30/03/2014 The Papers

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

us tomorrow. With me are barrister Sophia Cannon and Tim Montgomerie

from The Times. Tomorrow's front pages.

The lead story in the Telegraph, news that parents who starve their

children of love and affection face prosecution under a so called

Cinderella Law likely to be proposed in the Queen's Speech.

According to the Times, senior executives at the Big Six energy

firms have admitted that their customer service has been poor and

bills have been too confusing. The Guardian says UN experts are

warning that climate change has already cut into the global food

supply. The Independent has research which

claims that the North of England and the Midlands would be hit hardest by

the UK quitting the European Union. According to the FT, less tax than

forecast is flowing into government coffers.

Births to mums over 50 soaring, is the Mail's headline. The main

picture is of the Dynasty actress Kate O'Mara who's died aged 74.

And the Mirror has a special investigation into conditions for

construction workers preparing Qatar for the 2022 World Cup. With those

on the front pages, let's begin at our first is about the energy giants

of the times. Tim, you are from the Times, talk us through this. Up

until now we have thought that tankers and politicians were public

enemy number one, we have this big survey by the polling organisation

we are splashing in the paper tomorrow which says that energy

companies are less popular even than bankers `` bankers. The interesting

thing is that energy companies themselves

admit their customer service has been poor, bills have been confusing

and complaints have been badly handled and the story I our deputy

political editor says that over half of people admit they have been

turning their thermostats down because they have been worried about

affording their energy bills. A huge public issue. It has been a bad week

for them, hasn't it? You have to look at how British Gas came into

being. It was a worry that there was a problem with the monopoly of the

three big companies and we are back to that position now, with six major

giants who are holding us tightly by the short and curly is and when we

complain to them they have said to us, hold on, we will turn the lights

off ``curlies. It is a bit more contemplative than that. If you look

at the components of the bills we pay, green measures and so on, we

are paying for higher bills and so reduce pensioners and so on. It is

to stop climate change supposedly, but China and India do not engage in

those kind of bills. Emissions across the world are not going down

so it is a futile cost. What I have read, there has been no

infrastructure. It happened under the labour government, huge

neglect, to be put right by the coalition a little slowly. This is

happening under a Conservative led government. This infrastructure is a

result of planning under the labour government. The fear of the lights

going out remains. On this issue of customers as well. That is a genuine

point. Customers are being let down. In the high arc of the professions

it was estate agents and bankers and now it is energy companies. And

barristers. There has been no scandal surrounding lawyers, we

promote integrity, and Justice. I'm not sure the legal profession is

free of getting anything wrong. ``justice. We have

the option to appeal to a higher authority. Let's move to the

Telegraph. As somebody in the law profession, this seems

extraordinary, the Cinderella Law to stop emotional child abuse. The

Daily Telegraph is claiming that parents who start their children

with love `` staff their children with love and affection face

prosecution. If you were alive now, the wicked stepmother would have got

away scot`free and emotional abuse has always been a gateway for social

services to intervene in the family in civil proceedings. For that child

for that to be removed into doubt as well. The issue is whether there

should be a criminal don't mention to that and the CPS can step in and

prosecute to a criminal standard, but how hard will that be to prove?

The problem is you will have a child witness. Either a child in an

immature sense or a child as an adult coming back and talking about

historic abuse and you have seen where that leads to an sexual abuse

cases when you have to talk about the past and the physical evidence

just is not a. Could you see this coming into fruition or do you think

it is just part of thinking? It is obviously a huge bubble and we know

about increasing stories of child abuse and we know it is not just

physical abuse that hurts. Mental cruelty is real. It is

as serious as any other cruelty. I'm worried about the evidence of

cruelty here. This seems to be a hard thing to prove. Politicians are

interested in child welfare, for good reasons. We have had the big

focus on child and internet porn. The protection of children is a

political battlefield. Parents will be wondering... Making a child a

scapegoat or forcing degrading punishments are some of the issues.

