror doesn't. I work with journalists, some younger than

myself and I grew up in the days of the Tory, back to basics, family

values, etc, and the property is a great problem. Some of my younger

colleagues on that shocked. They're not sure why he should go. The

comments are, has he done anything illegal? It should be done to his

constituents. I come from a generation that wonders about

credibility, so I am torn. Is it a scandal? It is a scandal in the

sense it is on the front of the Daily Mirror. With Keith Vaz, even

today he thought he could hold on. It then became apparent that he

could not continue as the chair of the home Affairs Committee. He

hasn't resigned from the other committee he sits on both. He is

eyes will be on whether he can rebuild his reputation. He is a real

marmite figure at Westminster. Those who don't like him will take the

opportunity to tell him he has to go. If he was the chair of energy

and climate change, I do think he would go, but because the committee

oversees vice and drugs and has produced a report on prostitution,

it did not smile right and crucially it was going to cause problems for

the committee. It was felt it was untenable because there was no

obvious time this will stop. If you were according to one of these

committee sessions and you have all of these outstanding members of

Parliament talking to you and if you felt it was not going your way, the

temptation to tip the wink to Keith Vaz would be overwhelming. But then

we get into the arena of should everyone declare all their interests

or the time? I'm not happy with the wave this story has been handled. I

think there is a prurience, a Victorian moralising. We are all

guilty of that. Is there not a vicarious way we approach

newspapers? Someone has got caught with their trousers down or whatever

it may be, there but for the grace of God could go anyone. Our

relative, Coley, ourselves. We don't know. There are only 650 MPs, and

there is always someone who has got themselves into a terrible scrapes

and it is Keith Vaz's turn. Talking of scrapes, let us move on to the

Financial Times. We have a photograph on the front which is a

wonderful picture. It is all smiles there, but these are the three men

having to share a country house together at weekends and by all

accounts they don't necessarily have identical views on what Brexit

should mean, but they all play a part. Doctor Fox, David Davis, Boris

Johnson. What does the storyteller 's? It tells us a couple of things.

It tells us Davis Davis -- David Davis does not have much detail,

although he did say yesterday its probable that the UK would be part

of the single market. That is a fundamental decision for him to

take. We have had the farcical situation today where a minister

standing at the dispatch box has not been directly contradicted by the

Prime Minister's smokes man -- smokes man -- spokesman. It is

shambolic. It is a serious problem. When you

are at the dispatch box, you are speaking for the government. We can

put this down to inexperience in David Davis's case. It does point to

a bigger problem. The government does not seem to know what the plan

is. It has been months and we don't have a clear route for the Brexit

negotiation. Caroline, you are an entertainment editor. David Davis

putting his foot in it. Are you missing the old Boris Johnson? He is

very well behaved. It is you say, entertainment is my currency and

this is the kind of picture that gives nonpolitical journalists a

good time. I think it's the first time they have been photograph like

this. We know they shared this house, although we don't know what

the time-share arrangements are. They are the three magic suitors to

the Princess, which is Theresa May. They are like the three Bears with

the porridge. Someone will come out on top, but I can imagine that the

machinations between the advisers will be interesting. There

definitely will be turf wars. The Guardian has a photo of the Pearson,

who is going to be the flag bearer for the Paralympics opening

ceremony. There's also a story on Sports

Direct. They have had bad press over the last 12 months and Mike Ashley

has jumped the gun. He has the criticism at the board meeting and

says they have felled regarding zero hour contracts. It is a clever bit

of PR. I think it is desperation. He has realised that media pressure and

therefore consumer pressure can lead to pressure from the board because

Sports Direct's brand has been trashed in the eyes of consumers.

This is the least he can do to stop rebuilding the brands. The

impression given is people are still buying from Sports Direct. Whatever

the bad headlines, they are still buying the product. But their

reputation in the wider context is bad. People are still shopping

there, but they are aware the people serving them are on zero hour

contracts. Finally, the Times. We were asking if they all agree about

Brexit. The Times asking if they all agree about grammar schools. This is

one of Theresa May's standing in the doorway at ten Downing St saying she

will make things better. She appreciates that education is

important. These plans are gestation and everyone is jumping on them

because... You think they would have learned by now.

She has been careful in her first interview when talking about it. She

said they would consider all things. There is talk that grammar schools

may be on the way back. This is an interesting thing in politics

because it ideological. People oppose academic selection at 11 on

the basis that it is just their beliefs, not because of evidence.

Grammar schools are popular. You went to one? I did. Disclaimer. It

was a Catholic one, but I did grow up in Northern Ireland. It is an

interesting ideological split. The document that was leaked said they

might not get it through the House of Lords. Interesting times ahead.

Tony and Caroline, a real pleasure. That is it. Don't forget, all the

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Thank you to Tony and Caroline. I will be back at the top of the hour.

For now, goodbye.