20/05/2014 The Papers

took the World Cup, England footballers have arrived in Portugal

for their first training camp. Hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the

political commentators Lance Price and Miranda Green.

The Independent's front page shows a man telling off anti`UKIP

demonstrators as the Party campaigned in Croydon ahead of

Thursday's European and Local elections.

The Guardian highlights fighting in Syria, reporting on rebel attempts

to break the stalemate there. Lloyds' crackdown on high`risk

mortgage lending in London is the Financial Times lead.

The Mirror reports on an inquest into the death of a 20`year`old job

seeker who committed suicide after applying for 40 roles to no avail.

Reporting on recent developments in the so`called 'plebgate' affair, the

Times reports on claims by former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell. He

alleges an officer at the centre of the affair boasted he could "bring

down the government "Prince Charles' comments on Vladimir Putin make the

front page of the Daily Mail. The paper reports that he's likened the

Russian President's actions to those of Hitler.

The Sun leads with Abu Hamza, reporting that the convicted

terrorist's family continue to live in a 1.25 million pound house, paid

for by the British Government. And the I leads on the renewed

search by the US Coastguard for four British Yachtsmen missing in the

Atlantic Ocean. We are going to start with the

Telegraph. George Osborne: UKIP is a threat to the economy. What of mind

has been plugged at Nigel Farage and this is the latest bit. Aimed at his

direction by the Conservatives `` Nigel Farage. He hasn't actually

named UKIP but he talks about the extreme right and the left who he

believes are a threat to the economy because they don't support

Britain's free market position. IPhone is a bit of an unconvincing

argument from the Chancellor. `` I find. I do believe that you could's

policies are going to have an impact on government policy because they

will not win the election or form part of the Coalition. This is an

absolute earthquake. More interesting, I find the event that

is coming up, the CBI president is going to say that it little

uncertainty that is the biggest threat to the economy. We know the

CBI don't like the idea of a referendum because that creates the

uncertainty that business hates. If the Conservatives to win at the next

election, they have pledged to have an in our referendum. A lot of

public like that idea. They do. They also have given the Scots are

referendum on whether to stay in the United Kingdom which is coming up

very quickly now. It is almost upon us because it is in September. That

is another source of huge political uncertainty, says the CBI. And

another reason why it is nurses who might be thinking of investing in

the UK are thinking twice at the moment. It is a really big issue,

actually, because if you have got a large, international corporation

thinking, we want to be somewhere in Europe, where surely invest in our

new plant? Or we might want to meet corporate headquarters to Europe,

where should be go? They are seriously, this implies, looking

elsewhere, not perhaps to London because of all of these enormous

political mini earthquakes that are going on in Britain at the moment.

And that is a serious concern because, we have just started on a

recovery after the worst recession we have seen for many decades. If we

are giving the message to the rest of the world that we have become an

unserious country in which to invest, that is worrying. At the

same time, one of the big debates at the moment is this sort of lack of

involvement of, you know, the mass of the population in the political

process. From the so`called elite as Nigel Farage would put it. That is

part of the reason he is doing so well. Having a referendum on Europe

and a referendum in Scotland, including the public in these

debates, that is part of democracy, isn't it? And the CBI, I know it has

to fight in its own corner at the end of the day, the public need to

feel part of the process, but they? Certainly. I think we will see in

the votes that are coming up on Thursday that that disconnects that

you are describing is a very real problem. It will be reflected in the

wake in which people vote. I have no doubt about that. The Tories and the

Labour Party and the Lib Dems have to face up to that problem. It is a

different situation when you get to the general election. The disconnect

will properly still be there and it is one reason why the Conservatives

have to tread carefully about whether or not they will scupper

television debates. That is something which does connect with

people. The voters like it. It makes democracy feel more real. The big

challenge for Europe at the moment, people have said it many times that

all politics is local. The problem with the EU is it feels very remote

and it is easy for people like you get to tap into that. Veranda, that

is the challenge for the established parties as well, the big three. They

have to somehow tap into that contract without going too far to

the right in the eyes of some and trying to take UKIP on. What is

wrong with this George Osborne approach I don't think this is a

very effective last`minute attack on UKIP with hours to go before polling

on Thursday. For the very reason that this is the approach that has

failed so far. The Conservative party has been talking now for three

years about this idea of being in the global race. We must compete in

the global race. That analysis may well be right in this analysis from

George Osborne today about Britain needing to remain open with open

borders and free trade, it may be right. But it gives a lot of people

in this country the feeling that they are being left behind in this

race and that they are not going to win, even if some sections of

society do win out of free trade and free movement because they get the

employees they need if they are in business. This does not tackle in

any way the well of discotheque that UKIP have been tapping into. ``

discontent. Is not about the figures, economically we may do

better because of immigrants coming here. It is the environment that is

left behind as a result of that. It is that the fact he is pointing to.

