05/06/2014 The Papers

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League athletics in Rome. But is in 15 minutes after the papers.

Welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will bring us tomorrow.

With us, a contributing editor for Esquire magazine John Harrison and

Lynn Faulds Wood. Let's start with those front pages. The FT leads with

the news that the European Central Bank has cut the deposit interest

rate to below zero in an unprecedented move to encourage

lending. The Telegraph has more on President

Obama stepping into the debate over Scotland's future, while a photo of

a D`Day veteran on in Normandy beach dominates the front page. The same

image is the Metro's front`page, with the simple message, thank you.

The Guardian has an exclusive interview with Jean`Claude Yunker,

the front runner to become European Commission president, in which he

says he will not beg Britain for the job.

An image of a D`Day veteran dominates the temp won's front`page

`` it dominates the Daily Mail's front`page. Arrested for having a

fat kid is the Sun's headline, clipping the parents of an

11`year`old boy were questioned by police after their son weighed in at

15 stone. Let's begin with the foreign

intervention, as it is being described, possibly an unwelcome

one, in the Daily Telegraph. Is urges Scotland not to leave

extraordinary union. Lin, you are bound to have a comment on this.

Well, he was asked this question at the G7 press conference, standing

beside David Cameron. And he just reacted and said, it is up to the

folks of Scotland. I don't think he meant it to be as strong as it is.

Well, people are looking for the nuances in these things. He talks

about the need for a strong and United UK. Everyone is looking at

the word United. It could be united in lots of ways. I don't think he

stepped into this, he has been yanked into it. This was not a

calculated intervention, I don't think. He has mouth some platitudes

about strength and unity, which is what presidents do. The interesting

thing to me is that Alec Salmond, very adroit at being able to turn

anything to his advantage, has responded in a very low`key way. He

has not said this is an affront to Scotland, stop interfering. He

borrowed the catchphrase, yes, we can. So I think people are more

exercised about the notion of a president discussing something in a

foreign country than the substance of what he said. I don't think this

will make any difference. It will not sway anybody? I don't think so.

If David Cameron does the Scots, don't vote for independence, they

will all say, sorry, up yours, we will do what we like. Are we allowed

to say that? I don't know. A bit rude. But the Scots are a very

independent minded lot. That does not mean they will vote for

independence, but if you tell them not to, they will do it. The idea

that a politician as skilled as President Obama is being dragged

into something and is being conscious of what he might be asked

and how he needs to do is bond, is that not naive of him? Well, he had

a lot of things to think about. But he was standing about David Cameron

`` next to David Cameron. Well, he could be interpreted as saying,

stick together, folks. But if you look at his words, they are not that

strong. If he wanted to make a strong in detention, he would have

been a lot less opaque about it. He would have been very clear and said,

we want Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom. So the idea that

it will anger Scots because it was an unsolicited intervention from

abroad will not fly? It does not seem to have angered Scots. Alex

Salmond handled it in his usual good way by saying yes, we can, and

linking it back to Obama. I think Alex Salmond will be delighted,

because it has elevated the issue to the international stage. For a day!

Something else will be along in a minute. The no campaign has welcomed

the president's contrition. That could mean anything. `` his

contribution. There is a poster of him as the flying Scotsman. Somebody

has said, does that mean lying Scotsman? It is amazing what a

picture can do for your reputation. Staying with the Daily Telegraph,

there is an extraordinary photograph on the front. It is a man who is an

89`year`old veteran, one of many taking part in the commemorations on

the Normandy beach chairs, revisiting gold be shut. `` Gold

Beach. It is a fantastic image and an opportunity for people to say

thank you to the few hundred veterans who are still left. It is a

beautiful photograph. It is incredibly moving. The fact that the

weather is so good has also lent a magical quality to these pictures.

This is one of the things we can all unite around. When you look at the

state of European politics and the fractiousness of it, you look at

this time when we could all agree on something. There was a national

purpose. And in the Daily Telegraph, it says he was there at 19. He said,

we landed on the beach and saw this pile of blankets there. We just had

one over us and went to sleep, because they were not ready to run

up the hill yet and be shot at. I thought, that is amazing, a

19`year`old being there for a start, and then just go to sleep on the

beach until they were ready. They are under play what they did. They

are so sanguine about it. This is our grandparents and our fathers'

generations. Those are the kinds of people they were. There is a

poignancy to this anniversary, because in ten years' time, it will

be very different. Loss of the book will not be there. There is an

extent to which this is the last elevation of this kind we will see.

