10/04/2014 The Papers

time in the world this year. And, Paola 's banned for 18 months, he

will be free to run again in December. That is in 15 minutes,

after the papers. ``Powell is banned. Hello and welcome to our

look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With

me are Angela Knight,Chief Executive of Energy UK, and John Rentoul,

chief political commentator for The Independent on Sunday. Tomorrow's

front pages, starting with The Telegraph leading with news that

many men, suffering from prostate cancer, are given "misleading"

assessments, causing them to underestimate the severity of their

tumours. The Express has news of a poll on Europe which it says will

amount to a "historic mini referendum" . The Guardian says the

Conservative Party and the CPS are "at war" over the Nigel Evans case.

In the i, the MP says his life will not be the same following the trial.

The Times also says Mr Evans' acquittal has put the spotlight on

the CPS and how they choose to pursue high profile cases. Air

pollution is the focus of the Metro, the paper says that tens of

thousands of deaths come as a direct result of "breathing toxic air" .

The Sun says Peaches Gefof was found dead with her 11`month`old son by

her side. And the Mail has claims of sexual harassment in the House of

Commons. Let's begin, a lot of the newspapers are concentrating on the

story about Nigel Evans, of course, the former Deputy Speaker and a

clearing in court today. Let's have a look at some of the front pages

with Nigel Evans on. It is interesting to see what some of

those have to save. The news that Nigel Evans was cleared of rape

dominates many of the front pages. This makes the story the main story.

The Guardian says the CPS and the Conservatives are at war, that is

their quote, as the Evans decision comes out today. Lots of newspapers

are leading with that as their main story. John, as the chief political

correspondent for the Independent on Sunday, it is a story that has some

ramifications. It is what a lot of people are talking about in

Westminster today. There are a lot of Conservative MPs who are our

friends with Nigel Evans who are quite angry that the case was

brought forward in the first place. There was never any evidence that we

hurdle was reported that really suggested anything other than some

drunken, inappropriate advances that he made and admitted `` that we

heard were reported. The alleged victim said that they thought

nothing of what happened and nothing should happen to him as a result.

One of the things that comes out of this of course, Angela, is that

although cleared, it will be a cloud that will hang over him and in his

words, his last year has been hell. I am not surprised it has been hell,

it must have been awful. Areas of his private life, it has been worked

through and combed through in court. He is cleared at the end. People

have been watching it, I am not surprised they have, the focus has

been on that. There is a particularly telling comment, I

think, in the Guardian where it says one of the alleged victims of the

trial said, following the verdict, "I do not believe that he should

have been charged, I do not think it was a criminal act, it happens in

every bar, it was not a big deal". This is an apparent victims saying

that this should not have taken place. Poor Nigel. I use that

expression advisedly, he must be feeling dreadful now. Even though he

has been cleared. It will take a long time for this to work through.

It will sit with him for even longer. That quote, that suggestion

in the Times that senior Conservatives and the Crown

Prosecution Service are at war. What do you think of that? There are

Conservative MPs who are very annoyed with that and say that the

Crown Prosecution Service should not have brought forward such a weak

case, as it appears to be. We do not know the full arguments. It is a

huge test of the British principle. Innocent once you are cleared. It

will hang over him for the rest of his life. You have to think that

there is a case to be made. The Crown Prosecution Service must have

misjudged this one. Yes, you are innocent until proven guilty. When

it is this sort of case, and it is somebody who is in the public

domain, we could call them a celebrity... I am enormously

hesitant to come to any conclusions when something like this has

happened. I am a strong supporter of the British justice system. I think

that ours is overwhelmingly a good system. But it seems to me that in

some of these areas, this is just one, but in recent times the very

fact that the individual concerned has been a public figure, that has

resulted in a high degree of concentration on absolutely every

part of the case. In many instances, they seem to have recently been

cleared. Everything has been out there, as it would have been if they

had been found guilty. Do we have the balance right? Well, there is

clearly a difficult line here. You cannot prosecute cases simply

because it is a person in the public domain. At the same time, have they

done right? From an observer 's perspective, it is difficult to look

at this and feel anything other than concern. Let's move onto another

story. Onto the express. On EU at last. `` referendum on GE at last.

It is absolutely absurd. ``the EU. This is about to MPs, they are

headbanging you respect it is, although I hesitate to call them

that. ``eUROSCEPTICS. They will organise an informal referendum

``Eurosceptics. To headline it as the referendum that was promised by

David Cameron... I think this is one of a great many European stories

that we will see. Not only because we have a European election in 6`8

weeks time. We will see what happens there before you accuse anyone of

anything. Let's see who wins. This touches a spot which is something of

concern within the UK. What is our position in Europe? When will people

have their say? Will we have 20 people vote, 2000 people vote? It is

not like it is headline. There is a picture of their Prince William and

Kate, they are flying in a German plane? I don't think so!

