:00:25. > :00:26.With me is the political journalist and
:00:27. > :00:28.blogger, Susie Boniface, also known as the Fleet Street Fox, and Kiran
:00:29. > :00:32.Stacey, Political Correspondent for the Financial Times.
:00:33. > :00:35.Let's start with some of the front pages.
:00:36. > :00:37.As it emerges that the Bank of England is
:00:38. > :00:42.considering upping interest rates by the end of the year,
:00:43. > :00:44.The Telegraph has a clear warning from the Business Secretary Vince
:00:45. > :00:48.The Express says that a cure of Altzheimers could be
:00:49. > :00:52.Murdered for being Muslim is the Metro's headline as Police
:00:53. > :01:01.investigate the murder of a student stabbed to death in a park.
:01:02. > :01:07.The Guardian has more on the crisis in Iraq as the government in Baghdad
:01:08. > :01:13.have asked for air strikes from the US. Oil firms are evacuating staff
:01:14. > :01:17.from oilfields and refineries across the country, in the Financial Times.
:01:18. > :01:21.A political leader front of the times with the news that two surveys
:01:22. > :01:26.think Ed Miliband would not make a good Prime Minister. There was a
:01:27. > :01:28.report of the daily Mirror suggesting levels of poverty in
:01:29. > :01:41.Britain are on the rise, while the Daily Mail has news that Charles
:01:42. > :01:45.Taylor is suing the government, saying his detention breaches his
:01:46. > :01:54.human rights. We will start with the Guardian. Incentives given to young
:01:55. > :02:00.people, Ed Miliband making a special speech about this tomorrow, they
:02:01. > :02:06.feel that benefits would be a good story. They will love the headline.
:02:07. > :02:10.Lady getting tough on benefits. There is a lot of politics and
:02:11. > :02:15.welfare is a hugely criticised part of public policy. Labour have been
:02:16. > :02:19.trading on it. The most successful thing the government has done,
:02:20. > :02:25.according to the surveys, is putting a ?25,000 cap on household welfare.
:02:26. > :02:31.That's the maximum you can claim. If that is the case, Labour feel they
:02:32. > :02:37.have to get into this area, what Ed Miliband is doing in his typical
:02:38. > :02:42.style is something quite techy but significant. He says two things,
:02:43. > :02:47.first, young people who go on to jobseeker's allowance but don't have
:02:48. > :02:51.very good skills, not equipped for being in the workforce, will lose
:02:52. > :02:57.jobseeker's allowance entirely. That saves a bit of money, ?65 million.
:02:58. > :03:03.Second thing, anybody who has been in work for five years and paid in
:03:04. > :03:09.taxes for that long, will be able to claim a higher rate, up to ?71 per
:03:10. > :03:12.week. We are bringing back this idea of this contributory principle. But
:03:13. > :03:16.you could say this is unfair. What if you are a young person who
:03:17. > :03:20.happens to be in work for a couple of years, a downturn comes along, as
:03:21. > :03:24.a young person you are the first one out of the door, you won't be able
:03:25. > :03:29.to claim like somebody who has been in work for a long time and possibly
:03:30. > :03:32.has a lot of savings in the bank. And what about somebody who has had
:03:33. > :03:36.a tough upbringing, poor education, they don't have the skills, they
:03:37. > :03:40.can't get a job, the instantly fail, and they are almost completely cut
:03:41. > :03:44.off. There are some reasonably tough things to do, it won't save huge
:03:45. > :03:48.amounts of money, but it's a reasonable amount. The problem Ed
:03:49. > :03:53.Miliband will find is nothing looks as tough as thought the Tories have
:03:54. > :03:58.said. Nothing is exciting, that's what he needs to do, he needs to
:03:59. > :04:02.excite people. Whether there is good or bad about it, well, you know, it
:04:03. > :04:09.has taken him a long time to explain it. We didn't fall asleep. If you
:04:10. > :04:16.are going to be successful, your policy has got to be snappy. What is
:04:17. > :04:21.particularly interesting, to me, this is part of 30 radical measures
:04:22. > :04:28.which he has come up with to restore faith in politics. That includes an
:04:29. > :04:34.historically low period of voting turnout, never mind the police
:04:35. > :04:40.commissioners vote, in 2010 only 65% of people in Britain who could vote
:04:41. > :04:44.did vote. David Cameron and the Lib Dems are in power having only got
:04:45. > :04:49.half of a very small share of the vote. So if you can get more people
:04:50. > :04:55.voting, then you have more public approval. I want to know what the
:04:56. > :05:02.other 28 ideas are, because this one is really boring. Then you will be
:05:03. > :05:06.falling asleep. He said in hard times politicians just pumped hot
:05:07. > :05:11.power or it will be as hot air. He power or it will be as hot air. He
:05:12. > :05:33.needs to come out with things that will get him into Downing Street. We
:05:34. > :05:34.out all of his 28 other ideas. Calls out all of his 28 other ideas. Calls
:05:35. > :05:36.for air strikes to push back ISIS militants. President Obama has been
:05:37. > :05:37.leaders. There is no appetite for leaders. There is no appetite for
:05:38. > :05:41.another war, is there? Historically, getting back to colonial times, if
:05:42. > :05:49.you have made a mess somewhere, the invading power has a duty, a moral
:05:50. > :05:55.right to sort it out. A lot of this was talked about with the British
:05:56. > :05:59.Empire, if you come in, you ought to stay and administer control. This
:06:00. > :06:03.has not happened in Iraq. People have stayed there for ten years,
:06:04. > :06:07.thought they did a good job, and quickly it has turned to chaos.