Let's go to the Times. Biggest bank home loan. This is all in the wake

of fears of the housing bubble. We now know that the housing market

really is worrying. Not just the Bank of England but also Downing

Street. David Cameron has had to say that he is doing the rounds and he

is the warnings from the Bank of England. Those warnings from the

bank have become more explicit this evening and quoted here on the front

page because Charlie Bean, the retiring deputy of the governor of

the Bank of England has used his farewell speech to say that the

housing bubble is you really reminiscent of what happened to the

buildup in the crisis of 2008. There is a lot of worrying. But where are

the response ability lie for stopping another vast? That is the

question. Is it in Downing Street or is it in Threadneedle Street? Is all

your fault, isn't it? You had a number of years to build a whole

bunch of houses. You didn't do anything. You do have a point on the

housing... I have never been much of a housebuilder! I am no good with a

trowel. The shortage of supply is an absolutely fundamental problem. To

be fair to the Labour Party, they build houses they didn't build

enough and they recognise that. They do have a big programme at the

moment but the common thing that runs through all of this is market

and you leave it to themselves or do you intervene? Actually, all of the

stories show that you have to be prepared to intervene when the

markets are going crazy. The other thing about this Lloyds story, new

caps on home loans is that every time the mortgage industry decides

to tighten the rules on who can get a mortgage, whole categories of

people who would like to buy their own home yet ruled out. That is a

big danger. One of the things we have seen in this recovery is a huge

growth in self`employed people. Very difficult now. How are you going to

get a house was Mike yes, you don't need the obvious criteria. It is a

worry for people who would like to get on the housing market. Top of

the times as well, officers claimed they could bring down the

government. This is coming out of private hearings held by the

Metropolitan Police into the so`called Plebgate affaire. This is

the story that never stops delivering. There is always

something new on it. I used to cycle through those gates on a regular

basis and never had any problems! This is about whether or not the

police officers concerned were aware of the political implications of

what they were doing. There is a suggestion that one of the officers

textured shortly afterwards to say that it could actually even bring

down the government. Of course, Andrew Mitchell who is fighting in

action against what he perceives to have been in justice of his fourth

resignation. This is going to go on and on. This is because Andrew

Bichel is determined to clear his own name. He would clearly like to

rebuild take his political career and there are many people in the

Conservative party and beyond the Conservative party who would like to

see him reinstated. They don't like the idea of a Cabinet Minister being

wrought down by some sort of campaign unfairly. OK, when you need

to know anything in this country, you talk to a taxi driver. We know

that and David Cameron has decided he is going to do that with

elections coming up. He says he understands why people vote UKIP.

This newspaper has been doing a series where they have their own

taxi driver who has been interviewing the party leaders.

David Cameron is trying to justify himself to a very suspicious man who

is tempted to vote UKIP on Thursday. I'm afraid that he does not exceed

because at the end of this interview, the cab driver is still

saying that he is veering towards UKIP. If you read it from the point

of view of someone like myself, the message you get from it is that

making excuses and saying that you understand the UKIP message does not

work. It does not convince people, it just makes them feel happy about

choosing UKIP. That is why I am not that happy about either the

Conservative party or indeed now the Labour Party deciding to take this

tack, we understand where UKIP is coming from. I think you got to take

them on directly. Is this... Is this more than a gimmick or is this the

way that you actually do get the voice of the people? I never find

these articles very convincing. They are not designed to convince me,

they are designed to convince the reader is of the newspaper who may

find it genuine. To me, it does not sound genuine. Even the language

does not sound right. The verdict at the end, none of the leaders have

jumped off the page at me. That will be Tom Newton Dunn. That is a bit

cheeky. They did write a very fierce editorial, today? Lambast in Nigel

Farage for what they called racist language. Other people in politics

have been much more mealymouthed about whether it was racist or not.

When they feel people have crossed the lion, they do go for them.

Certainly, Prince Charles feels as though a certain Russian leader has

crossed the lion. `` line. Usually, when a royal uses language like

this, it is slightly offensive. I wanted to pack him on the back ``

pat him on the back. He is saying what a lot of people are thinking.

To annex the company, to foment unrest in the country, and use that

as an excuse to go in and take a slice of it is exactly what Hitler

did in the run`up the Second World War. The Daily Mail are going on to

say that it is likely to be seen as a criticism of the West will not

confronting Vladimir Putin. That seems a bit of a stretch. Yes, that

does seem a bit of a stretch. I don't think he is suggesting we

should be rearming. Miranda, Vladimir Putin would say he was

defending Russian speakers, defending those people who are his

countrymen, and that is what the leader should do. He would say that,

but I think the thing is, as this has gone on, experts are now saying

that those fears that we are entering a second Cold War are quite

real now, because Russia clearly seas NATO as an enemy, and they have

been using increasingly belligerent language `` sees. Stay with us and

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