Side`by`side, a sheer accident. Doesn't she looks bended? We do not

have a picture of Prince George today `` splendid. I thought they

were lovely photographs. I am going to move on before we get stuck on

that! Onto the Independent. An official statistic, the UK only has

three airports! Have I been miscounting X, `` miscounting? This

is about how net immigration has been miscounted over a 10`year

period because the survey which it was based on has focused on three

main airports. It has missed 350,000 Eastern European is coming into

regional airports. ``Europeans. The Labour Party said they would bring

in a system of counting people in and out, that will be difficult for

the Conservatives to answer. You described it as" uncanny", if this

is correct, 350,000... What about Glasgow, Edinburgh, Luton,

Birmingham, Southampton? I do not think Ryanair flies from any of the

main ones. You cannot have an official statistic that ignores some

of the main airports into the UK. `` entry points. You are extrapolating

from a sample. The point is they are sampling the wrong places. With the

influx of workers from Europe, people are coming into other

airports, that was not reflected in the sample. It is not quite as

ridiculous as the headline suggests. If you are going to have a sample

where you are going to grow something, it has to be

representative. It has to be statistically significant. That

story appears in subsequent newspapers, that will be

interesting, I believe it is a story that will travel. Onto the times. A

story carried by the Times on the Daily Telegraph `` and the Daily

Telegraph. Thousands of men were wrongly refused treatment for

prostate cancer as tests underplayed the severity of the disease. It is a

worrying story. You rely on these tests. The procedure, as I

understand it, looking at the story quickly, the tests tend to suggest

that the cancer is not particularly aggressive. The normal thing to do

in that situation is not to operate. They end up not operating on men's

cancers who were more aggressive. Sometimes they have been advised

against surgery due to the side effects. But, if a diagnosis is

wrong...? If you read this story, it is very concerning. You want people

to be tested for cancer. There is not that assumption that once you

are tested, you have a result that is right `` there is that

assumption. More needs to be done. We need more information about the

analysis itself. Quite often on medical stories, there is analysis,

and then more analysis and then a dispute between experts about what

is right and wrong. I hope this does not put men off getting tested for

cancer. We do not often make it onto the business pages, but there are

some interesting stories. Let's begin with the Co`op bank and the

Co`op group. Angela, care to have a stab at this one? This story is

about the fact there is more losses than have so far been revealed as

far as the Co`op is concerned. On the back of this, there is the

question of how this organisation is run in the future. A few weeks ago,

the chief executive was brought in to sort out the problems, but he

walked. He described it as" ungovernable". In the last 24 hours,

one of the independent directors who was brought in to sort out issues

has walked, Lord Myners. Tomorrow, it seems we will have revealed to us

what was expected, and that is more losses. It is an integral part of so

many towns and cities of this country. Getting the Co`op back on

course in financial terms, in its management terms, strategic

direction, and how it has a ball that can run the organisation is

pretty important dashboard. `` is pretty important, `` board. There

are questions about how you do the government reorganisation.

Underneath, there are a lot of companies like this with their own

independence, and they have a say on how the big organisation is run.

Some sectors are doing very well? Yes, they are our largest

undertaken. I don't know if you have been into a Co`op story in it, but

some are pretty good. The ones that I have been to are, at least. I

thought you were going to say a funeral parlour! Yes, I have been to

one of those as well. There is something about getting this whole

enchilada correct. Sorting out the bank, and ensuring it is well

managed. It is a mess. It seems to be in a bad way. I am no expert,

Angela is an expert. But, it sounds to me like the Co`op bank is not

much longer for this world. And the rest of the movement will have to

find some way... Of sustaining it. Members often vote on mutual future.

These are a lot of questions. I probably should address the new

question to you. Marks Spencer. The picture to go with this story,

their new brand of women, as it were, who aren't really professional

models. Interesting this is all to try to suggest that the Chief

Executive, that the strategy is working. Yes. I think it's a nice

idea, to have a range of non` models modelling the clothes. The Marks

Spencer range is actually rather good. This is Marks Spencer is.

I'm offended because this advert isn't directed me. I am dressed

entirely in Marks Spencer is! But I think the number of times you buy

a suit is probably much less than the times I buy a jacket. I too have

quite a lot of Marks Spencer clothing on but I won't show you

where it is! We don't often get that out of the paper review! I don't

know where to take it now. Well, the clothing sales are up. Absolutely.

Anything you would like to own up to? I think I am being told we have

to finish. Thank you both very much. Revelations indeed. Stay with us. At

midnight, more on the news that a man has been charged over the 1998

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