:06:08. > :06:14.What's interesting about the ISIS business is that this isn't a
:06:15. > :06:17.surprise. It seems to have blown up. But these guys are producing annual
:06:18. > :06:24.reports on the Internet for their reports on the Internet for their
:06:25. > :06:40.investors for the past two years. MI6, the government, the people
:06:41. > :07:07.taking note of this kind of thing, have known about them for a good
:07:08. > :07:34.couple of years. They've been extorting $8 million in fines all of
:07:35. > :07:50.that time. The fact they have just taken over is not a shock. They have
:07:51. > :07:58.massive responsibility. They have let this happen and that this crisis
:07:59. > :07:59.developed. We have to stop this, because apparently something is
:08:00. > :08:09.going on in South America. Steven Gerrard is... Who? Here he is, he is
:08:10. > :08:23.talking at a press conference. Do the Raheem Sterling is going to be a
:08:24. > :08:32.star for many years? I don't want to put too much pressure on Raheem
:08:33. > :08:42.Sterling, but he had a wonderful career at `` a wonderful season at
:08:43. > :08:50.Liverpool. His game is growing, he had a fantastic performance the
:08:51. > :08:59.other night against Italy. `` do you think Raheem Sterling is going to be
:09:00. > :09:03.a star for many years for England? He is capable of creating and
:09:04. > :09:04.many caps and he will be a good many caps and he will be
:09:05. > :09:04.player for England. How is Alex's player for England. How is Alex's
:09:05. > :09:05.progress? Is he in contention for tomorrow? Are there any other
:09:06. > :09:14.injuries. He's not in contention for tomorrow, but he will take part in
:09:15. > :09:17.the next training session. Today was his last individual training
:09:18. > :09:20.session, if you like. At the limits, we could have taken a chance with
:09:21. > :09:24.him tomorrow, but it would be much better if he uses the four days
:09:25. > :09:26.after this game and before the Costa Rica game to train with the team.
:09:27. > :09:30.His actual injury has responded very well to treatment. I don't think we
:09:31. > :09:30.before he has had some training before he has had
:09:31. > :09:31.injuries. You asked the media not to injuries. You asked the media not to
:09:32. > :09:34.focus on Wayne Rooney. I have never asked the media anything. CHUCKLES
:09:35. > :09:37.The media seems to have ramped up their focus. I would compare it to
:09:38. > :09:39.the pressure put on him after Bloemfontein. Power out of
:09:40. > :09:40.proportion has the media pressure been on him? How do you manage that?
:09:41. > :09:42.`` how out of proportion. I try not `` how out of proportion. I try not
:09:43. > :09:44.to concentrate on pressure. I concentrate on things within my
:09:45. > :09:45.control. I don't control what people are writing, saying, all reporting.
:09:46. > :09:47.I can only work with the group. As far as I was concerned, I was more
:09:48. > :09:48.than happy with his performance against Italy. It was interesting to
:09:49. > :09:50.get the statistics back and find out he ran more than any other England
:09:51. > :09:51.player, had more sprints than any other England player, which perhaps
:09:52. > :09:52.wasn't always evident to people watching the game. Wayne Rooney and
:09:53. > :09:54.Steven Gerrard, they are alongside Frank Lampard, who hasn't featured
:09:55. > :09:55.Cup and European experience. They Cup and European experience. They
:09:56. > :10:00.are the players with 100 caps, or in Wayne Rooney's case, 80 odd caps.
:10:01. > :10:03.The focus is on them. Everybody understands that you cannot expect
:10:04. > :10:08.the younger players to shoulder the heavy part of the burden. The good
:10:09. > :10:12.thing is, Wayne Rooney is more than happy to do that. If he plays
:10:13. > :10:36.tomorrow night, then I am sure you will see that in his performance.
