05/08/2014 The Papers

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

have a look at tomorrow's newspapers.

Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers

With me here in London is Craig Woodhouse, Political

Correspondent for The Sun and, in our Glasgow studio, Jeane Freeman

Tomorrow's front pages, starting with the Independent, which leads

with the resignation of Conservative Minister Baroness Warsi which, it

says, has sparked a rebellion in the party over Gaza The Metro covers the

end of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's bribery trial

following a ?60 million pound payment from the 83`year`old.

The Financial Times also follows the story, and says the settlement

The Express warns that energy bills may soar as suppliers scramble to

The Telegraph says Britain's first genetically modified crops will be

harvested within weeks following a research trial Hertfordshire.

And on the cover of the Guardian is a write`up of the referendum TV

debate, with the paper saying Alastair Darling landed a barrage

We will start with the Independent, which leads with the resignation of

Baroness Warsi, saying that she sparks a Tory rebellion over Gaza,

implementing the thought process, I suppose, that others could follow?

Absolutely. This is a claim she has made subsequently as well, that

there are other party `` others in the party, maybe even other

ministers, who might be prepared to resign. This came after an

incredible resignation statement, the likes of which we cannot

remember in Westminster, saying that the position was morally

indefensible and that it could have implications for breeding new

extremists in Britain who could turn against Britain. She certainly is

pulling no punches. Other Conservative backbenchers have

already come out in support of her, whereas others, including the

Chancellor George Osborne, are on the other side of the fence, saying

that her resignation was disappointing and frankly

"unnecessary", which is pretty strong line which from the

Chancellor of the Exchequer. And Jeane, we remember David Cameron's

big announcement, that Baroness Warsi was going to be sitting in his

cabinet, the first Muslim female in a British government cabinet. Do you

think this is a major blow for David Cameron? I think it is a bit of a

blow, because I suspect that, perhaps not in the language she

used, but there is certainly growing disquiet around what is happening in

Gaza, amongst the British population. I think it is unsettling

for him. The interesting thing is not only what she has said and the

language she has used, but that she has resigned when he is on holiday.

That is designed to discomfort and wrong`foot a political colleague,

and I think that also partly explains to things. One, weight is

saying in the Independent, that Boris Johnson appears to be

supporting her by saying that the Israeli action is disproportionate,

and it also partly explains why George Osborne has come out so

strongly in his criticism of what she has done. We will look at the

Telegraph, which puts it a bit more bluntly. The headline, another

minister could quit, Baroness Warsi warns Cameron. This could not be the

end of it. David Cameron has criticised the amount of civilian

deaths in Gaza. What exactly is the issue that Baroness Warsi and

potentially other ministers have? This is the thing that was slightly

perplexing about the whole thing. She has not resigned on a point of

principle like going to war. She appears to be resigning on a point

of principle about language. It is all about this use of

"disproportionate force", which triggers, under international law,

the ability to take action against people. That word, disproportionate,

which senior ministers will not use, and which Boris Johnson did use, and

which Baroness Warsi would like to have seen used, she also caused for

us to immediately cease arms sales to Israel, which is something that

although the government is reviewing it, it seems unlikely. The Telegraph

says another minister has threatened to resign. Any idea how senior that

minister could be? No idea. We only have her word for it. The incredible

thing about this resignation is how she controlled it herself. She did

it on Twitter, she put her resignation letter out on Twitter.

Normally Downing Street does it. She controlled at herself, and as we

have heard, the Prime Minister was on holiday, unable to do anything

except point at fish, seemingly. Jeane, do you think this is

something that gets public support, when ministers quit like this? I am

not sure. If people have particular views one way or the other, in terms

of Gaza or Israel, then yes, it will get support. But by and large, the

public do not pay that much attention, to be honest, two

ministers who come and go. And I suspect a significant number of them

do not even know who Baroness Warsi is. They will glance at the

headline, but move on. Another leading story in the Telegraph is

the blackouts that left England in the dark over the Scottish

referendum debate last night. Just explain to us what happened, Jeane,

I'm sure you watched it where you were, but could watch it on TV. I

could watch it on TV, but the problem was that the STV Livelink

through the Internet went down. So people outside of Scottish

television's broadcasting area could not access it. And that actually did

include some people, from what I could see on Twitter, some people in

the southern parts of Scotland who could not access the debate either

through television or through the Internet, and that seems to have

been the problem. The demand was high, and their airline crashed. It

appears that people have not been as passionate about politics in

Scotland as they are now since 1919. There seems to be a real

passion about this referendum in Scotland? I was not around in 1919.