In civil family proceeding cases I have seen all three of these in an

issue, for example, some families now becoming stepfamilies and

stepchildren are marked out as in Cinderella, which is what it is

about. People are blending families and traditional families are not

what you think they are. The abuse is mostly concentrated on broken

families and we know it can take place anywhere. It is

democratic, it does not matter where you come from. The

issue is we have had this idea that emotional harm can happen and does

cause harm. In the criminal courts, it will be very difficult to prove

that there has been emotional damage from this. The independent talks

about the EU and a claim that according to a new report the North

and Midlands would be hit hardest by Britain quitting the EU. I will be

watching Manchester United play Bayern Munich. That is on Tuesday

night. Then we have another barrage between Nick Clegg and Nigel

barrage. `` Nigel Farage. This will be a big debate on the BBC. It is

vital for both leaders of Ukip and the Lib Dems to prove their

convictions. It will be a munition for Nick Clegg. We have heard of 3

million jobs at risk if Britain leads the EU, but now the scare is

that it will be 4 million jobs. Is this a scare? I think it is a scare.

Europe will not stop trading with Britain. It says the North and the

Midlands hit hardest, it should actually say Scotland, the North and

the Midlands. Here it in the Sun on page two it says Nigel Farage has

called Vladimir Putin the world leader he most admires because he

was brilliant on Syria. This is extraordinary. Will we praised

Mussolini for making the trains run on time? I think this is a big gaffe

form I shall barrage to praise Vladimir Putin. `` from Nigel

Farage. The annexation of Crimea was illegal and nations in Crimea have

posted against it. `` nations in Europe. He has a point. We have all

been playing Scrabble here in the press, sending rude letters to the

Times. Putin has played the best game of chess in his life and he

outsmarted us. Nigel Farage has to accept that. To be fair, he says it

is his operating skills rather than his police that he admires. I think

it is crass to admire him in this way. It is something spin doctors

would advise another politician not to say. The interview the newspapers

are picking up on was given before he made his remarks in a debate last

week. A thing it will come back to haunt him. The Daily Mirror have

gone with an investigative story, saying that Qatar, in their buildup

for the World Cup, is accused of working 1200 people to death in the

building bonanza. I couldn't believe it. It was shocking, the level of

economic slavery and the fact that people are being forced to drink

saltwater, they are paid 57p an hour, and campaigners fear the death

toll could be as high as 4000. That is before the finals kick off. When

economic controls are lifted on capitalism, this is what you get,

slavery. Who is checking? There is no want to check on them. We have

been worried about the decision of giving the World Cup to Qatar and

worried about footballers playing in extreme conditions. This story is

about forgetting the footballers coping in 90 minutes of harsh

conditions, these workers day in day out for long hours are allegedly

being exploited by Qatar and I think it is another reason why the World

Cup should not have been given to this desert `based nation. One of

the goals of the World Cup is to uplift everyone and ensure everyone

works to the same standard. There should be part of the bidding

process that people must sign up to a basic level... Low but the Fed

were not interested. `` But, FIFA. FIFA, one of the great institutions

of the world has given one of the greatest football institutions to

this country. This is just another reason why the World Cup should not

be heading their. `` there. The story I haven't seen elsewhere, the

Daily Mail with the headline, births to mums over 50 soaring. I don't

know whether we should be happy about that or what the point it is

trying to make. Menopausal motherhood. That's easy for you to

say. It will be the new NHS story. It is a new revolution. Three women

each week over 50 and it is the idea that we could see grandmothers who

have gone naturally through the menopause, carrying their own

infertile daughter's children. This is how life will be lived, I

believe, in the next decade. Menopause will not be an issue any

more and we will have women carrying their children in their 50s and 60s.

It is a double standard, really. They do well enough. Older mothers

usually have the, usually have the resources and the ability. I agree

with what she says about the capacities that parents often have.

We worry about the age gap, but older people understand the school

system, the health service, they are able to get the best services for

their children. What they lack in being able to play football in the

park, they bring out intellectual skills. Getting a pension and

getting your child benefit at the same time. I did not think of that

one. Joking aside, if mother and child are both healthy, that is

fine. Women are living longer. The whole idea of middle`aged has moved

up a notch. Thank you very much indeed. We appreciate your input

this evening. That is it for the newspapers for today. Stay with us,

at midnight we will have the latest on talks between the United States

and Russia discussing the crisis in Ukraine. Coming up, it is time for

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