:10:37. > :10:45.It is not final. I believe some of the Uruguay players and their
:10:46. > :10:50.manager are going to treat it as a World Cup final. Equally, we will
:10:51. > :10:54.treat it with the same kind of importance, but it is not a cup
:10:55. > :11:00.final. That is a fact. Of course, it's a very important game, there is
:11:01. > :11:05.a lot at stake. Both teams in a very similar situation. For me, I think
:11:06. > :11:09.the key in this game is all defend the best, because you have got to
:11:10. > :11:13.map a very good teams, full of attacking players. We are very
:11:14. > :11:21.confident going into the game we can get the right result. `` two very
:11:22. > :11:26.good teams. How confident are you that your team has got the defeat
:11:27. > :11:30.against Italy out of their system? How confident are you they can play
:11:31. > :11:35.with the same fearlessness, the same attacking intent that was shown in
:11:36. > :11:44.that game, but did not get the result. That's a good question.
:11:45. > :11:48.Simple answer, I am confident. It is three important games, each game
:11:49. > :11:54.stands alone. We have had our first one, we have taken the good and the
:11:55. > :12:01.bad, analysed that, but I think we have definitely got it out of our
:12:02. > :12:05.system, to use your expression. Now we are 100% focused on tomorrow
:12:06. > :12:10.night. It's going to be a very exciting night, I think it will be a
:12:11. > :12:16.good game between two good teams. We always knew in this group one team
:12:17. > :12:20.at least was going to find it difficult to qualify, because there
:12:21. > :12:25.were more than two contenders for the qualification places. But we
:12:26. > :12:29.will do everything in our power to make certain it is asked who goes
:12:30. > :12:35.through, and not Uruguay. Although it isn't a final, it is still an
:12:36. > :12:50.important game that can decide if you are going to stay or leave the
:12:51. > :13:00.World Cup. `` certain it is us. What can you tell us about the way the
:13:01. > :13:06.team are feeling? The mood hasn't changed. It's still very positive.
:13:07. > :13:10.We were not too happy about the result against Italy. But as a team
:13:11. > :13:14.and a squad, we were upbeat about our performance, we took a lot of
:13:15. > :13:19.positives from the game. We are all well aware of how important this
:13:20. > :13:22.game is. We need to go into this game, forget about the result,
:13:23. > :13:26.because we cannot change that now. The only thing we can control is
:13:27. > :13:30.what happens tomorrow night over the 90 minutes. And it is important we
:13:31. > :14:05.perform to the level of the Italy game, if not better.
:14:06. > :14:12.As I said earlier, we are not complaining about that, but I don't
:14:13. > :14:15.think Uruguay are either. These conditions, if you're playing
:14:16. > :14:20.football at the intensity we play at, playing in these temperatures
:14:21. > :14:25.can only be advantageous. I can't deny that. But I must also say that
:14:26. > :14:30.playing in Manaus, it did not seem to stop us playing with the
:14:31. > :14:36.intensity we wanted to play at. Even though, of course, it was a harder
:14:37. > :14:41.task for the players. As far as I have been concerned when it comes to
:14:42. > :14:47.Brazil on so many occasions, you play in the conditions you find. We
:14:48. > :14:56.knew those conditions could vary, it could be very hot, it could be very
:14:57. > :15:01.humid, but also it could be quite cool, and there might be rain. I
:15:02. > :15:06.understand that he was suggesting that it is cooler and wetter it is
:15:07. > :15:16.better the European teams, and European `based players. What
:15:17. > :15:26.essentially is the challenge Uruguay pose? Stephen suggested if the team
:15:27. > :15:33.`` Stephen suggested it is the team he defends better that will win. We
:15:34. > :15:47.have two absolutely top performers in Luis Suarez and Diego Forlan.
:15:48. > :15:52.They have strong midfield players. Rodriguez, for example. They are a
:15:53. > :15:56.very experienced team. If you add those ingredients together you are
:15:57. > :16:03.painting a picture of a strong team. They must be disappointed with the
:16:04. > :16:06.opening day, `` they must have been disappointed with their opening
:16:07. > :16:12.game, it did not go the way they wanted. We expect to see Uruguay
:16:13. > :16:17.with all of their big guns blazing. We have to make certain that our
:16:18. > :16:21.defending, as a team, and as a unit, is sufficient to keep them at bay
:16:22. > :16:29.while of course asking questions of them ourselves. We can take three
:16:30. > :16:33.more questions. The way England played so positively
:16:34. > :16:37.in the first game, and other teams like Chile, have you been impressed
:16:38. > :16:42.with the positive attacking you have seen in this World Cup? I've been
:16:43. > :16:46.very impressed. It has been fantastic so far. I was delighted
:16:47. > :16:51.with our attacking performance against Italy. Although, I thought
:16:52. > :16:56.we maybe could have been a bit more calm in the final third with our
:16:57. > :17:01.final pass, and may be scored a few more goals. I have no doubt going
:17:02. > :17:05.into this game we will create Uruguay big problems going forward.
