13/10/2016 The Papers

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

With me are Pippa Crerar, political correspondent

at the London Evening Standard, and Liam Halligan, economics

Before we talk to them, let's have a look at the front pages.

The Guardian features a picture of the new Nobel Prize

winner for Literature, Bob Dylan, but leads

with Michelle Obama's comments condemning Donald Trump's

The FT also features Dylan on it's front page,

but leads with Tesco once again selling Marmite online

after the grocer ended a 24-hour stand-off with Unilever.

Following her retirement annoucement, The Metro carries

a picture of Jessica Ennis-Hill and claims Donald Trump was caught

The Daily Telegraph has an exclusive, saying Britain's most

senior police officer has issued an apology

to Field Marshal Lord Bramall and admitted it was wrong

to raid his home over false paedophile allegations.

There's a giant picture of Kumbuka the gorilla in the Mirror,

apparently taken minutes before he escaped from his

He is also in the Daily Mail and the paper says MPs are told an

unprecedented vote on whether the former BHS boss Philip Green should

be stripped of his knighthood. Let's go straight to the gorilla! We will

save the best for last! It is tempting but let's start... Is the

gorilla pro Brexit! Let's start with Nicola Sturgeon and her warning, as

it is put in the FT, that she is going to bring forward at least

consideration of legislation for a second independent referendum

because of the Brexit vote. This is at the SNP conference and she had

said that she will consult on a new independent referendum Bill after

months of Wilshere, won't she. The key here is just because she is

consulting does not mean it is going to happen -- of will she. It is

about threatening or putting pressure on Theresa May to make sure

that Scotland gets a seat at the table and it's concerned are

listened to when it comes to things like access to the single market. If

she pursued another referendum, all other polls suggest that Scotland at

the moment would vote in a similar way to how did at the referendum. It

was said earlier that judging by the current range of opinion polls, for

every vote that has shifted as a result of Brexit towards

independence, there is another that has gone the other way. There is

this mix of people who felt initially that Brexit might make

them more inclined to stay within the EU by another means, ie

independent Scotland, and for those for whom it meant stability was an

even more important factor and they would rather have the Deva -- the

devil they know status quo than something uncertain. They did vote

62-38 to remain but there is a lot of economic is always here. Scotland

have a really big deficit, about 10% of GDP if it left now, without the

Barnett Formula money. The polls are against independence. But Nicola

Sturgeon is a very shrewd politician. Why is she saying it

now? Oil has just gone back up above $50 a barrel. That SNP plan for

independence starts to just about make some kind of economic sense.

What about the political risk for her? Is Theresa May the kind of

politician to respond well to this kind of pressure question at the

first thing when Theresa May was by Minister, she went to Scotland and

then Wales, very smart thing to do -- became Prime Minister. There is a

good connection between them but Nicola Sturgeon will do everything

she can to keep the pressure up for this referendum. It will not be the

first time we say her on the front pages that she is about to call a

referendum on independence. If she can with it, she would call it

straightaway. She will not rush into it, she is too cautious for that.