That adds an extra dimension to it. And one of the chaps was saying when

they ran up the hill being shot at, we had a few skirmishes. They just

talk about it like that when they were people dying all around. It was

the turning point. Let's move on to the FT. Mario Bergoglio from the

European Central Bank made a historic rate cut to stave off

deflation. Interest rate have now dropped so low that they are under

0%. They don't want the banks stashing their money with the

European Central Bank any more and getting any interest. They want the

banks to spend the money. They are putting 400 billion into the banks

to lend to businesses to get Europe moving. But if we remember in

Britain, when we gave the banks money to get businesses going, they

sat on the money. So I hope they are doing something in Europe to make

sure the same does not happen. The negative interest rate means it

costs you money to keep your money on deposit. I did not realise this

was possible. Apparently, you can. Didn't they do this in Japan a while

back, when their economy was in a mess? They had gone to 0%, and that

they had to drop it even further because they were very concerned. To

an economic elite at like me, I feel I am being softened up in the UK for

rising interest rates. We are hearing loss of stories about the

inevitable rise in interest rates and that people will not be able to

handle it. This is Europe heading in the other direction, lowering

interest rates. I am in literature in economics, but it looks like I am

in literature in economics, but it looks like a Dover agents `` a

diverges between what is happening in the UK and the Eurozone. The

Guardian still has a European flavour. You mentioned Jean`Claude

Junker, described as the embattled and runner to head the EU executive.

He says he will not come begging to Britain for the top job. On BBC News

tonight, I think I saw him being rather rude by journalist who asked

him a legitimate question, what about Britain? And he snapped at

him. He was the lead runner before the elections across Europe, which

showed that there is considerable anxiety about Europe continuing the

way it has. These people should realise that they work for us. We

don't work for them. They have to understand that we want change in

Europe. Every country that voted signalled that. Stop heading that

way when a journalist asks a question. It shows such a tin ear

for the way European politics is moving. Even pro`Europeans recognise

that there has to be reform. moving. Even pro`Europeans recognise

that there Those behind the European project want to see it become more

responsive. You don't want to see someone strutting around, saying, I

do want to be forced to get on my knees before the British. What

bothers me is the British press campaign. Something got lost in

translation. There are some ground people in Brussels who think that

they are above their station. If this chap is going to behave like

that as well, let's get a woman in. I am sure there are grand women in

Europe who are just as bad. They are wholly nice people. Fair enough.

Vodafone reveals mass state surveillance. They have revealed the

existence of secret wires that allow Government agencies to listen to all

the conversations on its networks, saying they are widely used in 29

countries that they operate in. Are we surprised? I am not surprised.

Liberty so they are terrified. I am not at all surprised. I am not sure

be doing better at combating be doing better at combating

terrorism and criminals? We are not doing badly at combating terrorism.

It is better than it could have been. This is Guardian catnip.

Julian Assange, surveillance state, the perfect story. But if it is true

it is great they get it. I am surprised it is so small. We were

talking about this earlier. With the best will in the world, it will not

deliver the best pictures. It is hard to beat what you are seeing on

the page. It is interesting that it continues their campaign about state

surveillance and cross state surveillance. Whether we can get to

the bottom of this and find out something new is happening, I don't

know. Doesn't this seem like something we haven't already seen

previously? I have not seen Vodafone admitting it and apparently it is

huge that they are admitting it. If it is happening with Vodafone,

surely it is happening with other networks. They have had to admit it

for the article but it is a risk because people will try and decide

who to go with. They might not choose Vodafone because they think

they are being listened to. I don't care if people listen to me because

I am not saying anything interesting. They have proactively

released it almost as a kind of gambit against this continuing

surveillance. The things they have asked today, they have publicised it

because these are the things governments are asking them to do.

Going back to the Telegraph, why hungry men like a super`sized lover.

Men find the kind of voluptuous figure for which Rubens was famed

attractive when they are packaged. Is this a reason not to go on a

diet? I am on the slim side so I don't think I want to join in this.

If I had that kind of figure, I would make sure that my man ate

dinner before going out with him possibly. Does this ring true for

you? It is a new one on me. In our currently well fed society, this

could account for the popularity of the Kate Moss type, the extremely

slim female. Maybe. Maybe it is one of those weird surveys. And what do

women go for? If you have skipped a meal, you go for a larger man. It is

equal, not just men. That is it for this hour. But they will be back

with us at 11:30pm for another look at the stories making the front

pages. Stay with us on BBC News. At 11 o'clock, President Obama's

intervention in the debate about Scottish independence. Coming up

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