15/06/2014 The Papers

coming up on Sportsday, the latest news from the World Cup as Argentina

take on Bosnia`Herzegovina. Welcome to our look ahead at what

the papers will be bringing you tomorrow. Normally they are at odds

with each other. Tony Blair has united at! As he often does. We will

come to him in a moment. First, The Indepedent, it leaves with a

reported execution of dozens of Iraqi soldiers right insurgent

forces. It said Iraqis heading to the Victorian war. The Financial

Times highlight the crisis and says Obama is deciding whether to launch

air strikes. The Telegraph features and other image from the suspected

execution. More coverage of Iraq in the Guardian. The Express claims

people could boost their pension pot by working for two years longer.

While on Iraq in The i with coverage of Tony Blair's remarks. The Daily

Mail says Tony Blair 's intervention has sparked fury. The Times claims

that is a row within government over education reforms. We must again

tonight with the situation in Iraq. The Iraqi government claiming they

seem to have regained the initiative after taking back some territory

that had been claimed by ISAs, the Sunni extremists making their way

towards Baghdad. We will start with the Telegraph. One of the pictures

that have appeared on lines. We are not able to verify that these

pictures are authentic. The consensus seems to be that they are

probably the real article. Rachel, the reason that people aren't

surprised either pictures and think they may be genuine is that ISIS do

have a reputation for committing atrocity? This is an ordination,

ISIS is so brutal that even Al Qaeda this associated itself from ISIS

earlier in the year. Yes, it does have a reputation for being brutal.

We cannot verify the pictures although it does seem likely. We do

not know how many. ISIS is saying that 1700 Iraqi soldiers have been

executed. That does seem quite a lot. Certainly, there have not been

any eyewitnesses at any executions or bodies or graves. All that is as

yet unverifiable. This is an organisation that is now engaged in

a propaganda war as much as anything else. These claims are clearly

intended to intimidate Iraqi soldiers who already, we saw how

quickly they surrendered when ISIS took over Mosul last week. That

people to the Daily Mail. We have not seen this front page yet

tonight. Fury at Tony Blair, the warmonger. He is now at peace and

weight to the Middle East. He was saying that you can't blame the 2003

invasion for this crisis. The situation in the Middle East would

have led to this anyway. You get rid have led to this anyway. You get rid

of a dictator and all sorts of sectarian interests come to the

fore. Of course, he had to get rid of that dictator that allow the

uprising to take place. It is interesting to note the loyalty that

is Prime Minister commands. John Prescott accused Mr Blair of trying

to take the west back to the Crusades. She was outspoken at the

time. I think a crusade and allergy has been used by Lord Prescott

before. He has not got a lot of friends around? And for very good

reason. Not just that people feel, you are personally responsible for

this situation and travesty of not properly apologising. Every

announcement he makes, even in the future, feels like the justification

of the past. People are asking themselves, what it is good ability

and what is his right to comment? What have you been elected to that

gives him a position to make such remarks. When Gordon Brown commented

upon Scotland about a week ago, Gordon Brown has every right to do

that. He is a Scottish MP. I want to know what it is that gives Tony

Blair the electoral legitimacy to make comments about what the west

should be doing. He is a Middle East peace to envoy. Emphasis on the

peace. His job is limited to helping improve conditions on the West Bank.

Bill Clinton doesn't go around doing this. George W Bush doesn't do this.

Tony Blair is the only man in the only man in a way to seems to feel

that he is entitled and has some kind of representative role,

representing the spirit, a spree of the west. George W Bush has made it

clear that he is not going to be... No, he stays at home and paints

watercolours! He would be much, and happier. We invited him on to do

interviews. I don't know who the Wii is here, it is the collectively. I

mean the media. Let's have a look at how the Financial Times is covering

this. US sending carriers to golf a few days ago. The government saying

they needed international help. Now stepping back a little bit.

Suggesting that they feel they might be on the front foot with this.

But, Barack Obama taking some time to think about how he will respond

and getting different messages from Democrats and Republicans as we

would expect. Yes, and pushing this aircraft carrier to the golf as

well. He is a tricky position because Republicans will always

outflanking on this issue and push for and more action. That may well

create a division between the Republican leadership and in basal

stop Republicans have suffered a blow recently with the defeat of

Eric Cantor. The equivalent of Ed Miliband being built in `` beaten.

This was a big blow to their morality `` morale. People push

exactly this kind of agenda. While this row is going on within

Congress, I suspect the average American broker, particularly the

average Republican voter properly done want to get stuck in the Middle

East again. Rachel, what might happen in Iraq is also very much in

the balance, even if the government to feel that they are making headway

against ISAs. The conditions that led to these militants making so

many games BT, all the ingredients are still in place stop exactly stop

that is the trouble. The situation in Iraq, partly because of the 2003

invasion and the aftermath and then Syria and Malachy also being very

sectarian and corrupt leader. That means that even if ISIS arc weld

now, that isn't a long`term solution. You still have those

factors on the ground. What is to happen is our much more raw data

unity government that addresses these causes that have created the

conditions for ISIS to thrive and to take advantage of the turmoil. Let's

move on to the times. Gof allied savages and number ten on schools.

This is a close ally of Michael Gove, Dominic Cummings who have

accused David Cameron of being bumbling and holding back radical

school reforms. What will this do to go's relationship with the PM is

blue it will reflect his relationship with Cummings a bit

more than that. The is quite amusing. He says he has a picture of

Macmillan on his wall and that is all you need to know. Michael Gove

does not come out of this well. It will damage his reputation again. I

cannot believe he has put Cummings are to this. Michael Gove does not

need this. He has once apologised to David Cameron because of the row

with Theresa May. He has apparently no ambitions. Leadership ambitions.

I think they are all limited to policy. Given this could get in the

way of implemented policy, you have got to ask yourself, what is Dominic

Cummings are to? Is just creating trouble here. Michael Gove would

have every right to be angry with his old friend. Isn't he just trying

to get a focus on what Michael Gove is really trying to do. The

suggestion is that David Cameron has not got the home into enable him to

do this with schools? Yes, this is the man who we remember as the voice

of reason who suggested that genetics had more to do with success

at schools than anything else. It is curious that he has picked this

Macmillan being that Damron `` David Cameron has a picture of Macmillan

on his wall. Villa that is supposed to be insulting to Cameron. It

speaks of that sense that Cameron represents the old Tories and

Michael Gove is more radical, a radical muscular liberal. Especially

on education policy. I get that is what Cummings I feel. But that does

not allow Michael Gove to come out and say that. Let's finish which ``

with a picture of a very special little boy. He is a great dribbler,

please for Palace. Get him to Brazil! Is only ten months old. That

is the genetics argument. I do like is the genetics argument. I do like

those overalls. He is very precocious. He is going to have to

wait a long time, I hope he does realise that. He has broadly made

more football in his eyes than I have. Even at ten months old! He can

dribble better than you? Not with my feet, no. That is all we will get

out of these two when it comes to the World Cup. Good to have you

here. Thank you very much. They will not agree this much they are

together. Stay with us, at midnight John Simpson offers his perspective

on Iraq as people die in bombings in Baghdad. Coming up next, Sportsday.