05/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.parties today. He could have been pushed further on that. Now we will

:00:00. > :00:14.have a look at tomorrow's newspapers.

:00:15. > :00:16.Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers

:00:17. > :00:21.With me here in London is Craig Woodhouse, Political

:00:22. > :00:24.Correspondent for The Sun and, in our Glasgow studio, Jeane Freeman

:00:25. > :00:31.Tomorrow's front pages, starting with the Independent, which leads

:00:32. > :00:39.with the resignation of Conservative Minister Baroness Warsi which, it

:00:40. > :00:46.says, has sparked a rebellion in the party over Gaza The Metro covers the

:00:47. > :00:51.end of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's bribery trial

:00:52. > :00:55.following a ?60 million pound payment from the 83`year`old.

:00:56. > :00:57.The Financial Times also follows the story, and says the settlement

:00:58. > :01:03.The Express warns that energy bills may soar as suppliers scramble to

:01:04. > :01:08.The Telegraph says Britain's first genetically modified crops will be

:01:09. > :01:14.harvested within weeks following a research trial Hertfordshire.

:01:15. > :01:18.And on the cover of the Guardian is a write`up of the referendum TV

:01:19. > :01:21.debate, with the paper saying Alastair Darling landed a barrage

:01:22. > :01:40.We will start with the Independent, which leads with the resignation of

:01:41. > :01:46.Baroness Warsi, saying that she sparks a Tory rebellion over Gaza,

:01:47. > :01:51.implementing the thought process, I suppose, that others could follow?

:01:52. > :01:55.Absolutely. This is a claim she has made subsequently as well, that

:01:56. > :01:58.there are other party `` others in the party, maybe even other

:01:59. > :02:02.ministers, who might be prepared to resign. This came after an

:02:03. > :02:05.incredible resignation statement, the likes of which we cannot

:02:06. > :02:09.remember in Westminster, saying that the position was morally

:02:10. > :02:11.indefensible and that it could have implications for breeding new

:02:12. > :02:18.extremists in Britain who could turn against Britain. She certainly is

:02:19. > :02:21.pulling no punches. Other Conservative backbenchers have

:02:22. > :02:24.already come out in support of her, whereas others, including the

:02:25. > :02:28.Chancellor George Osborne, are on the other side of the fence, saying

:02:29. > :02:31.that her resignation was disappointing and frankly

:02:32. > :02:36."unnecessary", which is pretty strong line which from the

:02:37. > :02:41.Chancellor of the Exchequer. And Jeane, we remember David Cameron's

:02:42. > :02:45.big announcement, that Baroness Warsi was going to be sitting in his

:02:46. > :02:49.cabinet, the first Muslim female in a British government cabinet. Do you

:02:50. > :02:54.think this is a major blow for David Cameron? I think it is a bit of a

:02:55. > :02:58.blow, because I suspect that, perhaps not in the language she

:02:59. > :03:01.used, but there is certainly growing disquiet around what is happening in

:03:02. > :03:08.Gaza, amongst the British population. I think it is unsettling

:03:09. > :03:11.for him. The interesting thing is not only what she has said and the

:03:12. > :03:20.language she has used, but that she has resigned when he is on holiday.

:03:21. > :03:25.That is designed to discomfort and wrong`foot a political colleague,

:03:26. > :03:32.and I think that also partly explains to things. One, weight is

:03:33. > :03:37.saying in the Independent, that Boris Johnson appears to be

:03:38. > :03:40.supporting her by saying that the Israeli action is disproportionate,

:03:41. > :03:42.and it also partly explains why George Osborne has come out so

:03:43. > :03:49.strongly in his criticism of what she has done. We will look at the

:03:50. > :03:53.Telegraph, which puts it a bit more bluntly. The headline, another

:03:54. > :03:59.minister could quit, Baroness Warsi warns Cameron. This could not be the

:04:00. > :04:03.end of it. David Cameron has criticised the amount of civilian

:04:04. > :04:07.deaths in Gaza. What exactly is the issue that Baroness Warsi and

:04:08. > :04:11.potentially other ministers have? This is the thing that was slightly

:04:12. > :04:14.perplexing about the whole thing. She has not resigned on a point of

