19/06/2014 The Papers

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

Welcome to my guests. Tomorrow's front pages. Starting with the

Telegraph. The crisis in Iraq is the main story. It has an interview with

the former head of the CIA. The government claims new rules

introduced could prevent conservative Muslims from being

trustees of schools. The Financial Times says new IT

systems have brought some departments in Whitehall to a

virtual standstill. Faces painted with the expressions

of the English bands on the front of the Times. Glum, after their key

World Cup game loss. Luis Suarez console in his good

friend, the England captain Steven Gerard, by ruffling his hair.

The Mail reports on a sharp rise in the cancers caused by lifestyle

choices like smoking and sunbaking. The Express offers some hope in the

fight against cancer and says vegetables like carrots could be the

key. The Times first and its coverage of

the Iraq story. Just checking that I am on the same page as everybody

else. Of course we have been hearing from President Obama today, talking

about what kind of commitment the Americans can make Iraq, given this

march by the Sunni insurgents, ISIS. Special forces head for Baghdad as

US targets military action. That suggests it's a little more imminent

and the president said. He said, should the time the right? Now he is

talking in terms such as targeting and precise military action. While

at the same time insisting that ground action is completely out of

the question. It still smacks of the West going on and intervening and

possibly causing more friction. Difficult when Iraq asks you for

airstrikes, isn't it? It is but then the Iraqi government itself is going

to ask for any help it can, when it is facing some kind of civil

uprising. Problem is that we don't really know what the implications

are if we do go in, because we have had such bad experiences in the

past. America we built and trained the Iraqi army. `` rebuilt. It

disbanded the whole thing and started training them in 2003. In

2011 the US pulled out. Now we are seeing the whole situation falling

apart. And they don't quite know how to handle it. I think the idea is

they are sending in military advisers, which seems... 300 of

them. A little bit like some ground force, to assess what targets to

strike, if they are going to strike. But many Arab countries are calling

for them not to get involved militarily. The military leaders in

America feel they are in the dark about this and they don't know who

they will be striking. It's not as if the ISIS fighters where uniform.

Exactly and that's half the problem, determining who the bad guys are in

this situation. Also, in aggravating the situation with neighbouring

countries, because, as you say, Saudi Arabia has already warned

against any intervention from the West. They are worried it will

inflame the situation even more. It is one of these awful situations.

Your natural instinct is to say, you want to help, you want to stop this.

But maybe the main aim is to at least stop the advance of ISIS. At

the moment they are just cutting a swathe through lots of areas, which

is very scary. Very different pressures on Barack Obama from the

Democrats and Republicans and also little appetite from other

countries. After the promise of no more ground action, they really

don't want to see them go any further. But it is difficult, as you

say. The problem with that is with airstrikes there's the problem with

the S `` with innocent victims. Michael Gove's rules could prevent

conservative Muslim being trustees of schools. Community leaders are

warning that some Watson's would effectively be part of becoming

trustees or governors. Is that what they want to see, really? This is in

the light of the Trojan horse controversy as it is being called,

with quite conservative Muslim is having an impact in the way schools

are run in Birmingham. I must admit that I don't know if I'm missing

something here, but what he seems to be saying is that we want to make

sure that people who are governors of schools do are by high what he

calls fundamental British values. I think the word fundamental is

perhaps a bit unfortunate. At the actual issues that he talks about,

respect for democracy, the law, equality, tolerance of other faith,

mutual respect, community service, you would have thought that surely

governors of schools should have those very values. And if somebody

doesn't have those values, should we be concerned about the education

provided in that school? I'm not sure that they are fundamentally

reddish as opposed to fundamentally values of anywhere. It is difficult

to know what the problem is. Maybe they are worried that people will

interpret these in ways that might be prejudiced against certain

groups. I would have thought that if people can't sign up to these basic

values. bar to Muslims becoming governors.

They want a diverse range of people from all faiths to serve in

governing bodies. It is right that we prevent unsuitable people from

becoming governors. We believe any behaviour which undermined

democracy, the rule of law, respect and tolerance is incompatible with

being a governor in a state funded school in England. As you say, that

seems fairly self explanatory. I would have thought that most Muslims

would sign up for that. Leeds if you were setting those values, what sort

of people are setting those values? But you can't argue with those, can

you? Leeds as you say, that seems fairly straightforward `` as you

say, that seems fairly straightforward. What is different?