:17:06. > :17:09.We have a lot of pace and a lot of ability. I think you will see an
:17:10. > :17:13.attacking performance. I think that's the reason why believe the
:17:14. > :17:22.key to this game, if we can get our defensive side right, I believe we
:17:23. > :17:29.will win. We talked to a lot of your players this week, apart from Steven
:17:30. > :17:33.Gerrard who spake about Luis Suarez, most of the others avoided the
:17:34. > :17:39.question about Luis Suarez. Is this something that has come from Steve
:17:40. > :17:41.Peters? I wasn't aware of that. You have surprised me with that
:17:42. > :17:47.question. I had no idea the players had been ignoring questions about
:17:48. > :17:52.Luis Suarez. As far as I'm concerned, can answer as many
:17:53. > :17:57.questions about him as they like. Steve Peters does not have any input
:17:58. > :18:01.into that kind of thing. When we prepare for our press conferences,
:18:02. > :18:10.it is prepared for by other people than Steve Peters. Just curious at
:18:11. > :18:15.this stage in your career, the night before a big game like tomorrow, do
:18:16. > :18:19.you like to think about it a lot, do you go through it in your mind,
:18:20. > :18:25.visualise what is going to happen, do you prefer to forget about it and
:18:26. > :18:28.watch a movie? It's difficult to forget about it completely. Games at
:18:29. > :18:32.this level are important. I'm the captain, I need to think about my
:18:33. > :18:42.performance, the team performance the game plan. I will be on my
:18:43. > :18:46.computer, studying the opposition. I don't worry about anything. I'm in a
:18:47. > :18:51.confident mood. I have belief in my team`mates. There was a bit more
:18:52. > :18:56.preparation to do before we go into the game `` and there is a bit more
:18:57. > :19:03.preparation to do before we go into the game and I'll do that later.
:19:04. > :19:08.Hopefully it will be a good game to watch and I'm looking forward to it.
:19:09. > :19:16.In the first two matches in this group, we have seen a sort of slow
:19:17. > :19:20.Uruguayan defence, and England attacked with more pace than they
:19:21. > :19:24.possibly have done for a long time. Is that something that affects your
:19:25. > :19:28.strategy, your thoughts, your assessment going into this match?
:19:29. > :19:33.Specifically what has happened in the two games we have had in this
:19:34. > :19:37.group. We have been analysing Uruguay and their players for a long
:19:38. > :19:44.time. I would be very wary and cautious of making judgements on the
:19:45. > :19:48.Uruguayan team based on the last performance. Football matches throw
:19:49. > :19:51.up strange results sometimes. Sometimes with the best will in the
:19:52. > :19:55.world and the best preparation in the world, you go onto the field and
:19:56. > :20:00.things don't quite go your way, you don't manage to find your form, you
:20:01. > :20:04.don't play at your top level. In the opening game, as far as I was
:20:05. > :20:07.concerned, they did not play to the level in which they are capable ``
:20:08. > :20:12.of which they are capable. I think they will make things difficult for
:20:13. > :20:15.us tomorrow. The final part, does not matter what offends you have, it
:20:16. > :20:21.doesn't even if you have defenders you would analyse or classify as
:20:22. > :20:26.quite fast, once you get playing against players of Luis Suarez's
:20:27. > :20:30.ability, or Daniel Sturridge's ability, that technique married to
:20:31. > :20:35.their speed, their agility, their fast footwork, it doesn't matter
:20:36. > :20:41.what offended you are, you have a job on your hands to deal with it.
:20:42. > :20:45.Thank you very much everybody. That was Roy Hodgson, the England
:20:46. > :20:49.manager, and his captain, Steven Gerrard, at that press conference in
:20:50. > :20:54.Sao Paulo. Still with me in the studio, you were riveted by that, I
:20:55. > :20:58.know you were. Three big things which came out of it, Alex
:20:59. > :21:01.Oxlade`Chamberlain will not be risked for the game against Uruguay
:21:02. > :21:05.tomorrow because he is still recovering from an injury. Steven
:21:06. > :21:08.Gerrard says he is confident we will get the result, the right result,
:21:09. > :21:14.and he studies the competition on his iPad. I like the image of him
:21:15. > :21:18.late at night on his iPad, the night before a big game, studying the
:21:19. > :21:27.opposition, definitely studying the opposition. You reckon he isn't
:21:28. > :21:29.doing that? I don't know. What a football players do on the Internet?
:21:30. > :21:41.Chuckles CHUCKLES
:21:42. > :21:47.Easy. Now, the weather. A nice day coming up for everybody
:21:48. > :21:52.`` a nice few days coming up for everybody. Dried foremost, there
:21:53. > :21:53.will be odd shower for