:04:15. > :04:18.principle like going to war. She appears to be resigning on a point

:04:19. > :04:23.of principle about language. It is all about this use of

:04:24. > :04:27."disproportionate force", which triggers, under international law,

:04:28. > :04:31.the ability to take action against people. That word, disproportionate,

:04:32. > :04:35.which senior ministers will not use, and which Boris Johnson did use, and

:04:36. > :04:43.which Baroness Warsi would like to have seen used, she also caused for

:04:44. > :04:45.us to immediately cease arms sales to Israel, which is something that

:04:46. > :04:51.although the government is reviewing it, it seems unlikely. The Telegraph

:04:52. > :04:56.says another minister has threatened to resign. Any idea how senior that

:04:57. > :05:00.minister could be? No idea. We only have her word for it. The incredible

:05:01. > :05:04.thing about this resignation is how she controlled it herself. She did

:05:05. > :05:07.it on Twitter, she put her resignation letter out on Twitter.

:05:08. > :05:12.Normally Downing Street does it. She controlled at herself, and as we

:05:13. > :05:17.have heard, the Prime Minister was on holiday, unable to do anything

:05:18. > :05:23.except point at fish, seemingly. Jeane, do you think this is

:05:24. > :05:27.something that gets public support, when ministers quit like this? I am

:05:28. > :05:32.not sure. If people have particular views one way or the other, in terms

:05:33. > :05:37.of Gaza or Israel, then yes, it will get support. But by and large, the

:05:38. > :05:41.public do not pay that much attention, to be honest, two

:05:42. > :05:44.ministers who come and go. And I suspect a significant number of them

:05:45. > :05:50.do not even know who Baroness Warsi is. They will glance at the

:05:51. > :05:56.headline, but move on. Another leading story in the Telegraph is

:05:57. > :05:59.the blackouts that left England in the dark over the Scottish

:06:00. > :06:04.referendum debate last night. Just explain to us what happened, Jeane,

:06:05. > :06:08.I'm sure you watched it where you were, but could watch it on TV. I

:06:09. > :06:16.could watch it on TV, but the problem was that the STV Livelink

:06:17. > :06:19.through the Internet went down. So people outside of Scottish

:06:20. > :06:26.television's broadcasting area could not access it. And that actually did

:06:27. > :06:31.include some people, from what I could see on Twitter, some people in

:06:32. > :06:36.the southern parts of Scotland who could not access the debate either

:06:37. > :06:40.through television or through the Internet, and that seems to have

:06:41. > :06:47.been the problem. The demand was high, and their airline crashed. It

:06:48. > :06:50.appears that people have not been as passionate about politics in

:06:51. > :06:54.Scotland as they are now since 1919. There seems to be a real

:06:55. > :07:03.passion about this referendum in Scotland? I was not around in 1919.

:07:04. > :07:08.Well, I have read about it. Yes, it seems amazing that we could not

:07:09. > :07:13.watch this down here. It will not just dismay non`Scottish people down

:07:14. > :07:17.here, but it will especially dismay Scots who are living in England and

:07:18. > :07:20.Wales who want to follow this debate and who would probably quite like to

:07:21. > :07:24.have a vote in it, although they cannot, and this idea that you have

:07:25. > :07:29.to try to find some kind of hokey Internet linkup, trying to watch

:07:30. > :07:33.some sports betting the `` you may not be supposed to watch, it is kind

:07:34. > :07:35.of farcical. This is of huge importance to Britain and the United

:07:36. > :07:53.Kingdom and it should have been on international television. I felt it

:07:54. > :08:00.was OK. It was not particularly stunning from either side to be

:08:01. > :08:04.honest. Your point about Scots being involved passionately in political

:08:05. > :08:10.debate is absolutely right but it is not through televised debate, it is

:08:11. > :08:15.through the many public meetings and discussions on high streets that are

:08:16. > :08:22.coming about that is involving large numbers of people of note political

:08:23. > :08:25.party. People who have never been engaged in political activity before

:08:26. > :08:30.who are now coming out on wet nights, sunny night, and asking very

:08:31. > :08:40.serious and very thoughtful questions. If if nothing else, at

:08:41. > :08:45.the end of this, we will have a very politically literate population in

:08:46. > :08:52.Scotland. That is a good thing. How difficult are you finding it to sell

:08:53. > :08:58.to southern people? It is tricky because people do not have a vote.