And it would finish her if she loses. Not just her, it really would

be another generation. There is a reference in the headline to Donald

Tusk, the president of the European Council. He will want to stay when

the reality of Brexit hits. Boris Johnson, they are becoming the

Waldorf and Statler of European politics. They are the two old boys

in the box in the Muppets normally commenting negatively on what is

going on! Boris took a pop at Donald Tusk in his conference speech,

saying a man called Tusk does not even want to save the elephant! He

is a heavyweight politician within the European project. He is saying

there is either no Brexit or a hard Brexit and it will be painful for

Britain, you cannot have your cake and eat it, you will end up with

salt and vinegar crisps! That is a reference to Boris's famous phrase

of having your cake and eating it. It is rhetorical sparring between

two pretty big political beasts. He has this odd job, president of the

council which means he chairs the meetings of the different leaders of

the EU and technically they also represent Britain at the moment

because we are still in the EU. But no doubt that there is growing

tension, even though we are months away from the beginning of

negotiations. That is absolutely the case. And what is increasingly in

parrot -- apparent is that at least publicly the other EU countries

don't seem to be wanting to play ball with Britain. They are thinking

we wanted to leave, why would will be rewarded for that? And they might

fear that others might follow. And in their own countries, especially

France, there is a rise in sentiment against the EU with elections also

coming up in Germany. A lot of concern among the existing EU

leaders that they cannot be seen to give anything to Britain. Whether

that is in formal negotiations or behind the scenes talks that are

being conducted at the moment, they will not want much to come out that

appears favourable to Britain. But Unilever have backed down and

Marmite is coming back! This is the best thing in the paper most days,

the cartoon from Matt. They went without Marmite so Britain could be

free! We will try to show people at home because it is quite small. They

went without Marmite so Britain could be free! You can't see it from

the glare from your tie! This is one for betting men and women

everywhere, this story, rather more interesting in some ways. One of

those wonderful geo- economic stories, one of the big American

ratings agencies saying that sterling could lose it reserve

currency status which means, sterling is the third most important

reserve currency in the world after the dollar down the Europe between

central banks keep their reserves in those currencies because they are

solid. We are about four or 5% of central bank reserves, the dollar is

about 65 and the euro is about 20 and emerging markets as well. If we

lose that status, that means our borrowing costs will go up and it

also means that there is less reason for people to demand sterling so it

could lose some value. SMP wheelbase out occasionally, they did the same

thing in May ahead of the referendum -- wheel this story out. It is misty

vista talk about it now when sterling is clearly on skids --

mischievous to talk about it. The pound is down about 6% Saint Theresa

May's conference speech. -- since Theresa May's speech. Let's go to

the Guardian. This is a terrific photograph on the front. And about

Bob Dylan being made Nobel laureate for literature. This is by Richard

Williams who was the first presenter of The Old Grey Whistle Test. In the

days when Bob Dylan was a young man! On BBC Two! You remember it well.

But nonetheless, his view is that this is a good thing. What is yours?

I think I agree. Maybe you could give us a musical accompaniment that

Liam was threatening to sing along! Many do view Dylan as a poet as much

as a musician and certainly his writings have always been as much

about the lyrics at anything else. Of course there have been some real

anthems, anti-war protests and civil rights movement so it has been

political as well and he has always been interested in the human

condition. You get people tracing the price today and I think many

people would be quite happy with the fact that the committee have decided

to go for a rock star. And for the first time. The novelist Irvin was

booted it was an ill-conceived nostalgia award even by gibbering

hippies -- Irvin Welsh. But is it really literature? People will be

listening to Bob Dylan in 50, 100 years, a huge chronicler of American

history. The first American to win this since Toni Morrison in the

early 90s. That is a good thing given their cultural reach. I was a

bit sniffy about it when I first heard them it seemed a bit gimmicky,

but he is a towering cultural figure. We have had accusations

before, when Obama got the peace prize, sort of in expectation that

he might do something and he didn't actually achieve anything. But we

cannot let discussion of these prizes pass without, I think in

previous years... Last year it went to the woman from Belarus. But

across the board there were only two out of 14. And only 48 women have

won any of the prices compare to 822 men. -- at the prizes. And surely in

2016, if there are not women out there considered worthy of such

prizes, there is something wrong. It is clearly not very reflective or I

think they need to up their diversity quote a bit. -- quota. The

Daily Mail, this is a photograph of the gorilla, Kumbuka, who went for a

wander this evening. They gorilla in the mirror! This is newspaper gold.

It is in its cage and suddenly he has escaped. Nobody was hurt, unlike

in Cincinnati where an unfortunate ruler was shot after a little boy

fell into his enclosure. The staff at London zoo used tranquilliser

guns, is fine and of course it is a fantastic picture story. I'm a bit

ambivalent about zoos in general. This is a magnificent beast and it

must get so wound up living in a cage all the time. Thankfully nobody

was hurt including Kumbuka himself. Apparently he came from Paignton

zoo. I can understand why he felt a bit of wanderlust! That is what the

smoke can do to you! And finally a lovely photograph on the front of

the Metro of Jessica Ennis-Hill who is quitting while she is ahead.

There was some discussion as to whether she would go after the Rio

Olympics where she won the silver medal, pipped to the post by a young

athlete. She has obviously taken the decision that she is going to

retire. There was some discussion about whether she might concentrate

on the best event which is the huddles but Lily decided she would

rather go out at the top -- hurdles but clearly decided. What a role

model, becoming a mother and coming back to become world champion in

Beijing, astonishing. Thank you very much for being with us this evening.

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