Well, I have read about it. Yes, it seems amazing that we could not

watch this down here. It will not just dismay non`Scottish people down

here, but it will especially dismay Scots who are living in England and

Wales who want to follow this debate and who would probably quite like to

have a vote in it, although they cannot, and this idea that you have

to try to find some kind of hokey Internet linkup, trying to watch

some sports betting the `` you may not be supposed to watch, it is kind

of farcical. This is of huge importance to Britain and the United

Kingdom and it should have been on international television. I felt it

was OK. It was not particularly stunning from either side to be

honest. Your point about Scots being involved passionately in political

debate is absolutely right but it is not through televised debate, it is

through the many public meetings and discussions on high streets that are

coming about that is involving large numbers of people of note political

party. People who have never been engaged in political activity before

who are now coming out on wet nights, sunny night, and asking very

serious and very thoughtful questions. If if nothing else, at

the end of this, we will have a very politically literate population in

Scotland. That is a good thing. How difficult are you finding it to sell

to southern people? It is tricky because people do not have a vote.

It is still important. It is difficult to engage people in

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

general election turnout in 2015 in Scotland at dealers and carry from

this. We will look at the Guardian the Alistair Darling adds baggage of

blows to Alex Salmond. It is people talking about who won. The ICM poll

for the Guardian said that Alistair Darling won by 56%. We have became

analysis within seconds of them analysis within seconds of them

finishing who the winner is. The key question seems to be that Alex

Salmond could not provide his plan B if Scotland could not use the pound.

This is a fairly clear victory. If the vote went 56`44, the would`be

clamour for another vote within a few years. That is a view on

Alistair Darling 's that there has to be a crushing victory. Do you

agree with the headline? I do not agree that he landed a bad age of

blows. It is clear to see that Alistair Darling was strongest when

he was talking about currency but he floundered when he was asked to

describe alternative powers that the prounion parties are offering to

Scotland in terms of taxation. That is deeply unclear. It was relatively

evenly balanced. The interesting thing for me was that I am not

convinced that we saw the best of our First Minister in terms of the

passion that he has for the kind of Scotland that he wants. I am not

convinced that Alistair Darling was nearly challenged enough in his

constant assertion that being part of the UK was a good thing when you

look at some of the difficulties that people are facing in terms of

welfare cuts, food banks and all the rest of it. It was a debate for me

that was disappointing. There were some balls that were not landed. ``

some blows. The Guardian poll reflects the ball that was taken

before the debate. The No campaign did not do any better and neither

did the Yes campaign. It sounds like that. To remind you at home if you

want to watch the debate in and fill it will be broadcast on BBC

Parliament at 7pm tomorrow. You can make up your own mind about who did

well in that debate. We have time to look at the metro. It dedicates the

front page to Bernie Ecclestone and his ?60 million payoff. This

incredible story out of Germany that a man facing a massive bribery trial

has somehow managed to have this trial removed from his head for the

cheap house of ?60 million. It is sparked some anger. It seemed

slightly amazing that this is a way that you can achieve justice. Bernie

Ecclestone is known as Aquila dealer has managed to do it again and

remains innocent of all charges. The really interesting thing is that it

is jaw`dropping that it could happen. In terms of Germany's legal

framework it is entirely legitimate for him to have done this. He has

taken the opportunity that was there in that legal framework and he has

negotiated himself a good deal for justice. Thank you for taking us

through the papers from Scotland. Thank you to you cake as well. ``

Craig. We start at

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