:08:59. > :09:05.It is still important. It is difficult to engage people in

:09:06. > :09:09.something they didn't have a say in. I would be interested to see the

:09:10. > :09:24.general election turnout in 2015 in Scotland at dealers and carry from

:09:25. > :09:28.this. We will look at the Guardian the Alistair Darling adds baggage of

:09:29. > :09:37.blows to Alex Salmond. It is people talking about who won. The ICM poll

:09:38. > :09:42.for the Guardian said that Alistair Darling won by 56%. We have became

:09:43. > :09:51.analysis within seconds of them analysis within seconds of them

:09:52. > :09:56.finishing who the winner is. The key question seems to be that Alex

:09:57. > :10:04.Salmond could not provide his plan B if Scotland could not use the pound.

:10:05. > :10:11.This is a fairly clear victory. If the vote went 56`44, the would`be

:10:12. > :10:16.clamour for another vote within a few years. That is a view on

:10:17. > :10:22.Alistair Darling 's that there has to be a crushing victory. Do you

:10:23. > :10:29.agree with the headline? I do not agree that he landed a bad age of

:10:30. > :10:32.blows. It is clear to see that Alistair Darling was strongest when

:10:33. > :10:40.he was talking about currency but he floundered when he was asked to

:10:41. > :10:43.describe alternative powers that the prounion parties are offering to

:10:44. > :10:51.Scotland in terms of taxation. That is deeply unclear. It was relatively

:10:52. > :10:59.evenly balanced. The interesting thing for me was that I am not

:11:00. > :11:04.convinced that we saw the best of our First Minister in terms of the

:11:05. > :11:09.passion that he has for the kind of Scotland that he wants. I am not

:11:10. > :11:12.convinced that Alistair Darling was nearly challenged enough in his

:11:13. > :11:17.constant assertion that being part of the UK was a good thing when you

:11:18. > :11:21.look at some of the difficulties that people are facing in terms of

:11:22. > :11:27.welfare cuts, food banks and all the rest of it. It was a debate for me

:11:28. > :11:41.that was disappointing. There were some balls that were not landed. ``

:11:42. > :11:45.some blows. The Guardian poll reflects the ball that was taken

:11:46. > :11:49.before the debate. The No campaign did not do any better and neither

:11:50. > :11:55.did the Yes campaign. It sounds like that. To remind you at home if you

:11:56. > :12:02.want to watch the debate in and fill it will be broadcast on BBC

:12:03. > :12:07.Parliament at 7pm tomorrow. You can make up your own mind about who did

:12:08. > :12:15.well in that debate. We have time to look at the metro. It dedicates the

:12:16. > :12:21.front page to Bernie Ecclestone and his ?60 million payoff. This

:12:22. > :12:26.incredible story out of Germany that a man facing a massive bribery trial

:12:27. > :12:32.has somehow managed to have this trial removed from his head for the

:12:33. > :12:40.cheap house of ?60 million. It is sparked some anger. It seemed

:12:41. > :12:46.slightly amazing that this is a way that you can achieve justice. Bernie

:12:47. > :12:56.Ecclestone is known as Aquila dealer has managed to do it again and

:12:57. > :13:02.remains innocent of all charges. The really interesting thing is that it

:13:03. > :13:07.is jaw`dropping that it could happen. In terms of Germany's legal

:13:08. > :13:14.framework it is entirely legitimate for him to have done this. He has

:13:15. > :13:20.taken the opportunity that was there in that legal framework and he has

:13:21. > :13:24.negotiated himself a good deal for justice. Thank you for taking us

:13:25. > :13:34.through the papers from Scotland. Thank you to you cake as well. ``

:13:35. > :13:47.Craig. We start at

:13:48. > :13:51.the Women's Rugby Union World Cup in France, where Ireland have pulled of

:13:52. > :13:55.the shock of the tournament so far. They beat reigning champions New

:13:56. > :14:01.Zealand 17`14 just outside Paris.