A senior member of the Muslim Council of Britain says that as a

matter of principle to have so much power in this that in one hand is

wrong. To have so much power in any area is dangerous. He suggests there

needs to be a balance, a governing body in every school. But OFSTED

have to go and check whether this is happening. And where would they not

be a consensus? I'm not sure. Maybe we are missing something. May it

continues on page two? Moving on to the Telegraph. Ministers' passport

solution. Families should think about taking their summer holidays

in Britain in the wake of crises at the passport office. This is the

suggestion from the tourism Minister Helen Grant who was speaking while

in Brazil. Lucky her. And she is planning a holiday in Spain. So she

has no issues with her passport. This really gets people's backed up.

It really does. The tourism minister saying why don't you stay at home?

That is not the point. The point is that if you have walked a holiday,

you can't go. If you haven't booked a holiday abroad, you probably won't

be worried. `` booked a holiday. So people have already decided they

want to travel, and they can't. That is the problem. It is a classic

mouth before rain, note thought there at all `` mouth before brain.

It is true that you can have great holidays in Britain, but if you need

a passport... You have already bought the holiday and you want to

go. And disability benefits. This is not the support allowance we have

been talking about all day, this is a different one. This is the

personal independence payment which is paid to people with disabilities

to help them live independently. And replaces the previous allowance,

which was the Disability Living Allowance. Apparently it is taking

months for people to have a decision made on their claim. It is causing

huge amounts of distress in the process. The Independent revealed

that some claimants have been forced to turn to food banks, apply for

loans, or rely on charity to survive. Which on top of everything,

you actually have to put up with in that position, it is an

incredible... Another example of a very hardhearted attitude. In the

way that things are being carried out. But the number of things

involved in the systems which will have to change, yes, there are

people at the heart of this who are struggling. These reforms are never

quick, are they? They are always slow and cumbersome and fraught with

difficulties. And we have such a complex benefits system, that any

change you make to it throws up all kinds of goblins. You have to feel

for people who are already disabled, particularly ill, and being told

they have to wait six months. Terminally ill people having to

wait. `` all kinds of problems. The medical assessments are being done

by another body. I imagine DWP was working hard to try and improve it

or not but it seems to be taking time. A sharp rise in cancers caused

by lifestyle. The usual suspects, alcohol, obesity, sunbaking, it is

up to us to prevent this. I saw this at first, and I don't want to make

light of cancer, but it strikes me that unhealthy lifestyle will cause

you to become ill. Drinking, smoking... It is the fact that it is

only increase. We are at figures which should go down and down. But

how do we do this? We see with cigarettes that all sorts of efforts

are being made over marketing, which don't always work. Do we need to do

the same with alcohol and poor quality food? It sounds as if a

thing is becoming a problem. Liver cancer is up a 66%. Overall cancers

are up by 27% over ten year period. Interestingly, the North has a

higher incidence of cancer. There was talk yesterday about refusing

people treatment in A if they are drunk. All of this has invitations

for the NHS and what it can do. But there is only so much you can do.

The incidence of skin cancer increased by 61%. That is going on

holidays in hot countries. So we should stay at home in the rain.

Looking at the Daily Express. Carrots can fight cancer. The danger

is that we talk about cancer as though it is one disease and of

course it is many different sorts. The argument here is that there are

natural compounds in carrots that protect it from attack by pestilent

diseases, and if we could harness that, it seems, maybe it would help

us. It seems that these cures are a long way off. They hope that these

polyester `` chemicals in carrots which protect the carrot itself from

attack, could be used to prevent attacks from cancer type diseases in

humans. So let us all eat celeriac. I like those vegetables. It says

they are going to recruit schools of volunteers to participate in a

dietary trial. If you don't like carrots at the beginning, you might

at the end. Let us look at a miniature carousel of things. A

patronising ruffle of the hair by Luis Suarez. The Sun says we are

through, but there is a huge caveat. It says that if Italy beat Costa

Rica, and then we score against Costa Rica, we will be through.

Finally, the Times. Game over, it asks. How might they still make it

through? Leeds amazingly, if there is a chance that if they beat Costa

Rica, it seems a bit mad to suggest that the team could win just one

game and get through, but England must beat Costa Rica, and then we

will all be cheering on Friday that Italy do indeed beat Costa Rica and

that the Italians are much better at keeping Luis Suarez quiet than

England were tonight. Basically, Italy must go through with maximum

points, and England must hope that they beat Costa Rica by a handful of

goals. It's possible. It is possible. We have to hope. We can't

possibly give up now. If there is still a chance, we have to believe.

It is time for all England fans to start praying. Towards Christ the

Redeemer. They have paid a lot of money to get there. We will wait and

see. We can only hope. We are all behind them. Thank you both, it is

time for World Cup